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.
Oklahoma City University was awarded 19 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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OCU landed the #548 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 OCU held the #572 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
OCU is also ranked #3 out of 31 schools in Oklahoma.
When it comes to admittance, Oklahoma City University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 70%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
OCU received ACT scores from 39% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 21 and 25.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at OCU it is much better at 9 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Oklahoma City University is 57%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Oklahoma City University has a freshmen retention rate of 77%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At OCU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 58%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Oklahoma City University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,527 undergraduates at OCU with 1,476 being full-time and 51 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,922 | $21,066 | $26,416 | $25,341 | $29,325 |
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 OCU, 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 OCU, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $6,292 a year. That adds up to $25,168 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at OCU is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Get more details about the location of Oklahoma City University.
Contact details for OCU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2501 N Blackwelder, Oklahoma City, OK 73106-1402 |
| Phone: | 405-208-5000 |
| Website: | www.okcu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 169 | $72,980 |
| Law | 150 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 106 | NA |
| Music | 93 | $18,784 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 42 | $20,696 |
| Allied Health Professions | 34 | NA |
| Accounting | 29 | NA |
| Dance | 29 | $19,548 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 23 | NA |
| Sociology | 23 | NA |
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, 503 students took at least one online class at Oklahoma City University. This is a decrease from the 506 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 503 | 132 |
| 2021-2022 | 506 | 106 |
| 2020-2021 | 575 | 94 |
| 2018-2019 | 306 | 30 |
Learn more about online learning at Oklahoma City University.
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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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