Liberal Arts General Studies at Oakland University

Every liberal arts general studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the liberal arts program at Oakland University stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Liberal Arts General Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Oakland Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts
• Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Oakland Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The liberal arts major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts General Studies. 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.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of liberal arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts 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 liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	81
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Oakland Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Program

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

In the liberal arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 50% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oakland University with a master's in liberal arts.

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

Concentrations Within Liberal Arts General Studies

Liberal Arts General Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Oakland University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Individualized Studies	118
Liberal Arts	5

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts 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

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.