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.


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 NameSouthwestern Oklahoma State University
TypeFour-year, Public
Address100 Campus Dr, Weatherford, OK
Graduate School Students816 students
497 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2024-2025)In-State$8,086
Out-of-State$8,110
Student to Faculty19:1 (5.26%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 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 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-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

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'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total31770-12
Men6536--
Women25234-12

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.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration22ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement57 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Special Education and Teaching3ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Elementary Education and TeachingONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Secondary Education and Teaching48ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Early Childhood Education and TeachingONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Community Psychology19ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
School PsychologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 12
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)44ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Music2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator28ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
PharmacyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public HealthNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE
Music Therapy/Therapist NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse49ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management44ONLINE 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
Total816
Men210
Women606
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total816
Full-time Students483
Part-time Students333
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total816
American Indian /
Native American
40
Asian34
Black37
Hispanic54
White538
Two or more races81
Un-Known12
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total816
21 & Under44
22-24197
25-29179
30-34114
35-3999
40 & Over206

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 Enrollment839
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses497
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses180
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses162
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses497
Oklahoma Resident454
Other State In U.S.43
Outside of U.S.0