by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Oakland University landed the #435 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
Oakland also ranked #15 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Michigan.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Oakland came in at #380.
Oakland also ranked #11 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Michigan.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 55.9% of the total graduate students at Oakland are women and 44.1% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 19.4% of the graduate student population at Oakland. Oakland is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 15.1% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $19,323 | $24,648 |
Master's degree recipients from Oakland earn an average salary of $68,617 during the early years of their career. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 17% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from Oakland enter careers with an average starting salary of $68,070. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 10% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Oakland University.
Contact details for Oakland are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2200 North Squirrel Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48309-4401 |
| Phone: | 248-370-2100 |
| Website: | www.oakland.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/oaklandu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/oaklandu |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37.5% of the graduate students at Oakland took at least one online course. Roughly 18.4% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*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.
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