Southern Nazarene University
Private College in Bethany, OK. Six-year graduation rate 51%. Median 10-year earnings $54,951.
Students who entered Southern Nazarene University land at a median of $54,951 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 51%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $21,900 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 51%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 73% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,459 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $23,295 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $18,931 at $0–30k versus $27,434 at $110k+. 89% of students get grant aid averaging $18,170, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 65% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 346 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 | $18,931 |
| $30–48k | $18,323 |
| $48–75k | $22,590 |
| $75–110k | $27,082 |
| $110k+ | $27,434 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 945 of these 1,459 students, totalling $6,718,352 — an average of $7,109 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
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)