Journalism at Oakland University

If you plan to study journalism, take a look at what Oakland University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and has a total student population of 18,552. In 2021, 29 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from Oakland.

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

Oakland Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Oakland Journalism Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Journalism. 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 Popular Journalism Schools	122

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from Oakland Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oakland is $26,874. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism students.

Journalism Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism 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 journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations & Advertising
• Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism 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
Editors	1,670	$58,150
Reporters and Correspondents	1,190	$47,110
Writers and Authors	1,120	$60,850
Communications Professors	900	$71,770

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.