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Northeastern State University Overview

Located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Northeastern State University is a public institution. Tahlequah is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

What Is Northeastern State University Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$19,469 Avg Cost After Aid
99% Acceptance Rate
  • The 1% student loan default rate at NSU is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at NSU.
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  • After graduation, NSU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $43,257 a year. That's about 6% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Northeastern State University?

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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: www.nsuok.edu

How Do I Get Into NSU?

You can apply to NSU online at: https://offices.nsuok.edu/admissions/Apply.aspx

Admission Requirements for NSU

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into NSU?

99% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
3% Submit SAT Scores
NSU has the high acceptance rate of 99%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 99%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Average Test Scores

About 3% 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 478 and 555. Math scores were between 400 and 530.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Northeastern State University  ( 478 to 555 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Northeastern State University  ( 400 to 530 )
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800
NSU received ACT scores from 91% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 23. Math scores were between 16 and 22. Composite scores were between 17 and 23.

ACT English Scores for Northeastern State University  ( 16 to 23 )
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ACT Math Scores for Northeastern State University  ( 16 to 22 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Northeastern State University  ( 17 to 23 )
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36

Can I Afford Northeastern State University?

$19,469 Net Price
40% Take Out Loans
0.5% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of NSU is $19,469. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 NSU, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $5,605 a year. That adds up to $22,420 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NSU is 0.5%. 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.

Northeastern State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,821 Full-Time Undergraduates
62% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 5,523 undergraduate students at NSU, with 3,821 being full-time and 1,702 being part-time.

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There are also 1,502 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,821 full-time undergraduates at NSU, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northeastern State University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 77
Black or African American 141
Hispanic or Latino 267
White 1,776
International Students 72
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,488

Geographic Diversity

Oklahoma students aren't the only ones who study at Northeastern State University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 43 countries are represented at NSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and India.

Online Learning at Northeastern State University

2,577 Took All Classes Online
5,499 Took At Least One Class Online
32.7% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 33 bachelor’s degree and 39 master’s degree programs available online at NSU. In 2020-2021, 5,499 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NSU has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 7th most popular in Oklahoma for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of NSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northeastern State University was 32.7%. This is the #842 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NSU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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