Oakland University is a public institution that was founded in 1957. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 16,190, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 1,444 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Oakland University's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, Tier 2.

The Oakland University campus is located in Rochester, Mich., a suburb about 30 miles northwest of Detroit.