Southwestern Oklahoma State University Business Programs

Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a public institution located in Weatherford, Oklahoma. The surrounding location of Weatherford is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Southwestern Oklahoma State University?

Contact details for SWOSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 Campus Dr, Weatherford, OK 73096-3001
Phone:	580-772-6611
Website:	www.swosu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/pages/Southwestern-Oklahoma-State-University/35024399817?ref=s
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/swosu

How Do I Get Into SWOSU?

You can apply to SWOSU online at: https://www.swosu.edu/admissions/apply-to-swosu.php

Admission Requirements for SWOSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SWOSU?

Since SWOSU has an acceptance rate of 93%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 0% of students accepted to SWOSU submitted their SAT scores.SWOSU received ACT scores from 96% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 23. Composite scores were between 18 and 23.

Can I Afford Southwestern Oklahoma State University?

The overall average net price of SWOSU is $22,072. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 SWOSU, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $5,092 a year. That adds up to $20,368 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SWOSU is 9.0%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Southwestern Oklahoma State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,015 undergraduate students at SWOSU, with 3,233 being full-time and 782 being part-time.

There are also 883 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,233 full-time undergraduates at SWOSU, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southwestern Oklahoma State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	45
Black or African American	168
Hispanic or Latino	390
White	2,028
International Students	79
Other Races/Ethnicities	523

Geographic Diversity

Oklahoma students aren't the only ones who study at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 39 countries are represented at SWOSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Nepal.

Online Learning at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

In 2019-2020, 4,139 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SWOSU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 12th most popular in Oklahoma for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of SWOSU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Southwestern Oklahoma State University was $7,913 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $15,023. The following table shows how SWOSU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
General Business Administration and Management	#66	#129
Business Administration & Management	#72	#141

Online Growth Rankings of SWOSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southwestern Oklahoma State University was 6.2%. This is the #1,342 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SWOSU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Southwestern Oklahoma State University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	84	45	129
Organizational Leadership	0	15	0	15
General Business/Commerce	5	0	0	5
TOTAL	5	99	45	149

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

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