Public Administration at Oakland University

If you plan to study public administration, 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.

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

Oakland Public Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Admin
• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Oakland Public Administration Rankings

The public admin major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Administration. 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.

Public Admin Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of public admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public admin 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 public admin.

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

Oakland Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from Oakland, 92% 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 public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Public Admin Grads May Go Into

A degree in public admin 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
General and Operations Managers	58,140	$122,160
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Social and Community Service Managers	4,580	$72,450
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	3,240	$109,240
Chief Executives	2,620	$206,660

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.