College · Public · Alva, OK · Town
Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Alva, OK
Admit rate65%
6-yr median pay$40k
Net price / yr$10k
Undergrad size1,498
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $10k/yr for a shot at a $40k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 65% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1003 · ACT 20.
If you get in
1,498 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $19k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $10k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$75k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$40k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$34k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $6.0k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $11.7k
- Room & board
- $5.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,800
How students pay for it.
Pell grants41%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans37%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$17k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention65%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr30%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$40k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$44k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out18%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 1,498
- Location
- Alva, OK
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- NWOSU · Northwestern Okla State · Northwestern Oklahoma State
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White60%
- Hispanic15%
- American Indian / Alaska Native9%
- Black8%
- Two or more races4%
- Unknown2%
- International2%
- Asian1%
First-gen students43%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time12%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$39k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 25
What you can study.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse$76k · 5-yr
- Business Administration and Management$49k · 5-yr
- Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other$48k · 5-yr
- Agricultural Business and Management$46k · 5-yr
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching$45k · 5-yr
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$44k · 5-yr
- Psychology$42k · 5-yr
- Writingearnings not reported
- Biology/Biological Sciencesearnings not reported
- Mathematics and Statistics, Otherearnings not reported
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Otherearnings not reported
- Chemistryearnings not reported
- Criminal Justice and Corrections, Generalearnings not reported
- Social Workearnings not reported
- Political Science and Governmentearnings not reported
- Sociologyearnings not reported
- Musicearnings not reported
- Accountingearnings not reported
- Historyearnings not reported
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Otherearnings not reported
- Computer and Information Sciencesearnings not reported
- Special Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Agricultural Teacher Educationearnings not reported
- French Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- English Language and Literatureearnings not reported