Accounting at Oakland University

If you are interested in studying accounting, 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 19,309. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 69 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Oakland.

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

Oakland Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Oakland Accounting Rankings

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

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 accounting major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. 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 Focused Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	78
Most Popular Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	78
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	149
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	175
Most Popular Accounting Schools	216
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	227
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	289
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	303
Best Accounting Schools	334
Most Focused Accounting Schools	774

In 2019, 34 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Oakland. This makes it the #175 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 69 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Oakland in 2018-2019, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Oakland Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 34 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from Oakland, about 59% were men and 41% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. Oakland does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Oakland, 74% 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	25
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Oakland also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Accountants and Auditors	33,610	$74,370
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140
Credit Analysts	1,310	$71,070
Budget Analysts	680	$76,980
Financial Examiners	550	$81,270

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.