Oakland University Student Population and Demographics

OU Student Population

There are 15,768 students including 12,587 undergraduate and 3,181 graduate students at Oakland University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 12,231 full-time and 3,537 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,649 male and 9,119 female students.

Oakland University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,399 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Oakland University has a total enrollment of 15,768 with a gender distribution of 42.17% male (6,649 students) and 57.83% female (9,119 students). There are 5,383 male and 7,204 female students in undergraduate school and 1,266 male and 1,915 female students are attending graduate school at Oakland University.

Student Population By Gender
Oakland University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,768	6,649	9,119
Undergraduate	12,587	5,383	7,204
Graduate	3,181	1,266	1,915
Full-time	12,231	5,018	7,213
Part-time	3,537	1,631	1,906

[Chart] Oakland University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Oakland University has 12,231 full-time and 3,537 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 10,202 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,385 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,029 students are full-time and 1,152 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Oakland University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	15,768	12,231	3,537
Undergraduate	12,587	10,202	2,385
Graduate	3,181	2,029	1,152
Men	6,649	5,018	1,631
Women	9,119	7,213	1,906

[Chart] Oakland University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Oakland University, 1,399 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,791 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 15,768 students.

In undergraduate schools, 6,872 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,318 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Oakland University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,768	12,587	3,181
Online Exclusively	1,399	815	584
In Some Online Classes	6,791	6,057	734
Not In Online Classes	7,578	5,715	1,863

[Chart] Oakland University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Oakland University. There are 33 American Indian/Native American, 10,570 White, 1,495 Black/African American, 1,080 Asian, 879 Hispanic, 16 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 438 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Oakland University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,768	6,649	9,119
American Indian/Native American	33	11	22
Asian	1,080	462	618
Black/African American	1,495	509	986
Hispanic	879	378	501
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	9	7
White	10,570	4,473	6,097
Two More	617	272	345
Race Un-Known	358	166	192

[Chart] Oakland UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Oakland University.

Age Distribution
Oakland University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,768	12,587	3,181
Under 18	314	314	0
Age 18-19	3,879	3,879	0
Age 20-21	3,891	3,853	38
Age 22-24	3,537	2,664	873
Age 25-29	2,125	1,073	1,052
Age 30-34	801	366	435
Age 35-39	486	197	289
Age 40-49	486	164	322
Age 50-64	230	71	159
Over 64	19	6	13
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Oakland University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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