by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Northeastern State University was awarded 18 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.
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NSU is ranked #1,679 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
NSU also holds the #18 spot on the Best Colleges in Oklahoma ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 99%, NSU has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 7% of students accepted to NSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 440 and 560. Math scores were between 435 and 570.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Northeastern State University, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Northeastern State University is 77%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Northeastern State University is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at NSU is 18%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Northeastern State University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,004 undergraduates at NSU with 4,155 being full-time and 1,849 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,825 | $7,799 | $11,480 | $15,460 | $15,936 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of NSU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NSU, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $5,540 a year. That adds up to $22,160 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for NSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 600 N Grand, Tahlequah, OK 74464-2399 |
| Phone: | 918-456-5511 |
| Website: | https://www.nsuok.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 176 | $43,690 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 149 | $32,440 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 120 | $43,045 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 114 | $39,668 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 103 | $42,150 |
| Accounting | 86 | $49,823 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 81 | $31,794 |
| Nursing | 74 | $80,792 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 66 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 66 | $29,464 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 5,211 students took at least one online class at Northeastern State University. This is a decrease from the 5,499 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 5,211 | 2,562 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,499 | 2,577 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,321 | 3,060 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,981 | 1,533 |
Learn more about online learning at Northeastern State University.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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