Health Professions at Oakland University

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. In 2021, 858 health professions majors received their bachelor's degree from Oakland.

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
• Doctorate 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 following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at Oakland compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	388

In 2021, 90 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Oakland. This makes it the #397 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

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 75% 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	54
Black or African American	50
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	642
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	62

Oakland Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 90 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Oakland, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Oakland, 78% 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	3
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	70
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Oakland also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 160 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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
• Image Credit: By Brian Gingrich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.