Environmental Health at Oakland University

If you plan to study environmental health, take a look at what Oakland University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and has a total student population of 18,552. In 2021, 18 environmental health majors received their bachelor's degree from Oakland.

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

Oakland Environmental Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health

Oakland Environmental Health Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks environmental health 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 environmental health major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Health. 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
Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Environmental Health Schools	16
Best Value Environmental Health Schools	20
Most Focused Environmental Health Schools	23

Environmental Health Student Demographics at Oakland

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

Oakland Environmental Health Bachelor’s Program

The environmental health program at Oakland awarded 18 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical environmental health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental health 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 environmental health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
• General Public Health

Careers That Environmental Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in environmental health 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
Health Specialties Professors	5,440	$131,020
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,780	$69,430
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2,250	$70,910
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	370	$50,350
Epidemiologists	190	$72,820

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.