Oklahoma Baptist University
Private College in Shawnee, OK. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $48,434.
Students who entered Oklahoma Baptist University land at a median of $48,434 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 52%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $24,801, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Oklahoma Baptist University admits 49% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly one in two applicants are turned away. The applicant pool runs to 3,653, typical for a school of this reach. About 21% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. 21% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 540–630 | 76 (21%) |
| SAT Math | 530–610 | |
| ACT Composite | 17–19 | 200 (57%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 52%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 72% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 33% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,292 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $23,839 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $17,562 at $0–30k versus $26,102 at $110k+. Most students get help: 98% receive grants worth $26,362 on average. Federal borrowing reaches 25% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 427 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $17,562 |
| $30–48k | $17,103 |
| $48–75k | $21,033 |
| $75–110k | $21,570 |
| $110k+ | $26,102 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 326 of these 1,292 students, totalling $2,241,164 — an average of $6,875 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pottawatomie County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)