by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Western Oklahoma State College was awarded 5 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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College Factual ranked Western as #2,083 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Western held the #2,139 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Western also holds the #31 spot on the Best Colleges in Oklahoma ranking.
Western Oklahoma State College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Western Oklahoma State College, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Western Oklahoma State College is 37%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Western Oklahoma State College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,353 undergraduates at Western with 526 being full-time and 827 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Western, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Western, approximately 17% of students took out student loans averaging $4,005 a year. That adds up to $16,020 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Western is 13.3%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Western are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2801 N Main St, Altus, OK 73521-1397 |
| Phone: | 580-477-2000 |
| Website: | www.wosc.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 949 students took at least one online class at Western Oklahoma State College. This is a decrease from the 1,084 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 949 | 597 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,084 | 645 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,035 | 520 |
| 2017-2018 | 795 | 405 |
| 2016-2017 | 763 | 342 |
Learn more about online learning at Western Oklahoma State College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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