OU Fast Facts

• Fall 2018 student population of 19,309 (15,799 undergraduate, 3,510 graduate)
• Fall 2018 first-generation students (Among First Time in Any College students) – 31.8 percent
• 9 percent increase in overall enrollment over the past decade
• Incoming freshmen average GPA – 3.5
• Incoming freshmen average ACT score – 24.6
• Incoming freshmen average SAT – 1,130
  
  Enrollment growth over the past 20 years
  
  

  Fall 2018                     19,309

  Fall 2013                     19,760

  Fall 2008                     17,758

  Fall 2003                     16,256

  Fall 1998                     14,298

Race/Ethnicity

• Caucasian - 74.5 percent
• African American - 9.0 percent
• Asian - 6.7 percent
• Hispanic - 3.8 percent
• Native American - 0.9 percent
• Native Hawaiian - 0.2 percent
• Other - 4.9 percent

Geographic distribution

• Oakland County - 40.5 percent
• Macomb County - 31.0 percent
• Wayne County - 6.3 percent
• Genesee/Lapeer/St. Clair counties - 6.6 percent
• Other Michigan counties - 7.7 percent
• County N/A – 0.1
• Other states - 3.1 percent
• Foreign countries - 4.7 percent 

Age

• Undergraduate
  • 17-22 - 71.7 percent
  • 23-34 - 24.9 percent
  • 35-44 - 2.2 percent
  • 45-54 - 1.0 percent
  • 55 plus - 0.3 percent
• Graduate
  • 17-22 - 5.9 percent
  • 23-34 - 71.6 percent
  • 35-44 - 13.4 percent
  • 45-54 - 6.9 percent
  • 55 plus - 2.3 percent

Gender

• Female - 56.3 percent
• Male - 43.7 percent

International students

• 902

Resident Student Population

• 3,052 (16 percent of total student population)

Recognition

• Classified as a doctoral research university by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
• Oakland’s business school is one of only 186 business schools of 16,000 worldwide to earn AACSB international accreditation for both business and accounting programs.
• Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB) holds full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
• Nurse Anesthesia program is ranked 18th out of 115 U.S. graduate programs in nursing-anesthesia, according to U.S. News & World Report. (2016)

Academic programs

• 143 bachelor’s degree programs
• 130 doctoral, master’s degree and certificate programs

Full-time faculty with doctoral degrees

• 88 percent (2018)

Full-time faculty with terminal degrees

• 93 percent (2018)

Transforming health care education

• The OUWB admitted its charter class in fall 2011 and now maintains a total enrollment of 494 students.
• The Human Health Building opened in fall 2012 to house the schools of Nursing and Health Sciences, and offers modern laboratories, research facilities and clinical spaces.

20:1 (2017)

• 66 percent of full-time undergraduate students received scholarships and grants averaging $6,745 per student in the 2016-17 academic year.
• 42 percent of full-time undergraduate students received need-based financial aid in the 2016-17 academic year.
• More than $1 million in scholarships has been awarded by the Oakland University Alumni Association to qualified OU students.

More than 115,000 alumni with 74 percent living in Michigan.

• 1,443 acres of wooded hills and meadows
• More than 50 major buildings
• Seven co-ed residence halls, two student apartment complexes and four Greek cottages
• State-of-the-art recreation center and athletic dome.
• Home to OU Art Gallery, Meadow Brook Hall, Meadow Brook Theatre and Meadow Brook Amphitheatre

• Total Awards – Approximately $10 million (FY2018)
• Research space - 109,502 sq. ft. 

Noted research centers

• Automotive Tribology Center (ATC)
• Center for Applied Research in Musical Understanding (CARMU)
• Center for Autism
• Center for Biomedical Research
• Center for Civic Engagement
• Center for Data Science and Big Data Analytics
• Center for Integrated Business and Research Education (CIBRE)
• Center for Religious Understanding (CRU)
• Center for Robotics and Advanced Automation (CRAA)
• Center for Social and Behavioral Research
• Clean Energy Research Center (CERC)
• Eye Research Institute (ERI)
• Fastening and Joining Research Institute (FAJRI)
• Galileo Institute for Teacher Leadership
• Institute for Spintronic and Microwave Technology
• Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (lSCRM)
• Ken Morris Center for the Study of Labor and Work
• Macomb-OU INCubator (MAC-OU INC)
• Michigan Center for Undergraduate Research (MCUR)
• Oakland University INCubator (OU INC)
• Prevention Research Center
• Reading Recovery Center of Michigan
• Southeast Michigan Economic Data Center

Oakland University is meeting increased demand for high-quality bachelor’s and master’s degree programs with the convenience and flexibility that three Macomb County locations offer.

FY2019 budget is approximately $274.9 million.

OU endowments totaled $103 million as of October 2018.

More than $500 million to the overall economy in 2015 fiscal year.

• 18 NCAA Division I men’s and women’s varsity sports programs
• Member of the Horizon League
• Won the McCafferty the last four seasons (2014-18)
• Captured 20 Horizon League titles over the last three seasons (2015-18)
• Led the Horizon League in Academic Honor Roll selections for 10th consecutive semester (2013-18)