Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Oklahoma

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Oklahoma, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 20 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma92.1%62%1389$15k$61k72%2,813443 mi2University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma90.0%77%1246$15k$63k75%22,734402 mi3Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma84.8%75%1150$17k$57k68%21,773456 mi4Oklahoma City UniversityOklahoma City, Oklahoma83.9%77%1177$23k$55k65%1,514423 mi5Oral Roberts UniversityTulsa, Oklahoma80.5%99%1196$25k$47k57%3,487436 mi6Southern Nazarene UniversityBethany, Oklahoma72.9%——$22k$55k51%1,455425 mi7Oklahoma Christian UniversityEdmond, Oklahoma72.5%97%1122$22k$49k56%1,885429 mi8Oklahoma Baptist UniversityShawnee, Oklahoma71.7%49%1024$21k$48k52%1,308403 mi9Rogers State UniversityClaremore, Oklahoma69.7%——$15k$43k29%2,657450 mi10Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherford, Oklahoma67.7%——$14k$46k40%3,514453 mi11Cameron UniversityLawton, Oklahoma67.2%——$11k$40k31%2,492389 mi12University of Science and Arts of OklahomaChickasha, Oklahoma66.3%66%1152$7k$42k44%941402 mi13University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma65.2%78%1090$18k$48k37%10,170432 mi14Mid-America Christian UniversityOklahoma City, Oklahoma65.1%92%1020$17k$46k44%1,666414 mi15Northwestern Oklahoma State UniversityAlva, Oklahoma65.1%65%1003$10k$44k30%1,498530 mi16Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityDurant, Oklahoma63.4%76%1087$8k$45k32%3,018304 mi17East Central UniversityAda, Oklahoma60.6%58%1049$9k$45k34%2,467360 mi18Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, Oklahoma60.5%100%1049$13k$45k35%4,772415 mi19Oklahoma Panhandle State UniversityGoodwell, Oklahoma55.9%——$7k$45k21%917607 mi20Oklahoma Wesleyan UniversityBartlesville, Oklahoma50.0%66%—$28k$60k35%673481 mi

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