How many students at Oakland? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 16,108 students have enrolled in Oakland University with 12,841 undergraduate and 3,267 graduate students.

By gender, 6,848 male and 9,260 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

1,820 students are enrolled exclusively, and 7,655 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Oakland University has a total of 16,108 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 12,841 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,267 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,848 male and 9,260 female students (the male-female ratio is 43:57) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total16,10812,8413,267
Men6,8485,4801,368
Women9,2607,3611,899
Oakland University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartOakland University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartOakland University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 11,005 White, 1,360 Black, and 1,047 Asian students out of a total of 16,108 are attending at Oakland University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American341222
Asian1,047482565
Black1,360459901
Hispanic710307403
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1486
White11,0054,6596,346
Two or more races610268342
Race Unknown572274298
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American271116
Asian778361417
Black1,152405747
Hispanic618259359
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1486
White8,9933,8735,120
Two or more races530235295
Race Unknown480227253
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American716
Asian269121148
Black20854154
Hispanic924844
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White2,0127861,226
Two or more races803347
Race Unknown924745
Oakland University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartOakland University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartOakland University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Oakland has 279 students under 18 years old and 20 students over 65 years old. There are 11,697 students under 25 years old, and 4,411 students over 25 years old out of 16,108 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 279 students are younger than 18 and 11 students are older than 65. Oakland has 10,882 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,959 students aged 25 and over.

It has 815 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,452 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18279168111
18-193,5512,0621,489
20-214,1532,4811,672
22-243,7142,0461,668
25-292,3131,2691,044
30-34849443406
35-39481291190
40-49517332185
50-6423115774
Over 6520119
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18279168111
18-193,5512,0621,489
20-214,1162,4541,662
22-242,9361,5691,367
25-291,126593533
30-34368199169
35-3919112863
40-4918812959
50-64755421
Over 651156
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21372710
22-24778477301
25-291,187676511
30-34481244237
35-39290163127
40-49329203126
50-6415610353
Over 65963
Oakland University 2023 Student Population by Age chartOakland University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartOakland University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartOakland University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartOakland University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartOakland University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Oakland University, 1,820 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,655 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,680 students lived in Michigan or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 140 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students16,1081,8207,655
Undergraduate12,8411,2407,016
Graduate3,267580639
Online Student Population by Locality
Michigan ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,6806575
Undergraduate1,1844214
Graduate4962361
Oakland University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 12,841 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,343 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.46%.1,021 students have transferred in as full-time status and 322 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time9,223
Transfer-in Full-time1,021
Regular Part-time2,275
Transfer-in Part-time322

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