A 300-acre park-like campus just minutes from the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay
Over 1,674 undergraduate students and 131 graduate students
An additional 4,000 continuing studies and lifelong learning students, and 400 students at LUJ/VWU Global collaborative in Tokyo, Japan
58 percent female and 42 percent male students
12:1 student-faculty ratio
An average class size of 15
67 percent of classes with fewer than 20 students
0 classes led by teaching assistants
43 undergraduate degree programs, 31 minors, 19 pre-professional tracks, and three master's degree programs
Most popular majors by degree awarded:
Traditional and Non-Traditional: Business, Biology, Psychology, Criminal Justice, Sport and Recreation Professions
Traditional Only: Biology, Business, Psychology, Criminal Justice, Sport and Recreation Professions
Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
146 faculty members within the Batten Honors College, Birdsong School of Social Science, Joan P. Brock School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Susan S. Goode School of Arts and Humanities, D. Henry Watts School of Professional Studies, and VWU Global Campus
115 faculty members possess a doctorate or other terminal degree
Hundreds of internship opportunities in Hampton Roads metropolitan market
99 percent of students receive scholarships/grants from all sources.
70 percent of students receive awards based on financial need with an average award package of $33,000
50+ student organizations and clubs
22 intercollegiate sports (Division III) with membership in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, and an esports team that competes in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)
96% of first-time, first-year students and 85% of all undergraduates live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing
20 residence halls in four campus-based villages and an additional eight mixed-use apartment buildings in Coastal 61 on the north side of the campus
4 national fraternities and 5 national sororities, with membership in the Interfraternity Council, National Panhellenic Conference, and National Pan-Hellenic Council
More than 32,000 volunteer and community service hours a year