University of Oklahoma Admissions 2025: Application Deadline, Requirements & Costs

After successfully submitting the University of Oklahoma admission application, the Office of Admissions & Recruitment evaluates and verifies academic credentials. Students should receive a notification of their admission decision through regular mail within 4 to 6 weeks. Incoming freshmen can apply one of three ways to the University of Oklahoma, either through the OU Application, the Common Application, or the Coalition Application.

According to student reviews on unofficial sources, the following are some points that students must keep in mind while attending their first-semester at OU: 

• Working extremely hard to maintain the GPA. Minimum 3.0 GPA is required for admission to bachelor's degree of OU
• Part-time work option – It is advised to keep the working hours around 10 – 20 hours per day so that juggling classes while working is possible
• A chance to meet students from various places
• Sports – The university is known for Football, so students can join any football team to see the hype

International students wishing to study at undergraduate courses at OU can submit the application via Common Application or Coalition Application. On the other hand, the applicants can apply for graduate courses via the online application portal of OU.

Documents checklist for Undergraduate Applicants

• Academic transcripts
• A letter of recommendation (up to 3 letters are accepted)
• Clear photocopy of biographic page of passport
• Financial documents
• English language proficiency score

Application Process for OU Graduate Courses

• First of all, check the international student application deadlines and apply early if possible
• Then, complete the online application
• To expedite the process of OU application, upload the unofficial transcripts, English language proficiency score, standardized test scores. The applicants can submit these at a later stage too but this may delay the admission decision
• Next, pay the OU application fee and submit the application
• Then, send the official transcripts and test scores

The University of Oklahoma application fee for undergraduate international students is USD 90 (Around INR 7,500). For graduate courses, OU application fee is USD 100 (Around 8,400) for international students. Along with the application, the documents that have to be submitted are letters of recommendation, academic transcripts, financial documents, English language proficiency score, etc.

There are two main reasons why someone would choose the University of Oklahoma over MIT. These are OU is much cheaper than MIT when it comes to the cost of education and secondly,  OU’s faculty is quite experienced. Also, ROI of OU is much better than MIT. These points are explained below:

• ROI: It is widely known that the cost of education at MIT is very expensive, but, at OU, students can study without having the stress of debt because of the low cost education at OU. As per an unofficial source, the ROI of an education at OU is dramatically higher than at MIT
• Worth the Risk: At the time of taking jobs, if the students have attended the University of Oklahoma, they will have a chance to be different from those who have attended top-tier colleges such as MIT, Stanford, etc. OU graduates will have the upper hand to show how competitive they are.

Oklahoma University acceptance rate is around 77% for the fall of 2023-24. OU University has received 22,157 applications among which 5,198 were enrolled for the fall of 2023-24. Mentioned below are the University of Oklahoma enrollment statistics for undergraduates:

The University of Oklahoma admission requirements for MS in CS are:

• A bachelor’s degree
• A minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher in the degree programme coursework
• English language proficiency score

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