Private for-profit · Community college
Formations Institute
Enid, Oklahoma · Small city
- 4%
- Transfer rate
- $24,213
- Avg net price
- 64%
- Grad / completion
- $22,058
- Median earnings
Formations Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Enid, Oklahoma (small city setting), enrolling 39 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Enid, Oklahoma
Enid is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Prior to the Land Run of 1893, the land where present-day Enid, Oklahoma sits was part of O County in the Cherokee Outlet, and was occupied by the Cherokee people following the Treaty of New Echota and the Cherokee trail of tears. Enid is home to the annual Tri-State Music Festival which was started in 1932 by Russell L. Wiley, who was Phillips University band director from 1928 to 1934. From 1933 to 1936, Edwin Franko Goldman headlined the festival. The festival takes place each spring in Enid. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 68 miles to Oklahoma City, OK
- To the ocean
- 488 miles
- Nearest airport
- 50 miles to Stillwater (SWO)
How Formations Institute compares
Higher than 54% · #39 of 67 in Oklahoma
Higher than 2%
Higher than 9% · #52 of 61 in Oklahoma
Cheaper than 20% · #57 cheapest of 62 in Oklahoma
Lower than 86%
Larger than 10%
Percentiles compare Formations Institute with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Oklahoma.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White79%
- Black7.7%
- Hispanic7.7%
- Other or multiracial5.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 39
- Student–faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 71%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 40%
- Median family income
- $17,591
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $24,213
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 64%
- First-year retention
- 22%
- Transferred to another college
- 4%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $18,719
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $22,058
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 66%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 40%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $22,058
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 17%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 95°F
- Winter low
- 25°F
- Annual rain
- 33.3″
- Annual snow
- 9.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Enid, OK US station (3.4 mi from campus).
What Formations Institute graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.