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Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oral Roberts University is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a large city. It enrolled 5,936 students in fall 2024, including 5,017 undergraduates and 919 graduate students. The school has a religious affiliation.

Oral Roberts University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 68 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Divinity/Ministry, Business Administration and Management, and Psychology, General. It awarded 976 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 11 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

80% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1.

Key figures

5,936
Students enrolled
80%
First-year retention
976
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
68
Programs and majors
18:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 68

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 10
Theology and Religious Vocations 6
Psychology 2
Health Professions 4
Visual and Performing Arts 8
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Education 7
Communication and Journalism 6
Social Sciences 3
Computer and Information Sciences 4
Engineering 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Public Administration and Social Services 1
English Language and Literature 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 2
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 3
History 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1
Physical Sciences 1
Architecture 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
80%
First-year retention, part-time students
21%
Student-to-faculty ratio
18:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
745
Master's degrees
193
Doctoral degrees (research)
4
Professional doctorates
29
Certificates under 1 year
5

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
5,936
Undergraduates, fall 2024
5,017
Graduate students, fall 2024
919
Full-time, fall 2024
55%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
7,109
Undergraduates, 2024-25
5,928
Graduate students, 2024-25
1,181
Full-time, 2024-25
52%
Size category
5,000 to 9,999 students

Student body

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

Women
56%
Men
44%
White
36%
Hispanic or Latino
12%
Black or African American
13%
Asian
4%
Two or more races
6%
American Indian or Alaska Native
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
17%
Race or ethnicity unknown
9%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
11
Programs with a fully online option
37
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
47%
Students taking some online courses
20%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Other Protestant
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
The Summit League
President
William M. Wilson
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, 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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