University of Central Oklahoma Business Programs

University of Central Oklahoma is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. Edmond is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

University of Central Oklahoma Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UCO.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#31	Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#53	Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#97	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UCO has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#15	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science	College Factual
#121	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual
#126	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual

Where Is University of Central Oklahoma?

Contact details for UCO are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 N University Dr, Edmond, OK 73034
Phone:	405-974-2000
Website:	www.uco.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/UCO.Bronchos
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/UCOBronchos

How Do I Get Into UCO?

You can apply to UCO online at: https://www.uco.edu/admissions-aid/get-more-information/ug-admissions-recruitment

Admission Requirements for UCO

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into UCO?

The acceptance rate at University of Central Oklahoma is 80%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

Average Test Scores

About 0% of students accepted to UCO submitted their SAT scores.UCO received ACT scores from 98% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

Can I Afford University of Central Oklahoma?

The overall average net price of UCO is $26,808. 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 UCO, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $8,009 a year. That adds up to $32,036 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UCO is 8.0%. 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.

University of Central Oklahoma Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 12,564 undergraduate students at UCO, with 9,200 being full-time and 3,364 being part-time.

There are also 1,568 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,200 full-time undergraduates at UCO, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	361
Black or African American	808
Hispanic or Latino	1,238
White	4,760
International Students	323
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,710

Geographic Diversity

Oklahoma students aren't the only ones who study at University of Central Oklahoma. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 92 countries are represented at UCO. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Nepal, and China.

Online Learning at University of Central Oklahoma

In 2019-2020, 6,574 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 4th 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 UCO

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Central Oklahoma was $7,817 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $18,704. The following table shows how UCO 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
Business/Managerial Economics	#4	#10
Business Economics	#4	#10
Organizational Leadership	#13	#36
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#31	#63
Marketing	#34	#66

Online Growth Rankings of UCO

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Central Oklahoma was 21.6%. This is the #904 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UCO regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UCO ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UCO.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#111
Organizational Leadership	#137
Marketing	#140

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%.

University of Central Oklahoma Business Concentrations

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

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	96	0	59	155
Finance	0	89	0	0	89
Accounting	10	64	0	0	74
Organizational Leadership	0	62	0	0	62
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	55	0	0	55
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	48	0	0	48
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	37	0	0	37
Business Statistics	0	0	1	32	33
Insurance	0	16	0	0	16
General Organizational Communication	0	15	0	0	15
Professional Sales	0	13	0	0	13
Business Economics	0	10	0	0	10
Operations Management	0	8	0	0	8
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	7	0	0	7
Actuarial Science	0	6	0	0	6
Applied Economics	0	3	0	0	3
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	10	529	1	91	631

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 Houstonman6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.