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Oral Roberts University

Oral Roberts University is a private campus in Tulsa proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Other Protestant affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$20,412

family income
under $30k

$18,625

$30–48k

$22,588

$48–75k

$26,615

$75–110k

$29,477

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$25,3652023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Oral Roberts University rose from $18,046 (2008) to $25,365 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$18,046
2009	$18,909
2010	$20,534
2011	$18,433
2012	$21,258
2013	$20,477
2014	$22,026
2015	$21,001
2016	$19,035
2017	$21,557
2018	$22,248
2019	$19,355
2020	$23,385
2021	$21,953
2022	$23,600
2023	$25,365

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$50,0042024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Oral Roberts University rose from $29,005 (2009) to $50,004 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$29,005
2010	$32,168
2011	$32,924
2012	$32,320
2013	$35,070
2014	$36,011
2015	$38,235
2016	$37,123
2017	$39,032
2018	$40,935
2019	$42,624
2020	$44,006
2021	$45,170
2022	$46,011
2023	$47,367
2024	$50,004

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$11,300
2001	$11,900
2002	$12,600
2003	$13,970
2004	$14,600
2005	$15,880
2006	$16,670
2007	$17,800
2008	$18,385
2013	$22,508
2014	$23,410
2015	$24,792
2016	$25,676
2017	$26,792
2018	$27,728
2019	$30,070
2020	$30,930
2021	$31,558
2022	$32,640
2023	$34,100

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Oral Roberts University reports published tuition of $35,470 in this record. Oral Roberts University's $35,470 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Oral Roberts University reports 3,487 undergraduate students. Enrollment is a headcount, not a measure of teaching access.

56.8% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Oral Roberts University within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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56.8%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Oral Roberts University rose from 30.1% (entered 1991) to 56.8% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	30.1%
1992 cohort	50%
1993 cohort	42.1%
1994 cohort	51.2%
1995 cohort	51.7%
1996 cohort	51.8%
1997 cohort	50.4%
1998 cohort	53.6%
1999 cohort	54%
2000 cohort	55.5%
2001 cohort	51.7%
2002 cohort	54.3%
2003 cohort	51.8%
2004 cohort	58.4%
2005 cohort	55.6%
2006 cohort	50.7%
2007 cohort	53.4%
2008 cohort	53.4%
2009 cohort	57.6%
2010 cohort	56.5%
2011 cohort	56.5%
2012 cohort	57%
2013 cohort	55.5%
2014 cohort	55.7%
2015 cohort	58.9%
2016 cohort	62.9%
2017 cohort	53.9%
2018 cohort	56.8%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$17,163	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$17,125	$5,772
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$17,126	$5,333
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$17,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$18,825	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$19,034	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$17,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$17,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$17,625	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$17,409	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$19,125	$7,125
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$22,875	$8,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$26,125	$11,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$28,000	$13,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$28,254	$12,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$29,000	$12,000
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$29,250	$13,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$30,000	$13,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$30,402	$15,000
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$25,825	$11,679
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$26,250	$10,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$27,000	$10,000
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$27,000	$11,441

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$39,112

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$45,092

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$46,885

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Oral Roberts University admitted 4,967 of 5,022 applicants in Fall 2024. The 98.9% rate describes that application pool.

98.9%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $34,100 tuition · 2023–24 3,487 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1120–13101600

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Admissions

Oral Roberts University reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Oral Roberts University’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 580–660 and Math was 540–650 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1120–1310 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	580	620	660
SAT Math	540	580	650
ACT Composite	22	24	28

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Oral Roberts University received 5,022 applications and admitted 4,967 (98.9%), with 935 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

98.9%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2002	64.9%
Fall 2003	67.3%
Fall 2004	63.6%
Fall 2005	67.3%
Fall 2006	69.8%
Fall 2007	75.3%
Fall 2008	72.7%
Fall 2009	65.2%
Fall 2010	66.8%
Fall 2011	59.3%
Fall 2012	59.3%
Fall 2013	43.5%
Fall 2014	79.8%
Fall 2015	64%
Fall 2016	68.5%
Fall 2017	93.3%
Fall 2018	80.5%
Fall 2019	68.3%
Fall 2020	78.4%
Fall 2021	85%
Fall 2022	78.4%
Fall 2023	98.6%
Fall 2024	98.9%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2002–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1120–1310Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2002	950	1190
Fall 2003	950	1190
Fall 2004	950	1180
Fall 2005	955	1210
Fall 2006	938	1190
Fall 2007	920	1180
Fall 2008	870	1150
Fall 2009	940	1210
Fall 2010	920	1160
Fall 2011	913	1170
Fall 2012	913	1170
Fall 2013	910	1130
Fall 2014	858	1093
Fall 2015	903	1110
Fall 2016	890	1128
Fall 2017	990	1210
Fall 2018	1015	1225
Fall 2019	988	1240
Fall 2020	980	1220
Fall 2021	900	1210
Fall 2022	990	1240
Fall 2023	1083	1250
Fall 2024	1120	1310

