10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$109,962at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Public · COLLEGE PAYOFF
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA · 58 field-and-degree records
Earnings reported for 56 · Federal debt reported for 36
Based onObserved earnings + college priceEstimate10-year payoff
Estimated 10-year payoff
Negative payoff
−$109,962 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
18.6 yrsTime to earn back the modeled cost
−46%Estimated return after 10 years
$57,859Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedHighest annual price before payoff reaches $0
Start with your question
What do you want to understand?
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
PUBLISHED STUDENT BUDGET · 2024–25
What makes up the annual price?
Sticker-price components reported to IPEDS. Grants and scholarships are not subtracted here.
Living off campus: $16,368 housing and food allowance plus $3,560 in other expenses.
Do not confuse this with net price. Net price subtracts average grants and scholarships. DegreeVerdict continues to use the separately labeled average net price in its standard college ROI scenario.
PRICE SENSITIVITY
The price can change the verdict.
Hold observed earnings constant and see how the modeled ten-year payoff changes as annual price rises.
← Negative payoff$0Positive payoff →
$0Annual price−$51,410
$8,000Annual price−$83,410
$15,000Current college-wide context−$111,410
$16,000Annual price−$115,410
$24,000Annual price−$147,410
$32,000Annual price−$179,410
$40,000Annual price−$211,410
HOW STUDENTS ATTEND · 2023-24
Online study is a meaningful part of the student experience.
IPEDS enrollment counts show course delivery across the whole institution. They do not indicate whether a specific degree can be completed online.
Institution-level attendance context from IPEDS. Program delivery is reported separately on degree pages and in the program directory. These figures do not enter ROI.
College identity and local contextAccreditation, institution type, dual enrollment and state prices
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Selective admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
DUAL-ENROLLMENT CONTEXT · 2024
3 high-school students took college courses.
IPEDS counts students enrolled in college credit while still in high school. A large dual-enrollment population can shape headline enrollment figures, especially at community colleges.
This is participation, not a college completion rate. It does not indicate how many students later enrolled after high school, earned a credential or entered the workforce.
STATE PRICE CONTEXT · 2024
Prices in Virginia run 1% above the U.S. level.
BEA Regional Price Parities compare price levels across states. A value of 100 equals the national average.
What it costs and what graduates earn
$14,638Average net price / year
$29,446Cost of attendance
$24,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$254/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$57,859Median earnings · year 5 after completion
46.3%Completion rate
90.4%Admission rate
1,197Average SAT score
24ACT midpoint
17,514Student size
Debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. It does not include Parent PLUS or private loans. We show admissions scores only when a valid federal value is available.
What the numbers say about Old Dominion University
What does Old Dominion University cost?
Old Dominion University reports an average annual net price of $14,638 after grants and scholarships. This is an institution-wide average, not an individual aid offer.
What do Old Dominion University graduates earn?
The observed median earnings figure is $57,859 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.
How much federal debt do Old Dominion University graduates have?
Completer borrowers report median cumulative federal student debt of $24,000. Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
Is every degree at Old Dominion University worth the same?
No. The current release contains 58 field-and-degree records for Old Dominion University; 56 report year-4 earnings and 36 report federal debt. Outcomes can differ substantially by field and degree level.
DEBT AFTER COLLEGE
Are borrowers making progress?
Repayment progress, default and debt at exit describe different federal borrower cohorts. They are shown separately and do not change the ROI estimate.
Source: College Scorecard. Repayment progress is the share of borrowers who reduced principal by at least $1 at the stated measurement point. Debt covers federal student loans; Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded. Cohorts and reporting periods differ across measures.
Who studied here during the year
27,490Students enrolled at any point
20,272Undergraduate students
7,218Graduate students
Unduplicated students enrolled at any point from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. This full-year measure is different from a fall headcount and does not enter ROI.
More student and earnings detailPrice by family income, retention, equity and common industries
WHO PAYS, WHO FINISHES, WHO EARNS
Outcomes are not the same for every family.
These federal cohorts add context that a single college average can hide. Missing figures remain unreported rather than estimated.
Complete within 150% of the expected time
52% received a Pell Grant within eight yearsMedian Parent PLUS debt
1,963 parent borrowers in the reported cohortMedian federal student debt
50% making progress in repayment after three yearsStudent family incomeMedian earnings after 10 yearsObserved federal cohorts
Lower income$52,667Earnings are not a guarantee
Middle income$55,517Earnings are not a guarantee
Higher income$57,330Earnings are not a guarantee
Three-year repayment progress
Lower income44%
Middle income53%
Higher income61%
Undergraduate student composition
White41%
Black32%
Hispanic11%
Asian5%
Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Parent PLUS debt belongs to parents; student-debt measures exclude Parent PLUS and private loans. Cohort definitions differ by measure.
INDEPENDENT CENSUS EARNINGS VIEW
How earnings develop by field
Privacy-protected Census employment records follow graduate cohorts one, five and ten years after completion. This source is kept separate from College Scorecard because its population and methodology differ.
