Chemistry at Oakland University

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

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received their master's degree in chemistry.

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

Oakland Chemistry Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Chemistry

Oakland Chemistry Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #201 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Chemistry Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 chemistry majors earned their master's degree from Oakland. Of these graduates, 56% were men and 44% were women.

Of the students who received a chemistry master's degree from Oakland, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of degree recipients. That is 3% 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 chemistry.

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

Related Majors

• Physics

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry 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
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
Chemists	3,620	$79,860
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,780	$69,430
Natural Sciences Managers	1,570	$113,840
Chemistry Professors	500	$92,640

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.