Finance & Financial Management at Oakland University

Every finance and financial management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the finance program at Oakland University stacks up to those at other schools.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 106 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from Oakland.

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

Oakland Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Oakland Finance & Financial Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how Oakland performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance & Financial Management. 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
	32
	35
	42
	49
	144
	177
	243
	259
	275
	279
	309

Earnings of Oakland Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oakland is $48,900. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $48,896 for all finance bachelor's degree recipients.

Finance Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 106 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Oakland, about 75% were men and 25% were women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance 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 finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	86
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Concentrations Within Finance & Financial Management

The following finance concentations are available at Oakland University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oakland University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Finance	106

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• General Business/Commerce
• Marketing

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
Tellers	15,180	$30,150
Financial Managers	14,760	$128,270
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	8,670	$79,320
Financial Analysts	6,090	$84,410

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.