Oakland University

Public school in Rochester Hills, Michigan. 12,351 undergraduates. School website

87.9%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$11,815
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$80,678
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, Oakland University's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 87.9% of the time (898 test-takers), 3.4 points above the Michigan BSN average of 84.5%.
  • That puts it 12th of 28 ranked BSN programs in Michigan on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $11,815 a year is $4,813 below the $16,628 median of the 26 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate fell 7.7 points between 2023 and 2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2023 332 first-time takers89.2%
  • 2024 280 first-time takers92.9%
  • 2025 286 first-time takers81.5%

Michigan BSN average, latest year: 84.5%

Source: Michigan board of nursing, calendar. Listed by the board as MI - OAKLAND UNIVERSITY - BS (US09502800).

Nursing programs at Oakland University

Nursing programs at Oakland University
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)438$19,981$80,678CCNEPartly
Master's (MSN)60$39,921$97,968CCNEPartly

Graduates are IPEDS completions for 2023–24 and include RN-to-BSN completers. Debt is the median federal loan balance of graduates who borrowed; pay is the median earnings of graduates working one year out (2024 dollars). Both from the College Scorecard. A dash means the figure is not published. “Partly” means some, but not all, of the school's programs at this level can be completed fully online, such as an RN-to-BSN track.

About these figures

58% of first-time, full-time students at Oakland University finish within 150% of normal time (whole school, not nursing alone). Pass rates, cost and pay come from public sources listed on data sources and are combined by the method on how we rank programs. We do not accept payment to change a school's listing.

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