IPEDS Fall 2002–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

22–28Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2002	20	26
Fall 2003	20	26
Fall 2004	20	26
Fall 2005	20	26
Fall 2006	19	26
Fall 2007	20	25
Fall 2008	20	26
Fall 2009	20	25
Fall 2010	20	26
Fall 2011	20	25
Fall 2012	20	25
Fall 2013	20	25
Fall 2014	19	25
Fall 2015	19	24
Fall 2016	19	24
Fall 2017	20	26
Fall 2018	19	25
Fall 2019	18	25
Fall 2020	19	27
Fall 2021	19	27
Fall 2022	19	25
Fall 2023	22	27
Fall 2024	22	28

IPEDS Fall 2002–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

3,487Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Oral Roberts University has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024 — up to 3,670 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 3,487.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	3,181
Fall 2003	3,670
Fall 2004	3,435
Fall 2005	3,349
Fall 2006	2,758
Fall 2007	2,714
Fall 2008	2,558
Fall 2009	2,595
Fall 2010	2,645
Fall 2011	2,676
Fall 2012	2,782
Fall 2013	2,884
Fall 2014	2,947
Fall 2015	3,054
Fall 2016	2,998
Fall 2017	3,068
Fall 2018	3,159
Fall 2019	3,098
Fall 2020	3,080
Fall 2021	3,186
Fall 2022	3,250
Fall 2023	3,322
Fall 2024	3,487

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

80%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Oral Roberts University has held near 80% from Fall 2003 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	73%
Fall 2004 cohort	77%
Fall 2005 cohort	86%
Fall 2006 cohort	76%
Fall 2007 cohort	72%
Fall 2008 cohort	75%
Fall 2009 cohort	82%
Fall 2010 cohort	80%
Fall 2011 cohort	80%
Fall 2012 cohort	81%
Fall 2013 cohort	80%
Fall 2014 cohort	80%
Fall 2015 cohort	82%
Fall 2016 cohort	81%
Fall 2017 cohort	83%
Fall 2018 cohort	81%
Fall 2019 cohort	78%
Fall 2020 cohort	85%
Fall 2021 cohort	81%
Fall 2022 cohort	81%
Fall 2023 cohort	80%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about Oral Roberts University

Faculty pay at Oral Roberts University averages $94,008 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Oral Roberts University as a primarily residential campus of 3,487 undergraduates — and 80.5% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Oral Roberts University's SAT section-percentile sums are 1120–1310 — their midpoint is above the OK four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Oral Roberts University's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Oral Roberts University compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Oral Roberts University98.9%

Oklahoma median76%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Oral Roberts University$35,470

Oklahoma median$9,797

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Oral Roberts University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Oral Roberts University$46,885

Oklahoma median$46,116

National median$53,781

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Oral Roberts University, Oklahoma and national reference values
Metric & basis	Oral Roberts University	Oklahoma median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	98.9%	76%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$35,470	$9,797	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$46,885	$46,116	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Oral Roberts University, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Oral Roberts University federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 11 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Engineering, General	$84,649
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$79,547
Marketing	$65,210
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$58,754
Psychology, General	$49,447
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$46,214
Theological and Ministerial Studies	$45,360
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$44,177
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$42,753
Communication and Media Studies	$39,535
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries	$36,493

These 11 fields listed for Oral Roberts University measure earnings after completion. The $46,885 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 54 additional Oral Roberts University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Oral Roberts University report?

Oral Roberts University's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1120–1310 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Oral Roberts University's acceptance rate?

98.9% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 4,967 admitted from 5,022 applicants.

How much does Oral Roberts University cost?

At Oral Roberts University, tuition is $35,470. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Oral Roberts University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $46,885. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Oklahoma

Oklahoma Christian University — 96.5% admitted
Northeastern State University — 99.6% admitted
Mid-America Christian University — 91.8% admitted
Rogers State University

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.