Oklahoma ranking · Clery-reported enrollment 2024

The Largest Universities in Oklahoma

The 50 largest of the 97 Oklahoma colleges and universities that report an enrolment to the U.S. Department of Education, ranked biggest first. Total enrolment counts online and distance students, so an institution with a large virtual programme can outrank a bigger physical campus.

30,851
Largest in Oklahoma
97
Institutions reporting
860
Median Oklahoma institution
#29
of 51 states by enrolment

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus is the largest institution in Oklahoma with 30,851 students

According to U.S. Department of Education campus-safety enrollment filings for 2024, University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus leads Oklahoma at 30,851 students, and the five largest hold 43.3% of state enrollment. This list covers the 50 largest of 97 reporting institutions. Totals include online learners, so a large virtual programme can outrank a bigger physical campus.

Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey

Largest in Oklahoma
30,851
Institutions reporting
97
State students in top 5
43.3%
Median Oklahoma institution
860

Oklahoma in one line

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus is the largest institution in Oklahoma with 30,851 students, about 36x the 860 of the median institution in the state. The five largest hold 43.3% of the state's students, a middling concentration: large institutions matter here without crowding out the rest.

30,851
students at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
43.3%
of state students, in the top 5
225,717
students enrolled across Oklahoma
840
the #50 cutoff

Enrollment is total students reported in the OPE campus-safety disclosure for 2024, including online and distance learners. IPEDS supplies institution location and sector. The incident column is reported on-campus Clery Act incidents per 1,000 enrolled students.

Size joined to safety

These 50 largest institutions enroll 94.9% of Oklahoma's students; the other 47 reporting institutions hold the remaining 5.1%. Among the 30 mid-to-large campuses on this list, 21 sit below the 1.58 national median incident rate, and 0 also appear in the national safest-50.

94.9%
of state students, in these 50
21
below 1.58 national median /1k
0
also in national safest-50
3.01
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus rate /1k

Incident rates are on-campus Clery Criminal Offenses and VAWA reports per 1,000 enrolled students for campuses with enrollment ≥ 2,000 and a national safety rank. A lower rate is not a personal safety verdict, reporting culture and online enrollment dilute raw counts. See /rankings/safest-campuses for the size-fair national list.

Showing the top 50 of 97 Oklahoma institutions by enrollment (214,243 of 225,717 students, 94.9%). The remaining 47 reporting institutions enroll 5.1% of the state total and are omitted from this capped ranking, not from the underlying federal tables.

What this ranking shows about Oklahoma

Oklahoma ranks 29th by total enrolment among the states and DC, roughly mid-table nationally. 58 of the 97 institutions reporting enrolment here are public, an unusually public-heavy sector, so the top of this list is largely a map of the state's public systems.

Ranking by total enrolment puts institutions with large online programmes above institutions with larger physical campuses, because a virtual student body is not limited by classrooms or housing. A list of the biggest campuses by students physically present would order differently, and neither list is more correct, because they answer different questions. Enrolment here is the total headcount an institution reported to the federal OPE reporting cohort, which counts undergraduate and graduate students together and makes no distinction between full-time and part-time study. A university with a very large part-time or continuing-education population can therefore outrank one with more students on campus on any given weekday.

The incident-rate column is here because institution size changes how a raw incident count should be read, not because a larger university is more or less safe. Two institutions with the same number of reported incidents are not comparable if one enrols five times as many students, so the column expresses incidents per thousand enrolled. A rate still reflects reporting practice as much as underlying risk: an institution that encourages reporting and investigates thoroughly can record more incidents than one that does neither, and that is the opposite of what a naive reading suggests. Institutions where most students study online show diluted rates, because the denominator counts students who never set foot on a campus. Read the column as context for the size ranking, never as a safety verdict, and see our methodology for how both figures are assembled. For the same institutions ranked by cost rather than size, see the cheapest colleges rankings, or browse every institution we hold a record for.

Comparing states? See the 50 largest universities in the US, or this state's campus safety profile.

The bar to make Oklahoma's top-50 list is 840 students. Here is where that cutoff sits among all 97 Oklahoma institutions reporting enrollment:

The bar to make Oklahoma's top-50 list

Clery-reported enrollment · 97 Oklahoma institutions · 2024

840 Top 52% higher than 48% of 97 Oklahoma institutions

Show national distribution 0–4,000: 86 Oklahoma institutions (89%). This entry sits in this band. 4,000–8,000: 6 Oklahoma institutions (6%). Above this entry. 8,000–12,000: 1 Oklahoma institutions (1%). Above this entry. 12,000–16,000: 2 Oklahoma institutions (2%). Above this entry. 16,000–20,000: 0 Oklahoma institutions (0%). Above this entry. 20,000–24,000: 0 Oklahoma institutions (0%). Above this entry. 24,000–28,000: 1 Oklahoma institutions (1%). Above this entry. 28,000–32,000: 1 Oklahoma institutions (1%). Above this entry. #50 cutoff 0 32,000 every Oklahoma institution, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more Oklahoma institutions. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey · 2024

