unitid 207263 · Tahlequah, OK · public 4-year · town (remote)
Northeastern State University
- enrollment 2023
- 8,097
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
100%
98th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
4,772
49th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
45%
undergrads on Pell grants
82nd pctl among public 4-years
completion
35%
finish within 150% time
28th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,551
45th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$12,710
after aid, aided students
49th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,379
after entry, Title IV students
35th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$17,367
36th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,598 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k36%
- 30-48k21%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k14%
- 110k+12%
- Median family income
- $30,816
- First-generation students
- 42%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,810
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 133 | — | $25,029 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 111 | $53,647 | $23,056 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 97 | $44,083 | $30,582 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 88 | $44,719 | $23,807 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 74 | $99,835 | $26,542 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 74 | $63,470 | $25,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 68 | $98,309 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 56 | $49,171 | $19,041 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 55 | $51,366 | $23,050 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. | 47 | — | $21,000 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 43 | $60,009 | — |
| Computer Science. | 41 | $82,556 | $23,374 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.