General Business/Commerce at Oakland University

Every general business/commerce school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general business program at Oakland University stacks up to those at other schools.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 63 general business majors received their bachelor's degree from Oakland.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Business/Commerce section at the bottom of this page.

Oakland General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Oakland General Business/Commerce Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general business progam at Oakland compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general business major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Business/Commerce. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Business & Commerce Schools	552

Earnings of Oakland General Business Graduates

The median salary of general business students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oakland is $45,823. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $42,524 for all general business bachelor's degree recipients.

General Business Student Demographics at Oakland

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general business majors at Oakland University.

Oakland General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

Of the 63 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in general business from Oakland in 2021, 52% were men and 48% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at Oakland are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oakland University with a bachelor's in general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	52
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Oakland also has a doctoral program available in general business. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing

Careers That General Business Grads May Go Into

A degree in general business can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Oakland University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
General and Operations Managers	58,140	$122,160
Management Analysts	14,770	$92,130
Industrial Production Managers	13,110	$118,760
Sales Managers	8,640	$142,340
Administrative Services Managers	7,890	$95,810

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Brian Gingrich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.