University of Central Oklahoma Career Outcomes & Earnings

Access is the strongest pillar at University of Central Oklahoma, while the return measures are less favorable. Graduates earn about $2,992 less than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations means the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students; Azimuth puts this measure in the 43rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth assigns the return pillar to the 42nd percentile in the same cohort.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $6,753. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,745.

Median earnings are $54,402 four years after completion, placing the university in the 30th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610, leaving the university $11,208 below that benchmark. The four-year median and peer comparison point in the same direction.

Program choice accounts for considerable variation in modeled earnings at University of Central Oklahoma. The downside earnings scenario is $46,559, and the upside scenario is $78,190; both are estimated from the program mix rather than observed groups of graduates.

At the upper end, Electrical Engineering has median earnings of $90,152 four years after completion; Mechanical Engineering reaches $88,188, and Computer and Information Sciences reaches $87,792. Those field-level results show why one campuswide earnings figure does not describe every outcome.

An estimated 26.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Since four-year earnings cover completers working and not enrolled, that estimate matters when interpreting the reported earnings.

At University of Central Oklahoma, four-year earnings differ sharply across programs, making field choice central to the return picture. Electrical Engineering recorded median earnings of $90,152 four years after completion with 28 degrees awarded; Nursing posted $82,603 across 155 degrees awarded.

At a more moderate earnings level, Psychology had median earnings of $47,937 with 153 degrees awarded. Azimuth ranks Liberal Arts and General Studies #101 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field; it recorded $49,383 in median earnings and 220 degrees awarded.

The higher-earning fields and these larger moderate-earning fields point to a varied program-level earnings picture.

The University of Central Oklahoma awards degrees across 34 fields with earnings data, but only 27 program carries a national rank from Azimuth. Liberal Arts and General Studies is the largest, at 220 degrees awarded a year, and Azimuth ranks it #101 within its field among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Its completers earn a median of $49,383 four years after completion. The highest earnings come from much smaller programs.

Electrical Engineering graduates earn $90,152 from 28 degrees awarded, while Mechanical Engineering follows at $88,188 from 24 degrees. Nursing, the second-largest program at 155 degrees, also appears among the top earners at $82,603.