The Most Selective Colleges in Oklahoma
Every eligible Oklahoma four-year that reports an admission rate, ranked hardest to get into first and easiest last — not a prestige Top 25. Selectivity here is the published rate, not a magazine composite.
Ranked by acceptance rate · 15 of 30 Oklahoma institutions in this universe qualify for this ranking · Compiled 2026-09-01
- 1Oklahoma Baptist UniversityShawnee, OK · Private55.7%Compare nearby
- 2University of Science and Arts of OklahomaChickasha, OK · Public55.8%Compare nearby
- 3University of TulsaTulsa, OK · Private58.0%Compare nearby
- 4East Central UniversityAda, OK · Public65.5%Compare nearby
- 5Northwestern Oklahoma State UniversityAlva, OK · Public66.4%Compare nearby
- 6Oklahoma City UniversityOklahoma City, OK · Private70.4%Compare nearby
- 7Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, OK · Public70.9%Compare nearby
- 8University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, OK · Public76.5%Compare nearby
- 9Oklahoma Wesleyan UniversityBartlesville, OK · Private77.0%Compare nearby
- 10Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityDurant, OK · Public80.3%Compare nearby
- 11University of Central OklahomaEdmond, OK · Public81.8%Compare nearby
- 12Oklahoma Christian UniversityEdmond, OK · Private97.1%Compare nearby
- 13Oral Roberts UniversityTulsa, OK · Private98.6%Compare nearby
- 14Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, OK · Public99.2%Compare nearby
- 15Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherford, OK · Public100.0%Compare nearby
How this list was built
- Measure
- Acceptance rate — sorted lowest to highest
- Source variable
ADM_RATE- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Institution (05-19-2025 release)
- Oklahoma institutions in this universe (30 schools).
- Oklahoma four-year main campuses only. Rank order is published admission rate; on an exact tie, higher SAT average ranks above, and missing SAT does not drop a school. SAT is not shown because it is not the ranked measure. Schools without a published ADM_RATE are omitted rather than estimated.
- Institutions enrolling fewer than 500 undergraduates are excluded — the same size floor as the national selectivity list — even when they report an admission rate. That cut is not a median-stability adjustment.
- 15 of 30 Oklahoma institutions in this universe qualify for this ranking (report the measure and pass any enrollment floor); the rest are omitted rather than estimated.
A single measure is a narrow way to judge a college. Read this alongside the others, and see the methodology for what these figures do and do not capture.
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