Science and Arts of Oklahoma acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Science and Arts of Oklahoma, a public university in Oklahoma, reports a 66% acceptance rate and sits in the moderately selective band. In practice that means it admits more applicants than it rejects, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Science and Arts of Oklahoma weighs, where it ranks among Oklahoma schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1100, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Science and Arts of Oklahoma with a 3.1 GPA and a 1190 SAT?

About 93% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1190 SAT, the middle of Science and Arts of Oklahoma's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1280 SAT comes out near 97%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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There is no formula that guarantees a spot at Science and Arts of Oklahoma, but the applicants who get in tend to do the same four things. Here is what the numbers say each one looks like.

Science and Arts of Oklahoma admitted 817 of the 1,465 students who applied for fall 2023, which works out to 55.8%. 272 enrolled. Only about 33% of admitted students enrolled, so the school admits several students for every seat it expects to fill, which is why its acceptance rate reads higher than its selectivity feels. Science and Arts of Oklahoma enrolls about 941 undergraduates in total, 65% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 13 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

Admitted students at Science and Arts of Oklahoma post SAT scores of 1090 to 1280 in the middle 50%, with an average of 1152. On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 21 to 26. A score above 1280 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 1090 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. Science and Arts of Oklahoma is test-optional: scores are considered if you submit them but not required. Send a score at or above the middle of the admitted range; otherwise apply without one and let your transcript lead.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

The factors that carry the most weight at Science and Arts of Oklahoma are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Science and Arts of Oklahoma's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

The full sticker price at Science and Arts of Oklahoma (tuition, fees, housing, food, books) is about $20,662 a year. Tuition and fees are $9,000 for OK residents and $20,190 for out-of-state students, a $11,190 gap that makes residency the single biggest lever on cost. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $6,624 a year, and it ranges from $3,493 for families earning under $30,000 to $14,413 for families earning over $110,000. 51% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Median earnings for Science and Arts of Oklahoma students ten years after entry are $41,913 ($35,520 at the six-year mark). 44% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 66% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $21,750; 37% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 22 Oklahoma schools we track, Science and Arts of Oklahoma ranks #8 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Oklahoma Baptist University (49%) and East Central University (58%) sit nearby, which makes Oklahoma a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list. As a public university, residency matters: in-state applicants generally see meaningfully better odds than the headline rate suggests.

Applicants targeting Science and Arts of Oklahoma often weigh Florida Atlantic University, Fort Valley State University, and Lincoln University (PA), which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.