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Oakland University Overview

Oakland University is a public institution located in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Rochester Hills is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Oakland University Known For?

3,591 Undergraduate Awards
$30,950 Avg Cost After Aid
90% Acceptance Rate
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Oakland.
  • In 2021-2022, 54% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Oakland bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $55,645 a year. That's about 36% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Oakland University?

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Contact details for Oakland are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2200 North Squirrel Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48309-4401
Phone: 248-370-2100
Website: www.oakland.edu

How Do I Get Into Oakland?

You can apply to Oakland online at: www.oakland.edu/futurestudents

Admission Requirements for Oakland

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Oakland?

90% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
1% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 90%, Oakland is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 1% of students accepted to Oakland submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 515 and 640. Math scores were between 500 and 605.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Oakland University  ( 515 to 640 )
200
800
SAT Math Scores for Oakland University  ( 500 to 605 )
200
800

Can I Afford Oakland University?

$30,950 Net Price
41% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Oakland is $30,950. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Oakland, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $5,645 a year. That adds up to $22,580 over four years for those students.

Oakland University Undergraduate Student Diversity

10,869 Full-Time Undergraduates
59% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 13,771 undergraduate students at Oakland, with 10,869 being full-time and 2,902 being part-time.

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There are also 3,399 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 10,869 full-time undergraduates at Oakland, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Oakland University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 599
Black or African American 929
Hispanic or Latino 513
White 7,705
International Students 230
Other Races/Ethnicities 893

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Oakland University. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 58 countries are represented at Oakland. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Oakland University

1,820 Took All Classes Online
9,475 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 9,475 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Oakland has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 41st most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Oakland majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Forensic Nursing 11%
Health Professions 7%
Nursing Practice 77%
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 50%

Oakland University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Nursing 520 1 53 26 600
Other Health Professions 246 0 0 0 246
Mechanical Engineering 173 0 48 10 231
Computer Information Systems 176 0 50 1 227
General Psychology 198 0 11 1 210
Business Administration & Management 70 10 120 0 200
General Biology 165 3 20 3 191
Human Resource Management 183 0 4 0 187
Teacher Education Grade Specific 130 0 45 3 178
Electrical Engineering 128 0 37 9 174
Liberal Arts General Studies 133 0 1 0 134
Medicine 0 0 0 120 120
Communication & Media Studies 110 0 6 0 116
Finance & Financial Management 111 0 0 0 111
Accounting 69 0 26 0 95
Social Work 91 0 0 0 91
Educational Administration 0 26 32 20 78
Marketing 76 1 0 0 77
Criminal Justice & Corrections 77 0 0 0 77
Design & Applied Arts 61 0 0 0 61
General Business/Commerce 57 3 0 0 60
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 57 0 57
Computer Engineering 49 0 8 0 57
General English Literature 48 0 9 0 57
Special Education 0 11 44 0 55
Public Health 25 0 25 0 50
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 48 0 48
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 9 0 39 48
Management Information Systems 46 0 0 0 46
Health & Physical Education 44 0 0 0 44
Political Science & Government 40 0 0 0 40
History 36 0 2 0 38
Industrial Engineering 28 0 6 0 34
Student Counseling 0 0 27 3 30
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 28 0 0 0 28
Natural Resources Conservation 28 0 0 0 28
Public Administration 9 1 18 0 28
Teacher Education Subject Specific 11 0 13 3 27
Writing Studies 26 1 0 0 27
Romance Languages 24 0 0 0 24
Sociology 24 0 0 0 24
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 24 0 0 0 24
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 6 8 9 0 23
Journalism 23 0 0 0 23
Health/Medical Prep Programs 23 0 0 0 23
Health Sciences & Services 22 0 0 0 22
Mathematics 19 0 3 0 22
Music 16 0 6 0 22
Biological Engineering 20 0 0 0 20
Robotics Engineering 0 0 20 0 20
Public Relations & Advertising 19 0 0 0 19
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 17 0 0 1 18
Drama & Theater Arts 17 0 0 0 17
Information Technology 0 0 16 0 16
Allied Health Professions 16 0 0 0 16
Chemistry 10 0 5 1 16
Homeland Security 16 0 0 0 16
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 10 0 4 0 14
Fine & Studio Arts 14 0 0 0 14
International Relations & National Security 13 0 0 0 13
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 9 0 9
Anthropology 9 0 0 0 9
Statistics 2 0 6 0 8
Systems Engineering 0 0 4 3 7
East Asian Languages 7 0 0 0 7
Philosophy 7 0 0 0 7
Security Science and Technology 7 0 0 0 7
Business/Managerial Economics 6 0 0 0 6
Economics 6 0 0 0 6
Dance 6 0 0 0 6
Physics 3 0 2 0 5
Engineering Chemistry 3 0 0 0 3
Ethnic Studies 3 0 0 0 3
Applied Mathematics 0 0 1 2 3
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 2 0 0 0 2
Germanic Languages 2 0 0 0 2
Other Education 0 0 1 0 1
Engineering Physics 1 0 0 0 1
Area Studies 1 0 0 0 1
Nutrition Science 1 0 0 0 1
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 0 0 0
International Business 0 0 0 0 0
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 0 0
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 0 0 0 0
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 0 0 0
Legal Professions (Other) 0 0 0 0 0
Data Analytics 0 0 0 0 0
Sociology & Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3,591 74 796 245 4,706

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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