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. Of the 3,564 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oakland University in 2021, 94 of them were electrical engineering majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in EE

Oakland Electrical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	46
Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	65
Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	73
Best Electrical Engineering Schools	105

In 2021, 48 students received their master’s degree in EE from Oakland. This makes it the #55 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do EE Graduates from Oakland Make?

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oakland is $72,313. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $69,521 for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 EE majors earned their bachelor's degree from Oakland. Of these graduates, 80% were men and 20% were 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 2% more women than average.

About 70% 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	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	66
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Oakland Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 48 students who graduated with a master’s in EE from Oakland in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were 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	1
White	24
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Oakland also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.