Information Technology at Oakland University

If you plan to study information technology, 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 18,552 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 90 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from Oakland.

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

Oakland Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT
• Master’s Degree in IT
• Doctorate Degree in IT

Oakland Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT 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 IT major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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 Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
	6
Best Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Value Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	35
	36
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
	46
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	49
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	65
Best Information Technology Schools	74
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	76
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	89
	96
Best Value Information Technology Schools	144
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	203

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in IT from Oakland. This makes it the #76 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in IT, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IT Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 90 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IT from Oakland in 2021, 87% were men and 13% were women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT 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 IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	55
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Oakland Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a master's degree in Information Technology from Oakland in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oakland University with a master's in IT.

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

Oakland also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Computer & Information Sciences

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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
Software Applications Developers	29,540	$92,260
Computer Systems Analysts	15,420	$83,900
Systems Software Developers	10,320	$88,560
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,480	$131,100
Computer Network Architects	3,300	$100,710

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.