Graduate Programs at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus

Graduate School Overview

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus (referred to as OU) is a Public, 4 years school located in Norman, OK.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1913 - Current[Estimated Date]).

OU Directory Information
School Name	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus (OU)
Address	660 Parrington Oval, Norman, OK 73019-3072
Phone	405-325-0311
Web	https://www.ou.edu
Online Application	https://www.ou.edu/admissions/apply
Financial Info	https://www.ou.edu/sfc

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of OU is $9,082 for Oklahoma residents and $25,342 for out-of-state students. The school has 7,026 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 28,308 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 284 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 41 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$25,342 $9,082 for Oklahoma Residents
Student Population	7,026
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	284 graduate programs (41 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at OU is $9,082 for Oklahoma residents and $25,342 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $335 for Oklahoma residents and $993 for out-of-state students.

OU offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Oklahoma Residents	$9,082
Out-of-State	$25,342
Tuition per Credit Hour
Oklahoma Residents	$335
Out-of-State	$993

OU offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	41 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus is $9,082 for Oklahoma residents and $25,342 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.02% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Oklahoma Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$5,683	$2,894	$20,342	$2,894
2019-2020	$6,583	$1,994	$21,242	$1,994
2020-2021	$6,943	$1,634	$21,602	$1,634
2021-2022	$8,034	$780	$23,096	$780
2022-2023	$8,034	$780	$23,820	$780
2023-2024	$8,903	$179	$25,163	$179

The graduate school tuition & fees of OU is expensive compared to public graduate schools in Oklahoma. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Oklahoma graduate tuition is $15,394 (public) / $12,284 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	$9,082	$25,342
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Oklahoma Graduate Schools	$10,018	$14,145
Public	$7,042	$15,394
Private	$12,284

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $20,091 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at OU.

On-campus living costs are decreased by -10.95% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $20,091. Off-campus living costs are decreased by -10.95% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$10,994	$5,898	$10,994	$5,898
2019-2020	$10,994	$6,317	$10,994	$6,317
2020-2021	$11,324	$6,562	$11,324	$6,562
2021-2022	$11,700	$6,781	$11,700	$6,781
2022-2023	$15,780	$6,781	$15,780	$6,781
2023-2024	$13,310	$6,781	$13,310	$6,781

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $345 for Oklahoma residents and $1,023 for other students at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.02% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Oklahoma Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$237	$848
2019-2020	$274	$885
2020-2021	$289	$900
2021-2022	$335	$962
2022-2023	$335	$993
2023-2024	$345	$1,023

The law school tuition at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus is $19,781 for Oklahoma residents and $33,221 for out-of-state students for academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school at OU.

Law School Tuition

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
	Oklahoma Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Law	$16,500	$3,281	$29,940	$3,281

Graduate Programs at OU

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus offers 174 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,599 students have completed their study at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus.

Offered Degrees at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	83	27	2,050
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	55	1	198
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	168
Post Bachelor's Degree	35	9	183
Total	174	37	2,599

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Human Resources Management and Services (other) program with 43 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Social Work program with 212 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 168 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Human Resources Management and Services (other)	✕	43	-
Finance	✕	32	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	25	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✕	23	-
Management Information Systems	✕	17	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Social Work	✔	212	$43,800
Human Resources Management and Services (other)	✕	188	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	163	$89,200
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	109	$50,100
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (other)	✔	104	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	168	$53,600
Music Performance	✕	16	-
Psychology	✕	14	$82,500
Chemistry	✕	14	-
English Language and Literature	✕	10	-

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus offers 174 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,599 students have completed their graduate studies.

