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Dance at Oakland University

Dance at Oakland University

If you plan to study dance, 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 has a total student population of 18,552.

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

Oakland Dance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dance

Oakland Dance Rankings

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

Dance Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Dance Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of dance bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dance 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 dance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Dance

If you plan to be a dance major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
General Dance 10

Careers That Dance Grads May Go Into

A degree in dance 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,710 $76,250

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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