Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Bartlesville, OK · Private · Town (distant) · OKWU or OWU · OWU
Private institution in Bartlesville, OK · 663 undergraduates · 77% acceptance rate · $59,841 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 17%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $26,8271,588th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $31,4661,384th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $31,4661,309th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $43,6171,301st cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $24,8131,225th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $59,841551st highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $55,700330th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 28.4%1,807th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 49.0%1,762nd highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 77.0%815th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- 20800th highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 6631,588th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 15.0:11,317th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 39.3%739th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 271 mi (DFW)
On 2 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 40 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $69,079 | $65,557 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherBusiness | bachelors | $52,107 | — |
| Business/Commerce, GeneralBusiness | bachelors | $40,821 | — |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesTheology | bachelors | $37,748 | — |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Arts, Entertainment,and Media ManagementVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Business/Managerial EconomicsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| ChemistryPhysical Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 11 sports
NAIA Division II · NAIA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $8,101,022 (M $4,566,207 · W $3,534,815)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach Volleyball
- Golf
- Other Sports
- Soccer
- Softball
- Tennis
- Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websiteokwu.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 206835)
- Compare colleges in OKRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in OklahomaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Oklahoma Wesleyan University vs Spartan College of Aeronautics and TechnologyHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 11 EADA programs at this school
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
- A plan from eighth grade — without fake certaintySchool-anchored milestones, sports scarcity honesty, and EC playbooks — not invented admit odds.