Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Oakland University

What traits are you looking for in a higher education/higher education administration school? To help you decide if Oakland University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's higher education/higher education administration program.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year.

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

Oakland Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Oakland Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Rankings

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Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Student Demographics at Oakland

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the higher education/higher education administration majors at Oakland University.

Oakland Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a master's degree in higher education/higher education administration from Oakland. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

In the higher education/higher education administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Superintendency & Educational System Administration
• General Educational Leadership & Administration

Careers That Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in higher education/higher education administration 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
Postsecondary Education Administrators	5,230	$119,470
Education Administrators	830	$77,390

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.