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College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology

Okmulgee, OK · Public · Associate-granting · 2,028 undergrads

Do students finish?
42% complete

A large share of students do not finish; the cost is the same whether or not you graduate.

For 2-year colleges this undercounts students who transfer to a 4-year school before finishing here.

What does it cost?
$17,256/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$45,634 median, 10 yrs after entry
25th pct $25,512 median $45,634 75th pct $74,705

61% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

12 Associate's programs · $27,245 to $73,434 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt
Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians.Associate's $73,434
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician.Associate's $65,435 $12,000
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians.Associate's $55,998 $11,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Associate's $55,065 $14,000
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).Associate's $53,241 $11,500
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General.Associate's $47,476 $11,000
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.Associate's $41,625 $12,000
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.Associate's $32,268
Design and Applied Arts.Associate's $31,128
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Associate's $29,635
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.Associate's $29,594
Culinary Arts and Related Services.Associate's $27,245 $14,167

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt
$9,000
20% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher. And because students who drop out borrow less, a school where many students don't finish can show a deceptively low debt figure — read it next to the completion rate above.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (14 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website