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University of Oklahoma - Norman

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Norman, OK
Population 1,100,000
Website https://www.ou.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 21,496
Men / Women 48% / 52%
White 52%
Hispanic 14%
Mixed 10%
Asian 6%
Black 6%
Native American 4%
International 3%
From State 48%
From Region 42%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 32%
Business & Economics 27%
Engineering 10%
Health Sciences 6%
Life & Natural Sciences 6%
Arts 5%
Education 5%
Computer Science 3%
Physical Sciences & Math 3%
Professional 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $9,797
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $27,377
Est. In-State Cost $12,673
Est. Out-of-State Cost $35,415
10-Year ROI $185,000
ROI Percentile 76th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 90%
4-Year Graduation Rate 58%
6-Year Graduation Rate 75%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 100 (24%)
Sunshine Hours 3,023 (89%)
Days Without Precipitation 280 (88%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (Unbound) 25%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $28M #58
Life & Natural Sciences $298M #66
Engineering, Computing & Math $90M #71
Graduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 296 #72
Engineering, Computing & Math 57 #93
Life & Natural Sciences 53 #285

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 2,500 (12%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 63%
SAT Range 1170 – 1300
SAT Math Range 560 – 660
SAT RW Range 580 – 670
ACT Range 23 – 29

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Architecture 29 66% / 34% 3% $65,358 97%
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology 19 — 74% / 26% 0% $65,251 72 —
Architecture 10 — 50% / 50% 10% $65,563 72 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 1,960 40% / 60% 3% $64,223 93%
Artificial Intelligence — — — — $92,392 95 —
Computer Science 129 — 83% / 17% 7% $134,656 100 95%
Information Science/Studies 27 +1 67% / 33% 7% $74,677 84 94%
Astronomy — — — — $70,786 80 —
Astrophysics 6 — 67% / 33% 17% $71,249 80 —
Chemistry 44 — 39% / 61% 2% $69,082 77 95%
Mathematics 32 +2 66% / 34% 0% $74,505 83 89%
Physics 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $71,862 81 —
Biochemistry 23 — 43% / 57% 9% $62,350 66 100%
Botany 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $51,640 39 —
Microbiology 37 — 30% / 70% 8% $65,792 72 94%
Zoology 214 — 37% / 63% 1% $64,096 70 98%
Health and Exercise Science 175 — 31% / 69% 2% $57,646 56 91%
Public Health 96 — 24% / 76% 4% $83,289 90 93%
Economics 52 +3 67% / 33% 13% $76,015 85 78%
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $116,970 99 93%
African American Studies 5 — 60% / 40% 20% $39,531 10 89%
Anthropology 32 +1 22% / 78% 3% $48,611 30 97%
Arabic 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,872 40 —
Chinese 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $51,797 40 —
Classical Languages 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $51,736 40 —
English 20 +3 40% / 60% 15% $47,814 28 88%
French 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $51,746 40 100%
German 3 +1 33% / 67% 0% $51,950 40 —
History 37 +1 62% / 38% 0% $51,216 38 91%
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $51,216 38 91%
Humanities 14 +1 21% / 79% 0% $55,641 51 90%
Interdisciplinary Studies 145 — 51% / 49% 3% $58,308 58 92%
Italian 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $51,746 40 100%
Japanese 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $51,713 40 —
Liberal Arts and Sciences Studies and Humanities 81 +1 37% / 63% 2% $55,641 51 90%
Linguistics 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $51,642 39 —
Native American Studies 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $39,531 10 89%
Philosophy 10 +1 60% / 40% 10% $53,899 46 —
Political Science 85 +1 51% / 49% 0% $55,614 51 97%
Psychology 306 +5 23% / 77% 1% $53,516 45 95%
Religion/Religious Studies 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $51,441 39 —
Russian 5 — 100% / 0% 0% $51,791 40 —
Science, Technology and Society 8 — 25% / 75% 0% $55,203 50 —
Social Work 45 — 7% / 93% 0% $47,164 26 90%
Sociology 101 +6 27% / 73% 2% $52,753 43 93%
Spanish 15 +1 47% / 53% 0% $51,746 40 100%
Sustainability Studies 33 — 52% / 48% 0% $54,892 49 —
Women's Studies 6 +4 0% / 100% 0% $39,531 10 89%
General Education 115 — 47% / 53% 0% $55,641 51 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences 162 72% / 28% 1% $69,539 94%
Meteorology 42 +1 69% / 31% 0% $55,307 50 94%
Environmental Studies 15 +1 33% / 67% 0% $54,775 49 83%
