General Business/Commerce at Oakland University

If you plan to study general business/commerce, 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 19,309 students attend the school each year. Of the 657 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oakland University in 2019, 64 of them were general business/commerce majors.

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

Oakland General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Oakland General Business/Commerce Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general business 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 general business major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Business/Commerce. 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 General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools	25
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91
Most Popular General Business/Commerce Schools	221
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	256
Best General Business/Commerce Schools	291
Most Focused General Business/Commerce Schools	581

General Business Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of general business bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business 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 general business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	54
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Careers That General Business Grads May Go Into

A degree in general business 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
Management Analysts	14,770	$92,130
Industrial Production Managers	13,110	$118,760
Sales Managers	8,640	$142,340
Administrative Services Managers	7,890	$95,810

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.