Stillwater, Oklahoma. 20,814 undergraduate students. 276 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
UNITID 207388 · OPEID 003170 · IPEDS HDVINTAGE · COLLEGE SCORECARD · 2025-05 · HISTORY 1996–2024
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Oklahoma State
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($9.2k → $10.2k).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.2% → 0.0%).
PEER OUTLIER · TRENDING BETTER+28%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus are 28% above the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($57.4k vs $44.9k).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+18%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus rose 18% between 2021 and 2024 (44.6% → 52.5%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Oklahoma
Each tile compares this institution to the Oklahoma median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$57,413+23% · 6→10y
Oklahoma median $38,465
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$46,855
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
65.9%+39% · '97→'24
Oklahoma median 52.9%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$15,500+209% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
20,814+22% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
83.9%+7% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
70.9%-18% · '01→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$10,234+337% · '00→'24
out-of-state $25,754
SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.6%
0%8% · GE20%+
Median federal debt $15,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $57,413 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
UNDERGRAD · 1996–200917,773
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997–202468.2%
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997–2020$20,500
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 150% · 1997→2024+39%
Oklahoma State · completion · 150% rose
49.0% → 68.2%
COMPLETION · 100% · 1997→2024+175%
Oklahoma State · completion · 100% rose
19.1% → 52.5%
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 1996→2009+22%
Oklahoma State · undergrad enrollment rose
14,588 → 17,773
IN-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+337%
Oklahoma State · in-state tuition rose
$2,340 → $10,234
OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+302%
Oklahoma State · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,400 → $25,754
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997→2020+209%
Oklahoma State · median debt rose
$6,625 → $20,500
COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 2011→2024-100%
Oklahoma State · cohort default rate fell
5.9% → 0.0%
PELL SHARE · 2008→2024+485%
Oklahoma State · pell share rose
3.7% → 28.0%
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 2007→2020+27%
Oklahoma State · earnings_median_10yr rose
$45,300 → $57,413
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 2005→2020+28%
Oklahoma State · earnings_median_8yr rose
$41,400 → $53,121
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 2003→2020+31%
Oklahoma State · earnings_median_6yr rose
$35,800 → $46,855
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$480,920
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
Cost per year
$15,274
HS-only baseline · OK
$33,800
Years to complete
4
CIP family
52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Oklahoma
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
“Oklahoma State graduates earn $X” — not “Oklahoma State makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Oklahoma State caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.