The 50 largest of Oklahoma's 97 institutions

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, OK · Public30,851100% of the leader · rank #13.01
2Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, OK · Public27,27888% of the leader · rank #22.38
3Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, OK · Public15,65551% of the leader · rank #30.89
4University of Central OklahomaEdmond, OK · Public12,55441% of the leader · rank #41.04
5Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City, OK · Public11,47537% of the leader · rank #50.52
6Rose State CollegeMidwest City, OK · Public7,75825% of the leader · rank #61.29
7Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, OK · Public6,75122% of the leader · rank #71.78
8Oral Roberts UniversityTulsa, OK · Private nonprofit5,93619% of the leader · rank #80.51
9Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityDurant, OK · Public5,85119% of the leader · rank #90.85
10Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherford, OK · Public5,18617% of the leader · rank #101.54
11Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, OK · Public4,14813% of the leader · rank #110.00
12Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, OK · Public3,95913% of the leader · rank #120.00
13University of TulsaTulsa, OK · Private nonprofit3,91413% of the leader · rank #1312.01
14Cameron UniversityLawton, OK · Public3,69612% of the leader · rank #140.54
15University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences CenterOklahoma City, OK · Public3,68012% of the leader · rank #157.07
16East Central UniversityAda, OK · Public3,37711% of the leader · rank #161.48
17Rogers State UniversityClaremore, OK · Public3,27211% of the leader · rank #173.67
18Northern Oklahoma CollegeTonkawa, OK · Public3,13810% of the leader · rank #1820.40
19Oklahoma City UniversityOklahoma City, OK · Private nonprofit2,96610% of the leader · rank #198.43
20Murray State CollegeTishomingo, OK · Public2,94910% of the leader · rank #200.34
21Oklahoma Christian UniversityEdmond, OK · Private nonprofit2,8519% of the leader · rank #210.70
22Francis Tuttle Technology CenterOklahoma City, OK · Public2,8349% of the leader · rank #220.00
23Mid-America Christian UniversityOklahoma City, OK · Private nonprofit2,3978% of the leader · rank #230.00
24Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, OK · Public2,3968% of the leader · rank #242.50
25Connors State CollegeWarner, OK · Public2,3768% of the leader · rank #251.26
26Oklahoma State University Center for Health SciencesTulsa, OK · Public2,2567% of the leader · rank #260.00
27Southern Nazarene UniversityBethany, OK · Private nonprofit2,1987% of the leader · rank #270.46
28Canadian Valley Technology CenterEl Reno, OK · Public2,1977% of the leader · rank #280.00
29Redlands Community CollegeEl Reno, OK · Public2,1847% of the leader · rank #290.00
30Northwestern Oklahoma State UniversityAlva, OK · Public2,0797% of the leader · rank #300.00
31Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CollegeMiami, OK · Public1,9626% of the leader · rank #314.59
32Langston UniversityLangston, OK · Public1,9376% of the leader · rank #3236.14
33Carl Albert State CollegePoteau, OK · Public1,8516% of the leader · rank #332.16
34Metro Technology CentersOklahoma City, OK · Public1,6265% of the leader · rank #340.00
35Oklahoma Baptist UniversityShawnee, OK · Private nonprofit1,5695% of the leader · rank #354.46
36Northeast Technology CenterPryor, OK · Public1,4985% of the leader · rank #360.00
37Indian Capital Technology Center-MuskogeeMuskogee, OK · Public1,4915% of the leader · rank #370.00
38Seminole State CollegeSeminole, OK · Public1,4885% of the leader · rank #380.67
39Moore Norman Technology CenterNorman, OK · Public1,4035% of the leader · rank #390.00
40Eastern Oklahoma State CollegeWilburton, OK · Public1,2854% of the leader · rank #400.78
41Western Oklahoma State CollegeAltus, OK · Public1,1624% of the leader · rank #410.00
42Central Technology CenterDrumright, OK · Public1,1594% of the leader · rank #420.86
43Mid-America Technology CenterWayne, OK · Public1,1214% of the leader · rank #430.00
44University of Science and Arts of OklahomaChickasha, OK · Public1,0274% of the leader · rank #445.84
45Oklahoma Panhandle State UniversityGoodwell, OK · Public1,0214% of the leader · rank #450.98
46Meridian Technology CenterStillwater, OK · Public1,0094% of the leader · rank #460.99
47Tulsa Welding School-TulsaTulsa, OK · Private for-profit8924% of the leader · rank #471.12
48Oklahoma Wesleyan UniversityBartlesville, OK · Private nonprofit8804% of the leader · rank #483.41
49Gordon Cooper Technology CenterShawnee, OK · Public8604% of the leader · rank #490.00
50Spartan College of Aeronautics and TechnologyTulsa, OK · Private for-profit8404% of the leader · rank #501.19

What to do with this

Size is a starting filter for Oklahoma, not a verdict on any institution.

Institutions below the reporting floor, or without enrolment in the Campus Safety and Security Survey cohort for 2024, do not appear on this list. IPEDS supplies classification and location.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education Campus Safety and Security Survey (enrollment and Clery disclosures), joined to the IPEDS institutional directory (location and classification)

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