Electrical Engineering at Oakland University

If you are interested in studying electrical engineering, 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 Electrical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Oakland Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE
• Master’s Degree in EE

Oakland Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Electrical 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #110 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women. The typical ee bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ee 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 ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	49
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Oakland Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of ee master's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

If you plan to be a ee major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oakland University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	146

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Engineering Chemistry
• Systems Engineering
• Biological Engineering
• Robotics Engineering

Careers That EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in ee 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
Electrical Engineers	9,190	$90,700
Electronics Engineers	4,020	$90,230
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740

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.