University of Tulsa
Private Research University in Tulsa, OK. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $61,408.
A decade after enrolling, the median University of Tulsa student earns $61,408 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate of 72% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $21,500, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
62% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 5,121 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield sits at 23% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 23% 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 | 610–760 | 168 (23%) |
| SAT Math | 613–770 | |
| ACT Composite | 25–34 | 377 (52%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 72% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. Retention is strong at 92%, 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. Retention drops to 71% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,447 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,095 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $5,578 while those at $110k+ pay $25,473. 98% of students get grant aid averaging $41,410, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 33% 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 · 559 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 | $5,578 |
| $30–48k | $8,616 |
| $48–75k | $10,871 |
| $75–110k | $18,579 |
| $110k+ | $25,473 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 817 of these 2,447 students, totalling $5,515,642 — an average of $6,751 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tulsa 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)