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OCU

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City University is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a large city. It enrolled 2,966 students in fall 2024, including 1,514 undergraduates and 1,452 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is United Methodist.

Oklahoma City University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 81 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Law, Adult Health Nurse/Nursing, and Computer and Information Sciences, General. It awarded 883 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.

84% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 11 to 1.

Key figures

2,966
Students enrolled
84%
First-year retention
883
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
81
Programs and majors
11:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 81

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

Health Professions 8
Legal Professions and Studies 3
Visual and Performing Arts 14
Business, Management and Marketing 8
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Psychology 4
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 3
Education 14
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Social Sciences 4
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 4
English Language and Literature 2
Communication and Journalism 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 3
History 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 2
Physical Sciences 3
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
84%
Student-to-faculty ratio
11:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
359
Master's degrees
310
Doctoral degrees (research)
61
Professional doctorates
140
Postbaccalaureate certificates
13

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,966
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,514
Graduate students, fall 2024
1,452
Full-time, fall 2024
86%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
3,519
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,678
Graduate students, 2024-25
1,841
Full-time, 2024-25
81%
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
63%
Men
37%
White
53%
Hispanic or Latino
12%
Black or African American
8%
Asian
4%
Two or more races
8%
American Indian or Alaska Native
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
11%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Programs with a fully online option
5
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
15%
Students taking some online courses
30%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
United Methodist
Carnegie classification
Doctoral/Professional Universities
Athletic association
NAIA
Athletic conference
Sooner Athletic Conference
President
Kenneth Evans
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, 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

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