English at Oakland University

If you plan to study english, 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 has a total student population of 18,552.

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

Oakland English Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language
• Master’s Degree in English Language

Oakland English Rankings

The english language major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English. 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.

English Language Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical english language bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language 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 english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Oakland English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of english language master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a english language master's degree from Oakland, 100% 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 english language.

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

Careers That English Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language 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
English Language and Literature Professors	2,000	$76,340

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.