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Best Nursing Colleges in Oklahoma

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 31 schools · Agent Insights
31
Schools Analyzed
$44,177
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
38%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$13,801
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 31 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 31
Avg. earnings at 10yr $44,177
Avg. graduation rate 38%
Avg. net price $13,801
Avg. median debt $17,367

How We Ranked

Nursing programs in Oklahoma ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICESouthwestern OklahomaOklahoma CityOklahoma PanhandleConnors StateOklahoma Christian

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Southwestern Oklahoma St…37%Oklahoma City University65%Oklahoma Panhandle State…23%Connors State College32%Oklahoma Christian Unive…55%Tulsa Community College28%University of Tulsa73%Oklahoma City Community …24%Carl Albert State College42%Western Oklahoma State C…32%Eastern Oklahoma State C…29%Oklahoma Baptist Univers…51%Northeastern State Unive…36%Northwestern Oklahoma St…33%Northern Oklahoma College44%University of Central Ok…37%University of Science an…41%Oklahoma State Universit…42%Rogers State University27%Seminole State College35%

Top 3

#1

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Weatherford, OK

Graduation37%
Earnings$45,744
Net Price$14,459

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#2

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, OK

Graduation65%
Earnings$54,655
Net Price$22,857

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#3

Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Goodwell, OK

Graduation23%
Earnings$44,933
Net Price$7,413

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Full Rankings

#1

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Weatherford, OK · 3,514 students · Public

37% graduate $45,744 earnings
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#2

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, OK · 1,514 students · Private nonprofit

77% accepted 65% graduate $54,655 earnings
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#3

Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Goodwell, OK · 917 students · Public

23% graduate $44,933 earnings
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#4

Connors State College

Warner, OK · 2,076 students · Public

32% graduate $38,469 earnings
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#5

Oklahoma Christian University

Edmond, OK · 1,885 students · Private nonprofit

97% accepted 55% graduate $49,203 earnings
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#6

Tulsa Community College

Tulsa, OK · 12,228 students · Public

28% graduate $39,746 earnings
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#7

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK · 2,813 students · Private nonprofit

62% accepted 73% graduate $61,408 earnings
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#8

Oklahoma City Community College

Oklahoma City, OK · 9,758 students · Public

24% graduate $38,146 earnings
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#9

Carl Albert State College

Poteau, OK · 1,308 students · Public

42% graduate $34,117 earnings
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#10

Western Oklahoma State College

Altus, OK · 815 students · Public

32% graduate $38,248 earnings
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#11

Eastern Oklahoma State College

Wilburton, OK · 964 students · Public

29% graduate $38,658 earnings
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#12

Oklahoma Baptist University

Shawnee, OK · 1,308 students · Private nonprofit

49% accepted 51% graduate $48,434 earnings
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#13

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, OK · 4,772 students · Public

100% accepted 36% graduate $45,379 earnings
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#14

Northwestern Oklahoma State University

Alva, OK · 1,498 students · Public

65% accepted 33% graduate $44,358 earnings
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#15

Northern Oklahoma College

Tonkawa, OK · 1,941 students · Public

44% graduate $37,566 earnings
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#16

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, OK · 10,170 students · Public

78% accepted 37% graduate $48,351 earnings
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#17

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

Chickasha, OK · 941 students · Public

66% accepted 41% graduate $41,913 earnings
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#18

Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology

Okmulgee, OK · 2,028 students · Public

42% graduate $45,634 earnings
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#19

Rogers State University

Claremore, OK · 2,657 students · Public

27% graduate $43,166 earnings
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#20

Seminole State College

Seminole, OK · 1,086 students · Public

35% graduate $35,390 earnings
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#21

Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College

Miami, OK · 1,720 students · Public

29% graduate $38,337 earnings
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#22

East Central University

Ada, OK · 2,467 students · Public

58% accepted 34% graduate $44,962 earnings
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#23

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, OK · 3,487 students · Private nonprofit

99% accepted 56% graduate $46,885 earnings
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#24

Langston University

Langston, OK · 1,742 students · Public

17% graduate $33,261 earnings
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#25

Cameron University

Lawton, OK · 2,492 students · Public

26% graduate $40,118 earnings
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#26

Southern Nazarene University

Bethany, OK · 1,455 students · Private nonprofit

50% graduate $54,951 earnings
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#27

Rose State College

Midwest City, OK · 4,953 students · Public

20% graduate $37,555 earnings
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#28

Murray State College

Tishomingo, OK · 1,786 students · Public

27% graduate $36,545 earnings
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#29

Oklahoma State University-Main Campus

Stillwater, OK · 21,773 students · Public

75% accepted 67% graduate $57,413 earnings
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#30

Mid-America Christian University

Oklahoma City, OK · 1,666 students · Private nonprofit

92% accepted 40% graduate $46,116 earnings
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#31

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, OK · 673 students · Private nonprofit

66% accepted 32% graduate $59,841 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics. →

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). →

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.

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