- The Inkwell
- Alabama
- Oakwood University
Huntsville, ALCity: midsizeZIP 35896Founded 1896
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1896
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www2.oakwood.edu
AlabamaHBCUReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Oakwood University
Oakwood University is a private nonprofit university in Huntsville, Alabama, with 1,153 undergraduates. It admits 45% of applicants, graduates 47% within six years and costs $26,827 a year after aid.
47%graduate
Admission rate45%
Retention71%
4-year graduation33%
Pell Grant share46%
Federal loans56%
$26,827net price / year
45%admission rate
—average SAT
47%graduate in 6 years
$47,707median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#1,356 of 1,704 for earnings#1,335 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,142 of 1,738 for graduation rate#212 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $40,707tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $24,112
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $24,112
- Average net price
- $26,827national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$24,178
$30,001–48,000$26,248
$48,001–75,000$24,568
$75,001–110,000$29,307
$110,001+$29,145
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 45%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college45%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college71%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college47%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college46%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 47%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 33%
- First-year retention
- 71%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 49%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $35,433
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $47,707middle 50%: $27,777–$72,860
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$72,860
Median, Oakwood University$47,707
Lower quarter$27,777
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,153
- Part-time
- 4.2%
- Women / men
- 56% / 44%
- Average age at entry
- 21.7
- First-generation students
- 18%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 46%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 50%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,513 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,746
- Endowment, end of year
- $9,755,394
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White1.4%
Hispanic7.6%
Black65%
Asian1.6%
Two or more races2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Unknown22%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Biological & biomedical sciences21%
Health professions18%
Business & management15%
Psychology9.5%
Liberal arts & humanities7.5%
Public administration & social service5.5%
Social sciences5.5%
Theology & religious vocations4.0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 101912. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1056848.