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Nursing at Oakland University

Nursing at Oakland University

If you are interested in studying nursing, 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 Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

Oakland Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
  • Master’s Degree in Nursing

Oakland Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #272 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Nursing Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 29
Black or African American 36
Hispanic or Latino 17
White 344
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 46

Oakland Nursing Master’s Program

93% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Oakland, 82% 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 nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 49
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing 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
Registered Nursing 458
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 27
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 10
Forensic Nursing 8
Nursing Practice 6

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Medical and Health Services Managers 11,960 $111,780
Nurse Practitioners 4,490 $106,880
Nurse Anesthetists 2,250 $180,560
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,410 $81,230

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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