Western Oklahoma State College Overview

Western Oklahoma State College is a public institution located in Altus, Oklahoma. The surrounding location of Altus is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

What Is Western Oklahoma State College Known For?

• The 4% student loan default rate at Western 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 highest award offered at Western is the associate's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 35% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Western Oklahoma State College?

Contact details for Western are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2801 N Main St, Altus, OK 73521-1397
Phone:	580-477-2000
Website:	www.wosc.edu

How Do I Get Into Western?

You can apply to Western online at: www.wosc.edu//index.php?page=enroll

As long as you submit the requested materials to Western Oklahoma State College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Western Oklahoma State College?

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 Western, approximately 17% of students took out student loans averaging $4,005 a year. That adds up to $16,020 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Western is 4.0%. 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.

Western Oklahoma State College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,314 undergraduate students at Western, with 503 being full-time and 811 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 503 full-time undergraduates at Western, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Western Oklahoma State College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	122
White	250
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	82

Over 16 countries are represented at Western. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Dominican Republic, and Australia.

Online Learning at Western Oklahoma State College

In 2020-2021, 949 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 24th 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 Western

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Western Oklahoma State College was 14.5%. This is the #1,219 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Western 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.