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Philosophy at Oakland University

If you plan to study philosophy, take a look at what Oakland University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Oakland.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Philosophy section at the bottom of this page.

Oakland Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Oakland Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Philosophy. 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.

Philosophy Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 philosophy majors earned their bachelor's degree from Oakland. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy 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 philosophy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Oakland also has a doctoral program available in philosophy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Philosophy Grads May Go Into

A degree in philosophy 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
Mathematical Science Professors 1,730 $85,970
Natural Sciences Managers 1,570 $113,840
Philosophy and Religion Professors 780 $77,990

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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