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Oklahoma Christian University

Private College in Edmond, OK. Six-year graduation rate 56%. Median 10-year earnings $49,203.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Oklahoma Christian University · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$49,203
Median debt at grad
$26,000
Mobility score
1.3
% bottom→top quintile
Graduation rate
55.5%
Federal loan default
0%

Ten years after entry, the median Oklahoma Christian University student earns $49,203 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 56% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $26,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Admissions

Acceptance rate
97%
Applicants
1,186
Yield rate
36.1%

Admission is not the constraint here: 97% of applicants are accepted. With 1,186 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. 36% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. 19% 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 500–640 78 (19%)
SAT Math 510–630
ACT Composite 19–26 245 (59%)

IPEDS Admissions · 2024

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Academics

Full-time retention
73%
Transfer-out rate
15%
Student:faculty
19:1

Six-year completion sits at 56%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 73% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 15% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 19:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$22,391
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
89%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
45%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,907 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Students pay an average of $22,391 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $17,818 at the $0–30k band to $27,472 at $110k+. 89% of students get grant aid averaging $15,926, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 45% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.

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.

% receiving grants
99%
Average grant
$16,641

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 315 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 $17,818
$30–48k $18,908
$48–75k $18,849
$75–110k $23,184
$110k+ $27,472

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 867 of these 1,907 students, totalling $5,097,664 — an average of $5,880 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Oklahoma County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$939/mo
1 bedroom
$1,017/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,244/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
100
Yellow Ribbon
Yes
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Oklahoma Christian University

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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