Environmental Science at Oakland University

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

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 Environmental Science section at the bottom of this page.

Oakland Environmental Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences

Oakland Environmental Science Rankings

The bioenvironmental sciences major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Science. 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.

Bioenvironmental Sciences Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Environmental Science Bachelor’s Program

41% Women

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bioenvironmental sciences 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 bioenvironmental sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Careers That Bioenvironmental Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioenvironmental sciences 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
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,780	$69,430

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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