2,050 students have earned/completed Master's program.
168 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
183 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✔ (1 completers)	66 completers	-
Environmental Studies	✕	7	-
Environmental Science	✔	59	-
Architecture [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	✕	17	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
American Indian/Native American Studies	✔	4	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	22 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	5	-
Journalism	✔	17	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	66 completers	-
Computer Science	✔	20	-
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management (other)	✔	46	-
Education [+]	✔ (3 completers)	138 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	38	$47,500
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	7	-
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	✕	1	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	31	-
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	✕	25	$38,800
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	26	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	5	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	5	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (2 completers)	156 completers	-
Engineering	✕	-	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	1	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	4	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	4	-
Civil Engineering	✔	45	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	36	-
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	✕	-	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	6	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	17	-
Petroleum Engineering	✕	33	-
Industrial Engineering	✔	10	-
Geological/Geophysical Engineering	✕	-	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	9 completers	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✔	2	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	1	-
French Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Legal Studies [+]	✔ (5 completers)	273 completers	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✔	15	-
Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law	✔	50	-
Health Law	✔	84	-
International Business, Trade, and Tax Law	✔	20	-
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (other)	✔	104	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	11 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	8	-
Creative Writing	✕	3	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	109 completers	$50,100
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	109	$50,100
Library Science [+]	✔ (1 completers)	59 completers	$39,200
Library and Information Science	✔	59	$39,200
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	1	-
Microbiology	✕	2	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	✕	4	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	13	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	4	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	153 completers	-
International/Global Studies	✕	99	-
Computational Science	✔	39	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	15	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	-	$57,200
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Meteorology	✕	28	-
Chemistry	✕	11	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	8	-
Geophysics and Seismology	✕	4	-
Physics	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Psychology	✕	8	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (2 completers)	263 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	27	-
International Policy Analysis	✔	24	-
Social Work	✔	212	$43,800
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	41 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	4	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	15	-
Geography	✔	13	-
Political Science and Government	✕	4	-
Sociology	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✔ (1 completers)	28 completers	-
Dance	✕	3	-
Design and Visual Communications	✔	-	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	-	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	3	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	-	-
Music	✕	22	$30,400
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	✕	10	-
Business [+]	✔ (4 completers)	522 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	163	$89,200
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	✔	-	-
Accounting	✔	103	-
Finance	✔	64	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	✕	4	-
Human Resources Management and Services (other)	✕	188	-
Construction Management	✔	-	-
History [+]	✕	11 completers	-
History	✕	7	-
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	✕	4	-
	Total	2,050

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	3	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	-	-
Computer Science	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	3	-
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	✕	1	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	✕	4	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	8	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Engineering [+]	✕	34 completers	-
Engineering	✕	2	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	3	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	3	-
Civil Engineering	✕	1	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	10	-
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	✕	-	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	1	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	6	-
Petroleum Engineering	✕	3	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	5	-
Geological/Geophysical Engineering	✕	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	1 completers	-
French Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	1	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	10 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	10	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	2	-
Microbiology	✕	5	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	✕	-	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	3	-
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	✕	5	-
Neuroscience	✕	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	3	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Computational Science	✔	1	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	1	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Meteorology	✕	6	-
Chemistry	✕	14	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	3	-
Geophysics and Seismology	✕	5	-
Physics	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✕	22 completers	$82,500
Psychology	✕	14	$82,500
Counseling Psychology	✕	3	-
Educational Psychology	✕	5	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	3	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	7	-
Geography	✕	5	-
Political Science and Government	✕	1	-
Sociology	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	2	-
Music Performance	✕	16	-
Business [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	2	-
History [+]	✕	6 completers	-
History	✕	3	-
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	✕	3	-
	Total	198

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	168 completers	-
Law	✕	168	$53,600
	Total	168

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Journalism	✔	1	-
Education [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	1	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Petroleum Engineering	✔	1	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✕	-	-
Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law	✕	-	-
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (other)	✕	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	1	-
Library Science [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Library and Information Science	✕	10	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Microbiology	✕	-	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Computational Science	✔	5	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	-	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Social Work	✔	5	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
Geography	✔	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✔	82 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	3	-
Finance	✕	32	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	✕	4	-
Human Resources Management and Services (other)	✕	43	-
Construction Management	✔	-	-
	Total	183

Graduate Student Population at OU

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 7,026 students enrolled into University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus graduate schools where it has total 28,308 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,840 full-time and 3,186 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,961 male and 4,065 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,026	2,961	4,065
Full-time	3,840	1,599	2,241
Part-tme	3,186	1,362	1,824

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 3,765 White (53.59%), 517 Black/African American (7.36%), 642 Hispanic (9.14%), 230 Asian (3.27%), and 1,872 students with other races. 883 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,026	2,961	4,065
American Indian/Native American	361	85	276
Asian	230	105	125
Black/African American	517	184	333
Hispanic	642	257	385
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	4	5
White	3,765	1,572	2,193
Two More	474	174	300
Un-Known	145	73	72
Non-resident Alien	883	507	376

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 3,177 graduate students (45.22% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 823 graduate students (11.71% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	7,026
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,177
Enrolled Some Online Courses	823
Not in Online Courses	3,026

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus. 1,663 students are aged 20 to 24 (23.67% of total students), 4 students are aged below 20 (0.06%), 484 students are aged above 50 (6.89%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,026	2,961	4,065
Age 18-19	4	2	2
Age 20-21	95	38	57
Age 22-24	1,568	626	942
Age 25-29	1,903	859	1,044
Age 30-34	1,159	542	617
Age 35-39	831	351	480
Age 40-49	982	368	614
Age 50-64	458	162	296
Over 64	26	13	13

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