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Information Technology at Oakland University

Information Technology at Oakland University

If you are interested in studying information technology, you may want to check out the program at Oakland University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year.

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

Oakland Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in IT
  • Master’s Degree in IT

Oakland Information Technology Rankings

The it major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in it, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IT Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

21% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 79% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

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About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in it 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 it.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 46
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

Oakland Information Technology Master’s Program

33% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of it master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in it 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
Software Applications Developers 29,540 $92,260
Computer Systems Analysts 15,420 $83,900
Systems Software Developers 10,320 $88,560
Computer and Information Systems Managers 9,480 $131,100
Computer Network Architects 3,300 $100,710

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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