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Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Oklahoma Wesleyan University is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with a Wesleyan religious affiliation and an acceptance rate of 77 percent.

Bartlesville, OKTown: Distant
77%ACCEPTANCE
$26,811AVG NET PRICE
28%GRAD RATE
947STUDENTS
University data profileIPEDS 2023

THE SIGNATURE

Oklahoma Wesleyan University Report Card

Explore university facts, programs, and campus life at a glance.

Oklahoma Wesleyan University is a private nonprofit four-year college located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The school maintains a Wesleyan religious affiliation and currently enrolls 947 students across its campus.

The institution offers forty-three undergraduate majors for prospective students to consider. With an acceptance rate of 77 percent based on 688 applicants, the university admits a significant portion of those who apply.

AT A GLANCE
TypePrivateFour or more years
SettingTown: Distant
Calendarsemester
Religious affiliationWesleyan

GETTING IN

Admissions

Oklahoma Wesleyan University reports an acceptance rate of 77 percent based on 688 applicants. The institution operates as a private nonprofit four-year college in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Source: IPEDS 2023

ACCEPTANCE RATE

77%

More selective than 60% of listed universities.

SelectiveAccessible

APPLICATION FEE

No application fee.

WHAT IT COSTS

Cost & Financial Aid

Sticker price tells you little — net price after aid is what most families actually pay.

Source: IPEDS 2023

IN-STATE TUITION & FEES

$31,466/yr

Out-of-state: $31,466/yr.

Net price by income band

$0–$30,000
$30,001–$48,000
$48,001–$75,000
$75,001–$110,000
$110,001+

AVERAGE NET PRICE AFTER AID

$26,811/yr

▲ 5% since 2020-2188% receive aid

Average aid package $18,679.

IN THE CLASSROOM

Academics

The university offers forty-three undergraduate majors within its four-year program structure.

Source: IPEDS 2023

Student–faculty ratio

15:1

6-year graduation rate

28%

▼ 16 pts since 2016

First-year retention

49%

Compared with the 89% public-university median.

Undergrad majors

43

Undergraduate majors and programs

MOST POPULAR FIELDS OF STUDY

Business/Commerce, General.22.1%
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.17.7%
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia.7.4%
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.7.4%
Accounting.5.2%
Elementary Education and Teaching.4.4%

CAMPUS LIFE

Campus & Housing

Campus housing shows how many students live on-campus — which means nearby housing can be essential to the college experience.

On-campus beds

509

Setting

Town: Distant

IN CONTEXT

Oklahoma Wesleyan University vs. peer institutions

How Oklahoma Wesleyan University compares with officially identified or editorially reviewed peer institutions.

Oklahoma Wesleyan University
$26,811
Goddard College
$29,344

AFTER GRADUATION

Student outcomes

What graduates earn and how reliably they land work — the bottom-line return on the degree.

Source: College Scorecard 2025

Median earnings · 10 yrs after entry

$59,841

Working after 10 yrs

89.9%

Share of former students working and not enrolled, ten years after entry.

Earning more than a high-school graduate

82.4%

82.4% of students out-earn the typical high-school graduate — a core measure of mobility.

Data Sources: U.S. Department of Education IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics. University Apartments is not affiliated with Oklahoma Wesleyan University.