Oklahoma City University
Private College in Oklahoma City, OK. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $54,655.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $54,655 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 65%, meaning about one in three students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $20,835, 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
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 77% puts Oklahoma City University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 2,124 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield sits at 21% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 33% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 540–650 | 110 (33%) |
| SAT Math | 510–610 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–27 | 138 (50%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 65%, meaning about one in three students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention is strong at 84%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,432 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,051 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $15,187 at $0–30k versus $29,358 at $110k+. 94% of students get grant aid averaging $21,875, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 45% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 375 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 | $15,187 |
| $30–48k | $18,079 |
| $48–75k | $20,511 |
| $75–110k | $26,803 |
| $110k+ | $29,358 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 649 of these 1,432 students, totalling $4,459,005 — an average of $6,871 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.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)