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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Overview

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a public institution situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Stillwater is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Known For?

4,917 Undergraduate Awards
$29,463 Avg Cost After Aid
67% Acceptance Rate
  • The student loan default rate at OSU is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at OSU.
  • For the 2019-2020 academic year, 89% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from OSU with a bachelor's degree make about $52,702 a year. That's 29% more than those who graduate from other schools.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Rankings

We have ranked OSU as #397 out of 2,018 colleges and universities in the country in our 2023 Best Colleges list. OSU also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Oklahoma ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at OSU.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best General Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Fire Protection Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#4 Best Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#9 Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#16 Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#16 Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#21 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#21 Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#29 Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#40 Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards OSU has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Agricultural Public Services, Other Schools College Factual
#1 Best Animal Nutrition Schools College Factual
#7 Best Fire Protection Schools College Factual
#75 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools College Factual
#75 Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools College Factual
#162 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools College Factual

Where Is Oklahoma State University - Main Campus?

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Contact details for OSU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 107 Whitehurst, Stillwater, OK 74078-1015
Phone: 405-744-5000
Website: www.okstate.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oklahoma-State-University/39013362306
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okstate

How Do I Get Into OSU?

You can apply to OSU online at: admissions.okstate.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for OSU

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank required
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into OSU?

67% Acceptance Rate
56% Of Accepted Are Women
33% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 67%, OSU does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 68%, and the acceptance rate for women is 66%.

Average Test Scores

About 33% of students accepted to OSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 630. Math scores were between 510 and 620.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus  ( 510 to 630 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus  ( 510 to 620 )
200
800
OSU received ACT scores from 87% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 27. Math scores were between 19 and 27. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

ACT English Scores for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus  ( 20 to 27 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus  ( 19 to 27 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus  ( 21 to 28 )
1
36

Can I Afford Oklahoma State University - Main Campus?

$29,463 Net Price
45% Take Out Loans
2.7% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of OSU is $29,463. 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 OSU, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $6,771 a year. That adds up to $27,084 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at OSU is 2.7%. 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.

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

17,624 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 20,323 undergraduate students at OSU, with 17,624 being full-time and 2,699 being part-time.

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There are also 4,212 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 17,624 full-time undergraduates at OSU, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Oklahoma State University - Main Campus students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 334
Black or African American 689
Hispanic or Latino 1,477
White 12,098
International Students 487
Other Races/Ethnicities 2,539

Geographic Diversity

Oklahoma students aren't the only ones who study at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 110 countries are represented at OSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

6,065 Took All Classes Online
21,517 Took At Least One Class Online
70.8% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 21,517 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the most popular in Oklahoma for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of OSU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus was $9,019 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $24,539. The following table shows how OSU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Fire Protection #1 #1
General Agriculture #1 #4
International Agriculture #1 #1
Chemical Engineering #1 #1
Agricultural Engineering #1 #1
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods #4 #13
Electronics Engineering Technology #4 #10
Computer Systems Networking #4 #4
Other Engineering #6 #9
International Studies #7 #13
Statistics #7 #4
General Engineering Technology #7 #7
General Family & Consumer Sciences #7 #10
Entrepreneurial Studies #7 #10
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations #7 #10
Transportation & Materials Moving #10 #10
Air Transportation #10 #10
Electrical Engineering #13 #16
Industrial Engineering #19 #16
Health & Physical Education #19 #55
Mechanical Engineering #19 #13
Engineering #25 #55
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences #25 #37
Public Health #28 #52
Mathematics & Statistics #28 #46
Finance & Financial Management #28 #56
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies #28 #67
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology #40 #85
Engineering Technologies #49 #73
Psychology #52 #97
Human Development & Family Studies #57 #77
Marketing #64 #165

Online Growth Rankings of OSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus was 70.8%. This is the #526 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at OSU regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of OSU majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations 1%
Business Administration & Management 6%
Business, Management & Marketing 8%
Computer & Information Sciences 1%
Computer Information Systems 2%
Education 9%
Educational Administration 25%
Engineering Technologies 36%
Entrepreneurial Studies 6%
Health Professions 3%
Information Technology 86%
Instructional Media Design 38%
International Agriculture 8%
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 23%
Marketing 11%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies 16%
Natural Resources & Conservation 3%
Natural Resources Conservation 3%
Nursing 26%
Teacher Education Grade Specific 2%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at OSU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at OSU.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Other Engineering #4
Transportation & Materials Moving #7
Air Transportation #7
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology #33
Engineering #37
Psychology #72

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%.

