Southeastern Oklahoma
State University
Public College in Durant, OK. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $45,079.
Students who entered Southeastern Oklahoma State University land at a median of $45,079 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Only 32% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $17,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 3.2% of students move 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Admissions
Southeastern Oklahoma State University accepts 76% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. With 1,315 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. 51% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards. 8% 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 | 490–593 | 41 (8%) |
| SAT Math | 490–593 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–24 | 324 (63%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 32% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Retention of 63% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. With 32% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The part-time picture is harder: 37% return, against 63% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,200 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,075 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $5,193 at the $0–30k band to $13,570 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 78% of students at an average of $10,095. 32% 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 · 436 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 | $5,193 |
| $30–48k | $6,333 |
| $48–75k | $8,247 |
| $75–110k | $13,275 |
| $110k+ | $13,570 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,008 of these 3,200 students, totalling $7,091,820 — an average of $7,036 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bryan 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)