Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 26 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 24 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 3.8%
- No Data24 · 92.3%
- Failing1 · 3.8%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 3
- Jan 2021Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
- Dec 2009Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 540 students received $3.8M in Pell grants, alongside $2.7M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 184 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (1.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at USAO
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 7
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus2
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Sparks1 fireOpen flamesDamage $1,000-$9,999
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
USAO vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions USAO selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Science and Arts of Oklahoma | 44% | — | 1,027 | $6,624 | Baccalaureate |
| 38% | 69.7% | 799 | $28,014 | Baccalaureate | |
| 63% | 74.9% | 981 | $8,837 | Baccalaureate | |
| 67% | 73.2% | 881 | $7,195 | Baccalaureate | |
| 56% | 89.7% | 896 | $16,068 | Baccalaureate | |
| 41% | — | 617 | $14,265 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 50% | 74.1% | 889 | $11,551 |
Institutions like USAO
Explore the federal data for institutions in USAO's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateNew Jersey
Bloomfield College of Montclair State University
Grad rate38%Admit rate69.7%Enrollment799Net price$28,014View data - BaccalaureateMinnesota
University of Minnesota-Morris
Grad rate63%Admit rate74.9%Enrollment981Net price$8,837View data - BaccalaureateFlorida
New College of Florida
Grad rate67%Admit rate73.2%Enrollment881Net price$7,195View data - BaccalaureateMassachusetts
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Grad rate56%Admit rate89.7%Enrollment896Net price$16,068View data - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Grad rate41%Admit rate—Enrollment617Net price$14,265View data
USAO Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Enhancement of USAO effectiveness by transforming data into meaningful information.
Visit IR office page- J.C. SandersProfessor of Physics & Director of Institutional Research
- Rebecca SniderInstitutional Research Analyst
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