Points of Pride

By the numbers

Top 75 private research university (U.S. News & World Report 2027)
No. 1 best value for higher education in the state of Oklahoma (U.S. News & World Report 2027)
Top 3 petroleum engineering program (U.S. News & World Report 2027)
Top 600 World University (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026)
Double the national average medical school admits
No. 11 best student experiences (Wall Street Journal 2026)
One of the best 391 colleges (Princeton Review 2026)
One of the top 50 undergraduate entrepreneurship programs (Princeton Review 2026)
Listed among Money magazine’s Best Colleges in America (2026)
Listed among America’s Top Colleges by Forbes (2026)
Ranked top university in Oklahoma (Wallethub.com 2026)
Highest median income for recent grads in Oklahoma (Money 2026)

Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge involves UTulsa’s youngest students in advanced research and faculty mentorship.
A unique agreement with City of Tulsa allows UTulsa to manage the world-renowned Gilcrease Museum.
Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at UTulsa promotes critical thought, ethical inquiry, bold imagination and respect for the diversity of human experience.
90% First-Year Retention Rate (Fall 2024 cohort)
UTulsa is the most affordable private research university in America’s heartland.

No. 12 in the country for high-paying jobs in engineering (Wall Street Journal)
90% placement rate in jobs or graduate school
Cyber Corps and the Institute for Information Security train students to defend against cyber attacks on our country, companies and infrastructure.
The University of Tulsa is designated as a National Security Agency Center of Academic Excellence in both Information Assurance and Cyber Defense Education.
McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering is ranked No. 4 among petroleum engineering graduate schools and No. 3 among undergraduate PE schools by U.S. News.
Make a Difference Engineering (MADE) initiative designs and fabricates mobility and developmental devices for disabled children and adults in the community.

90% placement rate in jobs or graduate school
Students regularly win competitive awards such as the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, Marshall Scholarship and Fulbright Scholarship.
Since its inception more than 25 years ago, Third Floor Design, UTulsa’s student-run graphic design studio, has provided quality, pro-bono design work for 216 agencies valued at $1.5 million. All 140 student interns over the years have had a 100% job placement rate after graduation.
Psychology research (via Tulsa Institute for Trauma, Adversity & Injustice) includes post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disturbance and pain tolerance information.

Advanced partnership with Laureate Institute for Brain Research; projects include Alzheimer’s disease and anxiety
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP) doctor of nursing practice programs accredited by ACEN
99% placement rate in jobs or graduate school
State-of-the-art Lawson Clinical Simulation Center
Home to the Tulsa chapter of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
Annual Route 66 Conference on Communication Disorders
Extensive clinical experiences:
- Students involved: 205
- Clinical hours: 44,929
- Patients/clients seen: 13,793
- Sites: 122

Fewer than one-third of business schools in the United States are accredited by AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. UTulsa is one of only two private universities in Oklahoma to hold this distinction.
One of only 10 AAPL-approved energy management programs in the nation
97% placement rate in jobs or graduate school
Student teams regularly place in the top spots in the Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup.
Finance students actively manage the Student Investment Fund, a portfolio with a value of more than $9 million, which places it among the Top 25 in the nation. In addition to providing real-stakes, real-dollar financial management experience, the fund provides earnings that subsidize scholarships for finance students.
Seven times a year, the Friends of Finance executive speakers series brings leading executives to the UTulsa campus to share their knowledge and explore important business issues.
Students have access to a state-of-the-art trading floor learning environment that includes 12 Bloomberg terminals.

18 NCAA Division I teams
A league-best nine American Athletic Conference championships during the first two years of membership
Entered American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2014