Social Work at Oakland University

If you are interested in studying social work, 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 has a total student population of 18,552. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from Oakland.

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

Oakland Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Oakland Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how Oakland performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Work. 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 Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	159

Earnings of Oakland Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oakland is $31,528. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,866 for all social work students.

Social Work Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Social Work Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in social work from Oakland. About 15% were men and 85% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	49
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• Public Administration

Careers That Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in social work 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
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	13,790	$50,620
Healthcare Social Workers	5,400	$56,830
Social and Community Service Managers	4,580	$72,450
Substance Abuse Social Workers	4,050	$50,060
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,400	$60,490

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.