General Health & Wellness at Oakland University

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

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and has a total student population of 18,552.

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

Oakland General Health & Wellness Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Wellness

Oakland General Health & Wellness Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health and wellness 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 health and wellness major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health & Wellness. 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 Popular General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	26
Most Popular General Health & Wellness Trade Schools	34
Best General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	53
Best Value General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Best General Health & Wellness Trade Schools	64
Most Focused General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	70
Best Value General Health & Wellness Schools	82
	84
Most Focused General Health & Wellness Trade Schools	88
	116

Health and Wellness Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Program

Of the 34 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in health and wellness from Oakland in 2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health and wellness 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 health and wellness.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

Careers That Health and Wellness Grads May Go Into

A degree in health and wellness 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
Community Health Workers	1,860	$44,380

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.