Graduate Programs & Tuition at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) is a four-year, public school located in Weatherford, OK.

It offers 18 graduate programs - 15 Master's, 1 Doctorate, and 2 Post-master's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $8,086 for in-state and $8,110 for out-of-state students.

A total of 839 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 5,186 students at SWOSU. SWOSU offers online graduate programs and 497 out of 839 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find SWOSU's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $8,086 for Oklahoma residents and $8,110 for out-of-state students. It offers eighteen (18) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Type	Four-year, Public
Address	100 Campus Dr, Weatherford, OK
Graduate School Students	816 students 497 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2024-2025)	In-State$8,086 Out-of-State$8,110
Student to Faculty	19:1 (5.26%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 18 Graduate Programs 15 Master's, 1 Doctorate, 2 Post graduate certificates

2025 Graduate Program Tuition at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at Southwestern Oklahoma State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Oklahoma residents, the tuition & fees are $8,086 and $8,110 for non-Oklahoma residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $293 for Oklahoma residents and $294 for out-of-state students.

2025 Tuition & Fees

2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$7,025	$7,049
Fees	$1,061	$1,061
Cost per Credit	$293	$294
Books & Supplies	$1,318
Room & Board	$7,634 (On-Campus) / $8,162 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$8,746 (On-Campus) / $8,746 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$25,784	$25,808
Off-Campus Total	$26,312	$26,336

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
In-State	$7,530	$7,530	$7,752	$7,915	$8,086
Out-of-State	$14,202	$14,202	$14,424	$7,939	$8,110

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Southwestern Oklahoma State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 18 major areas - 15 Master's (11 online programs), 1 Doctorate, 2 Post-Master's (1 online programs). 317 students have been conferred Master's degree and 70 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	317	70	-	12
Men	65	36	-	-
Women	252	34	-	12

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	22^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement	57	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Special Education and Teaching	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Elementary Education and Teaching	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Secondary Education and Teaching	48^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	1	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Community Psychology	19^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	44^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music	2	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	28^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Music Therapy/Therapist		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	49^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	44^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
School Psychology	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	12

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Health	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	^ONLINE
Pharmacy	NOT OFFER		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

SWOSU graduate schools have a total of 816 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 210 male and 606 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 483 full-time and 333 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 497 students enrolled through online exclusively and 180 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 538 White, 37 Black, and 34 Asian students are attending at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

44 grad students are younger than 22 and 206 students are older than 65. It has 376 students aged between 22 and 30 and 213 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	816
Men	210
Women	606

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	816
Full-time Students	483
Part-time Students	333

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	816
American Indian / Native American	40
Asian	34
Black	37
Hispanic	54
White	538
Two or more races	81
Un-Known	12

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	816
21 & Under	44
22-24	197
25-29	179
30-34	114
35-39	99
40 & Over	206

Online Population

At Southwestern Oklahoma State University graduate schools, 497 students enrolled online exclusively and 180 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	839
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	497
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	180
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	162

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	497
Oklahoma Resident	454
Other State In U.S.	43
Outside of U.S.	0

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