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University of Tulsa was awarded 4 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is clinical, counseling & applied psychology.
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University of Tulsa landed the #1,159 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.
University of Tulsa also holds the #10 spot on the Best Colleges in Oklahoma ranking.
The acceptance rate at University of Tulsa is a competitive 69%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 25% of students accepted to University of Tulsa submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 680. Math scores were between 538 and 670.
The student to faculty ratio at University of Tulsa is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Tulsa is 76%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 85% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Tulsa enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At University of Tulsa the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 56%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,929 undergraduates at University of Tulsa with 2,819 being full-time and 110 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $24,536 | $24,005 | $24,712 | $26,545 | $31,437 |
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 University of Tulsa, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At University of Tulsa, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $7,505 a year. That adds up to $30,020 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for University of Tulsa are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104-3189 |
| Phone: | 918-631-2000 |
| Website: | https://utulsa.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Law | 107 | NA |
| Computer Science | 81 | $73,787 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 71 | $70,220 |
| Business Administration & Management | 64 | $45,038 |
| Accounting | 49 | NA |
| Petroleum Engineering | 47 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 42 | $65,012 |
| General Biology | 41 | NA |
| Nursing | 34 | $74,029 |
| Allied Health Professions | 33 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 915 students took at least one online class at University of Tulsa. This is a decrease from the 1,573 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 915 | 133 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,573 | 164 |
| 2020-2021 | 103 | 98 |
| 2018-2019 | 131 | 120 |
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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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