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Health Professions at Oakland University

21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Oakland University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

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 Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

Oakland Health Professions Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Oakland

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Oakland does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Master’s Degree

Oakland Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. 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 160 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #177 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

80% Women

21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	53
Black or African American	53
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	557
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	64

Oakland Health Professions Master’s Program

91% Women

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Oakland, 76% 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	101
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Oakland University. 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
Nursing	509
Other Health Professions	285
Medicine	117
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	47
Health Sciences & Services	34
Mental & Social Health Services	33
Public Health	33
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	30
Allied Health Professions	20
Health/Medical Prep Programs	13

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Registered Nurses	96,680	$71,330
Nursing Assistants	49,760	$30,130
Personal Care Aides	39,740	$24,230
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	33,490	$57,530
Software Applications Developers	29,540	$92,260

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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