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Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma Public 4-year Small city

Overview

Located in Lawton, Oklahoma, Cameron University is a public four-year institution. The campus sits in a small city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 3,696, made up of 3,307 undergraduates and 389 graduate students.

Cameron University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 44 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Corrections and Criminal Justice, Other, and Information Technology. It awarded 750 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 19 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 67% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
3,696
Students enrolled
67%
First-year retention
750
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
44
Programs and majors
18:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 44

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 4
Health Professions 5
Computer and Information Sciences 3
Education 8
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Psychology 2
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
  • Biology Bachelor Online option 20 graduates
Visual and Performing Arts 3
Communication and Journalism 3
Physical Sciences 2
  • Chemistry Bachelor Online option 9 graduates
  • Physics Bachelor Online option 1 graduate
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Engineering 1
English Language and Literature 1
Social Sciences 2
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
History 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
67%
First-year retention, part-time students
20%
Student-to-faculty ratio
18:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
345
Associate degrees
190
Master's degrees
96
Certificates under 1 year
85
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
9
Postbaccalaureate certificates
25

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
3,696
Undergraduates, fall 2024
3,307
Graduate students, fall 2024
389
Full-time, fall 2024
55%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
4,409
Undergraduates, 2024-25
3,911
Graduate students, 2024-25
498
Full-time, 2024-25
55%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
64%
Men
36%
White
46%
Hispanic or Latino
17%
Black or African American
9%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
12%
American Indian or Alaska Native
5%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
5%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
19
Programs with a fully online option
24
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
32%
Students taking some online courses
52%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Lone Star Conference
President
C. Shane Hunt
Services and opportunities
ROTC, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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