College · Private nonprofit · Oakland City, IN · Rural
Oakland City University
Oakland City, IN
Religious affiliation
Admit rate83%
6-yr median pay$43k
Net price / yr$15k
Undergrad size499
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $15k/yr for a shot at a $43k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 83% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 19.
If you get in
499 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $42k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $15k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$170k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$61k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$109k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $27.9k
- Room & board
- $11.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants41%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans42%
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 retention73%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr66%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$43k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$43k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out11%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 499
- Location
- Oakland City, IN
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White50%
- International18%
- Black15%
- Two or more races7%
- Hispanic6%
- Unknown3%
- Asian1%
First-gen students44%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$42k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 21
What you can study.