by our College Data Analytics TeamPublic Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Oakland University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in public health, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Oakland was $1,027 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $773 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $18,546 | $24,648 |
public health who receive their master’s degree from Oakland make an average of $57,318 a year during the early days of their career. That is 16% higher than the national average of $49,599.
Oakland does not offer an online option for its public health master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Oakland Online Learning page.
Women made up around 95.5% of the public health students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 76.2%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in public health at Oakland in 2019-2020, 13.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 14 |
| International Students | 4 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Public Health | 17 |
| Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene | 5 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to public health.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mental & Social Health Services | 51 |
| Nursing | 79 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.