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University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

Chickasha, Oklahoma

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The world is complex, and so many complex challenges face this generation. The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma’s interdisciplinary core curriculum is not just a bundle of general education requirements with a fancy name. Science & Arts’s Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) program is a carefully designed sequence of courses that incorporates many academic traditions while building connections between them. These classes are generally team-taught by two or more professors from different disciplines. The IDS program is the spine that has held Science & Arts’s liberal arts mission upright for 50 years.

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Science & Arts’s Mission: The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma is the state’s only public liberal arts college. Its mission is to provide the public with a distinctive and accessible liberal arts and sciences education. In combining an interdisciplinary core curriculum with superior instruction in major fields of study, Science & Arts aims to provide a thorough education that prepares students for meaningful, purposeful lives.

Science & Arts graduates are living proof that the liberal arts model will enable students to learn, exercise critical thinking, and communicate. Within one year of graduation, a higher percentage of graduates from Science & Arts are employed than from any other university in Oklahoma. Regardless of a student’s path, the skills gained at Science & Arts are time-tested and designed to last. This is why Science & Arts is recognized by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni as one of only 23 universities nationwide meeting the highest standards in requiring every student to have a solid foundation in math, science, literature, history, and other core subjects.

The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma is Oklahoma’s only public liberal arts college. Science & Arts was founded in 1908 as a women’s institution, Oklahoma College for Women (OCW), the first college created by Oklahoma’s first legislature. Science & Arts is one of only seven state institutions with similar missions ever created in the United States. Other than the University of Oklahoma, Science & Arts has the oldest original mission of any state college or university in Oklahoma. Science & Arts is the only Oklahoma college to be named a National Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.

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733
Degree-Seeking Undergraduates
Enrolled female students
65%
 
Enrolled male students
35%
 
Gender Ratio
Full-time students
92%
 
Part-time students
8%
 
Full-time to Part-time Ratio
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Retention rate
Full-time faculty
54%
 
Adjuncts
46%
 
Faculty Ratio
16:1
Student/teacher ratio
$6,390
In-state tuition cost
$17,250
Out-of-state tuition cost
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Acceptance rate
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Out-of-state students

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usao.edu/future-students
(405) 574-1357
usao-admissions@usao.edu

Campus Location

1727 W. Alabama Avenue
Chickasha, OK 73018

(405) 224-3140

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www.usao.edu