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 0 437 11 150 19 617
Marketing 0 0 321 3 0 0 324
Mechanical Engineering 0 0 256 0 26 5 287
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 263 0 0 0 263
Accounting 0 0 194 0 56 0 250
Animal Science 0 0 207 0 14 3 224
General Psychology 0 0 184 0 9 11 204
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 187 1 4 0 192
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 0 180 0 9 2 191
Computer Information Systems 0 0 136 1 43 3 183
Human Development & Family Studies 0 0 105 2 26 0 133
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 111 14 0 0 125
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 119 0 0 0 119
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 0 111 0 0 0 111
Air Transportation 0 0 86 0 16 2 104
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 80 0 12 6 98
General Biology 0 0 93 0 1 3 97
Zoology 0 0 79 0 15 2 96
Health & Physical Education 0 0 76 0 8 11 95
Communication Sciences 0 2 61 0 29 0 92
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 74 1 2 4 81
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 0 81 0 0 0 81
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 70 0 6 4 80
Agricultural Public Services 0 0 67 0 7 0 74
Electrical Engineering 0 0 59 0 8 3 70
Chemical Engineering 0 0 58 0 3 8 69
Civil Engineering 0 0 48 0 14 6 68
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 57 0 7 1 65
Construction Engineering Technology 0 0 64 0 0 0 64
Sociology 0 0 57 0 6 1 64
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 51 4 7 0 62
Industrial Engineering 0 0 41 0 16 5 62
Public Health 0 0 47 1 13 0 61
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 0 13 47 0 60
Hospitality Management 0 0 53 0 6 0 59
Mechanical Engineering Technology 0 0 58 0 0 0 58
Educational Administration 0 0 0 9 30 17 56
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 54 0 2 0 56
General English Literature 0 0 38 0 5 12 55
Political Science & Government 0 0 51 0 4 0 55
International Business 0 0 48 0 0 0 48
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 42 0 0 0 42
International Studies 0 0 9 0 26 0 35
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 0 0 28 0 7 0 35
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 33 0 2 0 35
Soil Sciences 0 0 20 0 7 7 34
Student Counseling 0 0 0 0 33 0 33
Instructional Media Design 0 0 0 13 19 0 32
Mathematics 0 0 26 0 2 3 31
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 28 0 0 2 30
Journalism 0 0 30 0 0 0 30
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 0 11 0 16 3 30
Natural Resources Conservation 1 0 15 0 13 0 29
Music 0 0 19 0 10 0 29
General Education 0 0 0 10 3 14 27
Other Engineering 0 0 0 0 27 0 27
International Agriculture 0 0 0 0 26 0 26
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 3 23 0 26
Chemistry 0 0 15 0 1 10 26
History 0 0 19 0 5 1 25
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 0 10 15 25
Architectural Sciences & Technology 0 0 24 0 0 0 24
Nursing 0 0 23 0 0 0 23
Agricultural Engineering 0 0 20 0 0 2 22
Food Science Technology 0 0 12 0 8 0 20
Philosophy 0 0 15 0 5 0 20
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 0 0 17 0 17
Health/Medical Prep Programs 0 17 0 0 0 0 17
Agricultural Production 16 0 0 0 0 0 16
Computer Engineering 0 0 16 0 0 0 16
Fire Protection 0 0 0 0 13 3 16
Electronics Engineering Technology 0 0 15 0 0 0 15
Economics 0 0 15 0 0 0 15
Geography & Cartography 7 0 8 0 0 0 15
Plant Sciences 0 0 7 0 2 5 14
Nutrition Science 0 0 0 0 11 1 12
Physics 0 0 3 0 3 6 12
Architectural Engineering 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
Statistics 0 0 6 0 3 1 10
Romance Languages 0 0 9 0 0 0 9
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0 9 0 9
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 9 0 0 0 9
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 8 0 0 8
Teaching English or French 7 0 0 1 0 0 8
Information Technology 0 0 0 3 4 0 7
General Agriculture 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
Botany/Plant Biology 0 0 3 0 1 2 6
Materials Engineering 0 0 0 0 4 2 6
Homeland Security 0 0 0 6 0 0 6
Landscape Architecture 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
General Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
Area Studies 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
Horticulture 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
Writing Studies 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
General Family & Consumer Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Human Sciences Business Services 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Petroleum Engineering 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Human Resource Management 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Environmental Engineering 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Museum Studies 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Natural Sciences 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Germanic Languages 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Recreation Administration 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Computer Systems Networking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Education Philosophy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
International Education 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerontology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arts & Media Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 31 19 4,867 116 937 209 6,179

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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