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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In addition to some of the differences cited above, ODU has a lot more second-career, military, and part-time students who work. I think it skews older and less traditional in comparison to a place like CNU. There are still younger students and it’s a large university but a certain contingent does fall into that category. They even tout it on their website.

https://www.odu.edu/educational-foundations-leadership/student-profiles

It’s a great thing but can certainly have an impact on the college experience. For example, ODU only has a 50% graduation rate. I think of CNU as being younger, less diverse, preppier, and more traditional.  ODU much more diverse with over one-third of students identifying as Black or Hispanic.[/quote]

This is my perception too. My DH and some of his family went to ODU because they were working class, lived in Norfolk and needed someplace they could commute to, some going part time while working FT. It worked well for DH who got an engineering degree there and a good career in DC.

We toured CNU with DD because she wanted a smaller school and we know a couple kids who go there. Her take on it was that CNU felt like the kind of place where the sporty, popular kids from her HS would go, kind of a mini UVA. It wasn't her vibe, she found UMW was a better fit (and preferred W&M to UVA). [/quote]

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