Education Atlas

College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus

Norman, OK · Public · Bachelor-granting · 22,734 undergrads · 77% admitted

Do students finish?
75% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?
$28,872/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$115,488 over four years if you finish on time.

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.

$63,126 median, 10 yrs after entry
25th pct $40,536 median $63,126 75th pct $92,565

80% 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.

48 Bachelor's programs · $21,089 to $78,626 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt
Petroleum Engineering.Bachelor's $78,626 $23,000
Computer Engineering.Bachelor's $70,458 $22,383
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $69,700 $22,286
Industrial Engineering.Bachelor's $68,265 $27,000
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.Bachelor's $67,944 $15,000
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.Bachelor's $65,700 $23,500
Construction Management.Bachelor's $65,420 $21,875
Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $65,386 $21,500
Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $64,837 $24,013
Computer Science.Bachelor's $63,548 $23,250
Management Information Systems and Services.Bachelor's $58,820 $17,662
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $58,730 $16,915
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.Bachelor's $58,724 $15,000
Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $53,365 $22,250
Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $52,578 $19,500
Economics.Bachelor's $51,971 $19,434
Architecture.Bachelor's $51,626 —
Marketing.Bachelor's $48,289 $19,250
Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor's $48,204 $24,403
Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $48,019 $19,939
Air Transportation.Bachelor's $46,604 $20,500
Design and Applied Arts.Bachelor's $44,165 $26,250
Mathematics.Bachelor's $42,986 $15,000
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.Bachelor's $41,881 $20,718
Human Resources Management and Services.Bachelor's $41,533 $21,500
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $41,464 $22,900
Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $41,136 $24,125
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $40,222 $24,250
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $38,291 $21,250
Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $38,091 $21,500
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General.Bachelor's $38,090 $19,100
Journalism.Bachelor's $35,229 $23,000
History.Bachelor's $34,313 $23,125
Geography and Cartography.Bachelor's $33,877 $25,911
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology.Bachelor's $32,913 $20,000
International/Globalization Studies.Bachelor's $31,774 $21,500
Sociology.Bachelor's $31,482 $22,500
English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $30,824 $19,000
Social Work.Bachelor's $29,129 $22,960
Anthropology.Bachelor's $28,286 $21,920
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.Bachelor's $28,203 $21,508
Psychology, General.Bachelor's $27,100 $21,682
Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $25,859 $20,688
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology.Bachelor's $25,177 $24,304
Zoology/Animal Biology.Bachelor's $24,331 $23,250
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $23,185 $20,044
Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $21,492 $23,250
Chemistry.Bachelor's $21,089 $19,000

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
$15,500
≈ 25% 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.

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 (74 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