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Design & Applied Arts at Oakland University

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Design & Applied Arts at Oakland University

If you plan to study design and applied arts, 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. In 2021, 58 design majors received their bachelor's degree from Oakland.

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

Oakland Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

Oakland Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the design progam at Oakland compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The design major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Design & Applied Arts. 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
215

Earnings of Oakland Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oakland is $32,025. This is less than $32,733, which is the national average of all design majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Design Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 58 design majors earned their bachelor's degree from Oakland. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design 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 design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 36
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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

Careers That Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in design 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
Graphic Designers 5,680 $47,700
Commercial and Industrial Designers 5,060 $75,430
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,710 $76,250
Interior Designers 1,610 $51,030

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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