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Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, Oklahoma Private nonprofit 4-year Town

Overview

Oklahoma Wesleyan University is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The campus sits in a town setting. It enrolled 880 students in fall 2024, including 765 undergraduates and 115 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Wesleyan.

Oklahoma Wesleyan University offers associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 51 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Business/Commerce, and Registered Nursing. It awarded 192 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

50% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

Key figures

880
Students enrolled
50%
First-year retention
192
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
51
Programs and majors
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

AssociateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 51

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 14
Health Professions 3
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 3
Education 7
Psychology 1
Social Sciences 3
Theology and Religious Vocations 8
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
  • Biology AssociateBachelor Online option 7 graduates
Communication and Journalism 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
  • Mathematics AssociateBachelor Online option 2 graduates
English Language and Literature 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Physical Sciences 2
History 1
Visual and Performing Arts 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
50%
Student-to-faculty ratio
15:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
144
Associate degrees
2
Master's degrees
37
Doctoral degrees (research)
1
Professional doctorates
8

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
880
Undergraduates, fall 2024
765
Graduate students, fall 2024
115
Full-time, fall 2024
73%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,113
Undergraduates, 2024-25
978
Graduate students, 2024-25
135
Full-time, 2024-25
60%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

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

Women
50%
Men
50%
White
52%
Hispanic or Latino
13%
Black or African American
7%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
8%
American Indian or Alaska Native
6%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
5%
Race or ethnicity unknown
7%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs with a fully online option
13
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
6%
Students taking some online courses
47%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Wesleyan
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Athletic association
NAIA, NCCAA
Athletic conference
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
President
James Dunn
Services and opportunities
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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