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Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Durant, OK 3,018 Undergrads 39.5% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$18,594
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$8,039
After Aid
Median Earnings
$56,329
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$8,039
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$56,329
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$45,079
Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate39.5%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Warning: The majority of students at this institution do not graduate. Non-completers typically earn significantly less and face higher debt risks.
Average Starting Age24.2
Warning: High average starting age indicates non-traditional students with prior work experience, which may inflate the median earnings shown.
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients41.9%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time75.2%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS68.0%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
76.4%
SAT Avg
1,087
SAT Reading
25th: 49049075th: 593
SAT Math
25th: 49049075th: 593
ACT Composite
25th: 182075th: 24

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 4 Years to Graduation

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$506k
+$39k
+$22k
Median Cost$8k/yr
+$477k
+$10k
-$7k
Full Cost$19k/yr
+$439k
-$28k
-$45k

ROI Efficiency Metrics
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
46
∞
Median Cost$8k/yr
Never
-25%
Full Cost$19k/yr
Never
-68%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
  • Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
  • NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return-17%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return-46%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$61,000
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$30k
Air Transportation
BachCIP: 4901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $85,825
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$45,800
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$95k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$49,672
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
-$62k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$95,825
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$298k
Median Debt
$15,250
Earnings (4yr)
$51,523
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$47k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,045
Earnings (4yr)
$39,544
Natl Median: $48,568
Lifetime Value Added
-$149k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $85,294
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$15,409
Earnings (4yr)
$52,418
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$40k
Median Debt
$18,723
Earnings (4yr)
$53,029
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$46,290
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
-$91k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,983
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$35,428
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$184k
Median Debt
$22,000
Earnings (4yr)
$66,785
Natl Median: $86,525
Lifetime Value Added
+$76k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$17,991
Earnings (4yr)
$46,166
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$92k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$49,466
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$64k
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 4706
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$81,849
Natl Median: $80,809
Lifetime Value Added
+$191k

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$95,171
Natl Median: $122,434
Lifetime Value Added
+$183k
Median Debt
$25,592
Earnings (4yr)
$105,483
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$273k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$33,993
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$365k
Median Debt
$15,818
Earnings (4yr)
$65,683
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k
Median Debt
$20,499
Earnings (4yr)
$82,579
Natl Median: $62,705
Lifetime Value Added
+$73k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,524
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$100,440
Natl Median: $103,349
Lifetime Value Added
+$229k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$23,272
Earnings (4yr)
$60,936
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
-$119k
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$56,538
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
-$159k
Median Debt
$17,612
Earnings (4yr)
$61,895
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
-$110k

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.