Enrollment Trends at OU

The student population at Oakland University is 16,108 (12,841 undergraduate and 3,267 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,632 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at OU is 79.72% which is decreased by 3,349 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 283 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,820 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 138.85% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 19,108 where 16,108 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.72% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.28% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,349 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 283 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in OU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Oakland University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	19,740	16,190	6,460	9,730	3,550	1,339	2,211
2013-14	20,169 429	16,594 404	6,820 360	9,774 44	3,575 25	1,412 73	2,163 -48
2014-15	20,519 350	16,935 341	7,100 280	9,835 61	3,584 9	1,492 80	2,092 -71
2015-16	20,261 -258	16,793 -142	7,152 52	9,641 -194	3,468 -116	1,487 -5	1,981 -111
2016-17	20,012 -249	16,568 -225	7,193 41	9,375 -266	3,444 -24	1,503 16	1,941 -40
2017-18	19,333 -679	15,901 -667	6,993 -200	8,908 -467	3,432 -12	1,505 2	1,927 -14
2018-19	19,309 -24	15,799 -102	6,896 -97	8,903 -5	3,510 78	1,544 39	1,966 39
2019-20	19,013 -296	15,543 -256	6,723 -173	8,820 -83	3,470 -40	1,514 -30	1,956 -10
2020-21	18,552 -461	15,100 -443	6,448 -275	8,652 -168	3,452 -18	1,522 8	1,930 -26
2021-22	17,170 -1,382	13,771 -1,329	5,800 -648	7,971 -681	3,399 -53	1,468 -54	1,931 1
2022-23	16,108 -1,062	12,841 -930	5,480 -320	7,361 -610	3,267 -132	1,368 -100	1,899 -32
Average	19,108	15,640	6,642	8,997	3,468	1,469	2,000

Oakland University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 15,640 where 12,841 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Oakland University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	16,190	11,880	4,719	7,161	4,310	1,741	2,569
2013-14	16,594	12,252	4,959	7,293	4,342	1,861	2,481
2014-15	16,935	12,454	5,078	7,376	4,481	2,022	2,459
2015-16	16,793	12,887	5,344	7,543	3,906	1,808	2,098
2016-17	16,568	12,968	5,452	7,516	3,600	1,741	1,859
2017-18	15,901	12,549	5,381	7,168	3,352	1,612	1,740
2018-19	15,799	12,656	5,354	7,302	3,143	1,542	1,601
2019-20	15,543	12,454	5,284	7,170	3,089	1,439	1,650
2020-21	15,100	12,057	4,991	7,066	3,043	1,457	1,586
2021-22	13,771	10,869	4,461	6,408	2,902	1,339	1,563
2022-23	12,841	10,244	4,231	6,013	2,597	1,249	1,348
Average	15,640	15,640	5,023	7,092	15,640	1,619	1,905

Oakland University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,468 where 3,267 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Oakland University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,550	1,439	539	900	2,111	800	1,311
2013-14	3,575	1,611	623	988	1,964	789	1,175
2014-15	3,584	1,629	648	981	1,955	844	1,111
2015-16	3,468	1,688	720	968	1,780	767	1,013
2016-17	3,444	1,739	737	1,002	1,705	766	939
2017-18	3,432	1,809	771	1,038	1,623	734	889
2018-19	3,510	1,949	827	1,122	1,561	717	844
2019-20	3,470	2,004	855	1,149	1,466	659	807
2020-21	3,452	1,984	837	1,147	1,468	685	783
2021-22	3,399	1,929	800	1,129	1,470	668	802
2022-23	3,267	1,955	777	1,178	1,312	591	721
Average	3,468	3,468	739	1,055	3,468	729	945

Oakland University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.32%. The percentage was 75.92% 10 years ago and OU still has a high percentage of white students. 6.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.44% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oakland University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	67	810	1,616	472	22	14,987	322
2013-14	65	887	1,613	528	20	15,144	413
2014-15	79	955	1,601	565	17	15,136	492
2015-16	72	962	1,501	583	19	14,872	538
2016-17	63	1,027	1,475	623	18	14,505	531
2017-18	63	1,014	1,351	657	16	14,030	522
2018-19	60	1,043	1,427	709	16	13,771	567
2019-20	55	1,080	1,444	768	16	13,329	543
2020-21	40	1,063	1,461	784	19	12,930	574
2021-22	38	1,044	1,348	759	20	11,877	575
2022-23	34	1,047	1,360	710	14	11,005	610
Average	58	994	1,472	651	18	13,781	517

Oakland University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,820 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 138.85% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Oakland University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	20,519	762	3,356	16,401
2015-16	20,261	702	3,349	16,210
2016-17	20,012	639	3,326	16,047
2017-18	19,333	717	3,782	14,834
2018-19	19,309	714	4,058	14,537
2019-20	19,013	794	4,127	14,092
2020-21	18,552	10,502	7,246	804
2021-22	17,170	2,291	8,601	6,278
2022-23	16,108	1,820	7,655	6,633
Average	18,920	2,105	5,056	11,760

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