Field and credentialYear 1Year 5Year 10
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.Doctoral, research/scholarship · Broad federal field 14
$88,708Year 1
$130,533Year 5
$149,516Year 10
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.Master’s degree · Broad federal field 14
$99,919Year 1
$117,477Year 5
$146,722Year 10
Computer Programming.Master’s degree · Broad federal field 11
$84,610Year 1
$114,953Year 5
$145,589Year 10
Computer Programming.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 11
$61,903Year 1
$97,227Year 5
$129,289Year 10
Accounting and Related Services.Master’s degree · Broad federal field 52
$76,958Year 1
$102,333Year 5
$128,365Year 10
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education.Doctoral, research/scholarship · Broad federal field 13
$90,199Year 1
$100,487Year 5
$110,259Year 10
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 14
$68,707Year 1
$87,723Year 5
$109,877Year 10
Anthropology.Doctoral, research/scholarship · Broad federal field 45
$79,787Year 1
$105,599Year 5
$109,603Year 10
Median annual earnings in 2023 dollars. Each time point may use a different pooled graduation cohort. Coverage is limited to institutions participating in the Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes program.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use every reportable field-and-credential record at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS OVER TIME
What graduates earned in later years
$46,400Year 1
$64,472Year 4
$57,859Year 5
Each year can represent a different federal cohort, so the points do not track the same people over time.
Your choice of degree can change the payoff.
Graduate earnings differ by field and credential, even within the same college.
1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Master's Degree$127,2862Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Master's Degree$127,2173Engineering, Other · Master's Degree$125,1324Medicine · First Professional Degree$112,0435Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$108,1616Engineering, General · Master's Degree$103,1947Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences · Master's Degree$96,5398Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering · Bachelor's Degree$96,427Observed year-4 earnings · compare the same field and credential across colleges
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Physiology, Pathology and Related SciencesMaster's Degree · $96,539 reported+43%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2MusicBachelor's Degree · $52,028 reported+21%vs same-degree national median$26,000federal debt3Biological and Biomedical Sciences, OtherMaster's Degree · $90,908 reported+17%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsMaster's Degree · $80,546 reported+13%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesBachelor's Degree · $54,390 reported+12%vs same-degree national median$26,000federal debt6Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's Degree · $46,308 reported+12%vs same-degree national median$31,000federal debt
Comparable colleges in VA
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive, not a quality ranking.
Radford, VA
Radford University
- Annual net price
- $14,578
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $55,291
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -57%
University of Mary Washington
- Annual net price
- $20,667
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $58,080
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -50%
Northern Virginia Community College
- Annual net price
- $9,919
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $55,996
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -50%
Norfolk State University
- Annual net price
- $15,282
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $51,016
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -75%
Compare fields and degree levels
Showing the 40 highest-earning records from 58 field-and-degree records. Use the program directory to search the complete set.
| Major or field | Degree level | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2024–25 graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Master's Degree | $127,286 | Not available | 0 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Master's Degree | $127,217 | Not available | Not reported |
| Engineering, Other | Master's Degree | $125,132 | Not available | Not reported |
| Medicine | First Professional Degree | $112,043 | Not available | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Master's Degree | $108,161 | Not available | Not reported |
| Engineering, General | Master's Degree | $103,194 | Not available | Not reported |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Master's Degree | $96,539 | Not available | Not reported |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $96,427 | $27,580 | Not reported |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $95,485 | $26,125 | Not reported |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $94,542 | $23,360 | 0 |
| Education, Other | Doctoral Degree | $94,365 | Not available | 36 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $90,917 | $26,000 | 12 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | Master's Degree | $90,908 | Not available | Not reported |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $87,772 | $27,000 | 0 |
| Public Administration | Master's Degree | $84,367 | Not available | Not reported |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $82,703 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $81,077 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Master's Degree | $80,546 | Not available | Not reported |
| Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | Master's Degree | $76,272 | Not available | Not reported |
| Educational Administration and Supervision | Master's Degree | $75,445 | Not available | 21 |
| Management Information Systems and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $74,465 | $25,582 | 1 |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | $73,439 | Not available | Not reported |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $73,157 | $27,692 | Not reported |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $71,406 | Not available | Not reported |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions | Bachelor's Degree | $69,732 | $21,378 | Not reported |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions | Bachelor's Degree | $68,943 | $26,938 | 0 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Master's Degree | $67,666 | Not available | Not reported |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | $67,320 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $66,847 | $23,000 | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Master's Degree | $65,354 | Not available | Not reported |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $63,027 | $27,147 | 0 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $61,550 | $27,125 | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $61,442 | $27,879 | 29 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $59,939 | $24,531 | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Master's Degree | $58,916 | Not available | 1 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | $58,539 | Not available | 3 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $56,715 | $24,875 | 0 |
| Criminology | Bachelor's Degree | $56,659 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | $56,564 | $25,000 | 3 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | $56,255 | Not available | 0 |
Graduate counts come from IPEDS and group related majors into the same federal field. Missing earnings or debt values remain labeled as unavailable.
Search every Old Dominion University program record →Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.