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Northern Oklahoma College landed the #1,828 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Northern Oklahoma College held the #2,000 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Northern Oklahoma College is also ranked #21 out of 31 schools in Oklahoma.
If you are worried about getting into Northern Oklahoma College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
With a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1, Northern Oklahoma College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Northern Oklahoma College is 100%. 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 Northern Oklahoma College is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,374 undergraduates at Northern Oklahoma College with 1,381 being full-time and 1,993 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,883 | $3,136 | $5,374 | $10,223 | $10,614 |
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 Northern Oklahoma College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Northern Oklahoma College, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $5,141 a year. That adds up to $20,564 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Northern Oklahoma College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1220 E Grand Ave, Tonkawa, OK 74653 |
| Phone: | 580-628-6200 |
| Website: | www.noc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 103 | NA |
| Nursing | 86 | NA |
| Management Information Systems | 80 | NA |
| General Social Sciences | 68 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 57 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 33 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 33 | NA |
| General Physical Sciences | 29 | NA |
| Other Agriculture | 28 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 13 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,801 students took at least one online class at Northern Oklahoma College. This is an increase from the 1,651 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,801 | 778 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,651 | 727 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,715 | 759 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,920 | 577 |
Learn more about online learning at Northern Oklahoma College.
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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