Oklahoma Panhandle
State University
Public College in Goodwell, OK. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $44,933.
Ten years after entry, the median Oklahoma Panhandle State University student earns $44,933 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is the weak point: 22% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $12,500, a light load against those earnings. On economic mobility, 2.5% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 22% — below national average
Academics
Only 22% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 56% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. The 35% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. At 17:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,016 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $7,326 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($7,302 versus $15,055), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 77% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,756 — common but not automatic. 67% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 174 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 | $7,302 |
| $30–48k | $10,224 |
| $48–75k | $15,055 |
| $75–110k | $15,055 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 681 of these 1,016 students, totalling $4,512,661 — an average of $6,627 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Texas 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)