Secondary Education at Oakland University

If you plan to study secondary education, 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 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 Secondary Education section at the bottom of this page.

Oakland Secondary Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

Oakland Secondary Education Rankings

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Secondary Education Master’s Program

53% Women

12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of secondary teaching master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in secondary teaching each year. Oakland does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a secondary teaching master's degree from Oakland, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Secondary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in secondary teaching 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
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950

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
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