Private for-profit · Community college

Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology

Tulsa, Oklahoma · Large city

#2 for grad earnings in Oklahoma

0%
Transfer rate: $29,776
Avg net price: 51%
Grad / completion: $49,944
Median earnings

Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Tulsa, Oklahoma (large city setting), enrolling 840 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 840 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa is the second-most-populous city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and the 48th-most populous city in the United States. Etvlwv ahassee means "old town" in the Muscogean language. In 1540, Hernando de Soto became the first European to visit and document the original Tulsa in the southeast. Tulsa culture is influenced by the nearby Southwest, Midwest, and Southern cultural regions, as well as a historical Native American presence. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Bachelor's
Nearest big city: 7 miles to Tulsa, OK
To the ocean: 443 miles
Nearest airport: 1 mile to Tulsa (TUL) · major hub

How Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology compares

Graduation rate51%

Higher than 39% · #46 of 67 in Oklahoma

Earnings, 10 years after entry$49,944

Higher than 90% · #2 of 61 in Oklahoma

Average net price$29,776

Cheaper than 8% · #61 cheapest of 62 in Oklahoma

Median debt at graduation$16,750

Lower than 10%

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment840

Larger than 71%

Percentiles compare Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology 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 gender

Women10412%
Men73688%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White50%
Black12%
Hispanic11%
Asian3.9%
Other or multiracial24%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 840
Student–faculty ratio: 8 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 9%
First-generation students: 50%
Students over 25: 55%
Median family income: $26,896
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $44,199

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $20,940
Room & board: $11,520
Books & supplies: $1,658
Total cost of attendance: $36,273
Average net price: $29,776

Outcomes

Graduated: 51%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $44,028
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $49,944
Median debt at graduation: $16,750
Students with federal loans: 6%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 41%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

51%

Low-income (Pell)

64%

First-generation

66%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: Yes
Dorm capacity: 320
Dorm capacity vs undergrads: 38%
Housing charge (year): $4,000
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 1.6 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 4

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.3reported offenses a year

0 violent a year1.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft

1.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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.

< $30k

$29,744

$30–48k

$30,056

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$7,316

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 9% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $7,316. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 127 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $49,944
Typical debt at graduation: $16,750
Debt vs. one year's pay: 34%
Out-earn a HS grad: 60%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$36,768

Men

$50,604

Men out-earn women by $13,836 (38%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 94°F
Winter low: 28°F
Annual rain: 41″
Annual snow: 8.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Tulsa Intl AP, OK US station (1.6 mi from campus).

What Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology graduates study — and earn

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

86 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

86———Air TransportationAssoc.

57 grads$35k 1 yr$73k 5 yr$19k debt

57$35,377$72,870$19,186 Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCert.

54 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

54———Business Administration, Management and Operations

31 grads$56k 1 yr— 5 yr$34k debt

31$56,180—$34,250 Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansCert.

16 grads$39k 1 yr$40k 5 yr$15k debt

16$39,200$39,904$15,200 Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

12 grads$38k 1 yr— 5 yr$17k debt

12$37,921—$16,631 Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCert.

— grads$37k 1 yr$46k 5 yr$18k debt

—$36,866$46,099$17,762 Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

— grads$44k 1 yr$46k 5 yr$19k debt

—$44,354$46,297$19,144 Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansCert.

— grads$42k 1 yr$52k 5 yr$19k debt

—$42,386$52,446$18,500 Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

— grads$41k 1 yr$46k 5 yr$22k debt

—$41,370$45,655$22,260 Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

— grads— 1 yr$62k 5 yr— debt

——$62,034—

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.