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Why OU?

Why OU?


The mission of the University of Oklahoma is to provide the best possible educational experience for our students through excellence in teaching, research and creative activity, and service to the state and society. The objective of the Graduate College is to guide, support, and enhance the educational experience of every graduate student at the university.

The OU Graduate College is the center of advanced study, research, and creative activity at the university. Graduate instruction has been offered at the University of Oklahoma since 1899. The first master’s degree was conferred in 1900 to C. Ross Hume and in 1929, the first doctoral degree was awarded to Dr. Mary Jane Brown. 

The university offers 181 majors at the master’s level, 87 doctoral–level majors, 37 doctoral professional majors, and 68 graduate certificates.


Explore Graduate Data

This interactive tool from the OU Graduate College was developed to provide transparent data to prospective and current graduate students to inform decision making about their education. This dashboard contains information on time-to-degree and completion rates, with the ability to filter by program.

Dashboard Notes

  • In these reports, if there is a small enough total within a visual, that data will be suppressed to preserve student privacy. 
  • Click on the drop-down menus or elements on each page to slice the data in different ways.

Statement

For official headcounts and number of degrees awarded, visit Institutional Research and Reporting

Reports published by the OU Graduate College are for informational purposes only. Although every reasonable effort is made to assure the accuracy of the data as reported from the source documents or source data, reports are not represented to be error-free. Data may be subject to update and correction without notice. These data do not constitute an offer, inducement, promise, guarantee, warranty, or contract of any kind. Reports are intended to omit personally-identifiable information as required by FERPA and other federal and state law