Biological Engineering at Oakland University

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

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and has a total student population of 18,552. Of the 3,564 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oakland University in 2021, 17 of them were biological engineering majors.

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

Oakland Biological Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Engineering

Oakland Biological Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biological engineering 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 biological engineering major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological Engineering. 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 Biological Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	1

Biological Engineering Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Biological Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of biological engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological engineering at Oakland are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biological engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Engineering Chemistry
• Systems Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• Industrial Engineering

Careers That Biological Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological engineering 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740
Biomedical Engineers	360	$79,650

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.