Environmental Science and Policy 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $54,775 49 83%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 11 — 91% / 9% 0% $60,264 62 100%
Geography 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $60,264 62 100%
Geography and Environmental Studies 25 — 48% / 52% 0% $61,183 64 —
Aviation 62 — 87% / 13% 3% $89,259 93 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of International Studies 41 37% / 63% 2% $67,948 92%
International Studies 41 +2 37% / 63% 2% $67,948 76 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Gallogly College of Engineering 469 76% / 24% 9% $92,930 95%
Aerospace Engineering 44 — 73% / 27% 2% $87,920 93 100%
Architectural Engineering 20 — 70% / 30% 5% $86,641 92 —
Biomedical Engineering 51 — 51% / 49% 10% $87,445 93 —
Chemical Engineering 30 — 63% / 37% 17% $90,597 94 98%
Civil Engineering 33 — 76% / 24% 6% $88,173 93 92%
Computer Engineering 32 — 88% / 12% 16% $103,415 98 100%
Electrical Engineering 71 — 90% / 10% 1% $94,718 96 92%
Engineering Physics 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $98,264 97 —
Environmental Engineering 8 — 25% / 75% 12% $77,932 86 —
Industrial Engineering 42 — 64% / 36% 7% $103,183 98 97%
Mechanical Engineering 108 — 85% / 15% 11% $91,580 95 92%
Petroleum Engineering 26 — 88% / 12% 23% $100,791 97 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication 382 34% / 66% 1% $57,757 94%
Advertising 70 — 27% / 73% 0% $58,847 59 91%
Broadcast Journalism 62 — 53% / 47% 3% $57,281 55 97%
Communication 81 — 37% / 63% 1% $58,176 58 91%
Journalism 169 — 28% / 72% 1% $57,281 55 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education 137 20% / 80% 1% $49,807 97%
Early Childhood Education 31 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,705 31 97%
Elementary Education 33 — 6% / 94% 3% $48,705 31 97%
English Education 10 — 20% / 80% 0% $50,523 36 97%
Language and Drama Education 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $50,523 36 97%
Mathematics Teacher Education 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $50,523 36 97%
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education 3 — 100% / 0% 0% $50,523 36 97%
Social Studies Teacher Education 17 — 41% / 59% 0% $50,523 36 97%
Special Education 10 — 10% / 90% 0% $52,354 41 —
Music Education 25 — 36% / 64% 0% $50,523 36 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy 14 100% / 0% 21% $83,503 100%
Geophysics and Seismology 5 — 100% / 0% 60% $83,503 90 100%
Geosciences 9 — 100% / 0% 0% $83,503 90 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Michael F. Price College of Business 1,218 63% / 37% 2% $82,841 96%
Accounting 163 +22 56% / 44% 3% $90,317 94 99%
Business Administration 24 +3 38% / 62% 8% $87,174 92 91%
Business/Managerial Economics 37 +5 62% / 38% 3% $80,417 88 100%
Finance 221 +39 81% / 19% 2% $87,608 93 95%
Human Resources Management and Services 37 — 32% / 68% 3% $70,863 80 93%
Management 258 +36 66% / 34% 2% $70,863 80 93%
Management Information Systems 120 +34 78% / 22% 8% $100,678 97 96%
Marketing 265 +72 45% / 55% 1% $82,855 90 97%
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration 43 — 49% / 51% 0% $58,194 58 93%
Public Administration 9 +1 67% / 33% 0% $63,357 68 96%
Construction Management 41 — 98% / 2% 0% $91,112 94 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts 162 31% / 69% 1% $41,992 99%
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $40,952 12 95%
Dance 18 — 0% / 100% 0% $21,216 1 100%
Design and Visual Communications 16 — 19% / 81% 0% $64,333 70 100%
Film Studies 22 — 64% / 36% 0% $35,512 5 100%
Interior Design 24 — 8% / 92% 0% $64,333 70 100%
Music 18 — 61% / 39% 0% $49,244 32 100%
Musical Theatre 11 — 45% / 55% 0% $28,352 2 100%
Studio Art 22 — 27% / 73% 0% $40,952 12 95%
Theatre 24 — 38% / 62% 4% $28,352 2 100%

Rankings

Engineering

It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
Dinosaur Juice
Drill, Baby, Drill Energy & Mining Engineering
Oil AND Gold
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Kinetics & Dynamics Club
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Fossil Hunters

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Control Group
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Sustainability Squad
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
Lab Partners
X-Ray Vision Required Clinical Diagnostics
Read the Slides

Health Sciences

Where Diagnoses Begin Laboratory Sciences
Sample Slingers

Business & Economics

It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
Comparative Advantage State Anchors

Humanities & Social Sciences

Nosy for a Living Journalism
Live at 11 with the Local Affiliate
Professional Yapping Media & Communication Studies
Hot Takes from the Local Market