Oklahoma State
University-Main Campus
Public Research University in Stillwater, OK. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $57,413.
Students who entered Oklahoma State University-Main Campus land at a median of $57,413 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is a strength: 68% of students finish within six years. Graduates carry a median of $20,500 in debt — in line with the national norm. It also moves people — 2.0% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
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
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus accepts 75% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. With 24,910 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. 27% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. 20% 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 | 530–630 | 1,024 (20%) |
| SAT Math | 510–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–27 | 3,260 (65%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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68% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 85% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Retention drops to 66% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 20,799 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,561 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $12,243 while those at $110k+ pay $24,711. Grant aid is widespread — 87% of students receive it, averaging $10,065. Federal borrowing reaches 38% 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 · 4,553 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 | $12,243 |
| $30–48k | $12,314 |
| $48–75k | $15,893 |
| $75–110k | $21,896 |
| $110k+ | $24,711 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 7,928 of these 20,799 students, totalling $51,743,106 — an average of $6,527 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Payne 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)