Bachelor's · Durant, Oklahoma
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at Southeastern Oklahoma State University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $46,639
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $56,303
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $15,082
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $33k (likely $32k – $45k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $21k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OK
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.1 years (likely 2.4–4.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $6k (likely −$57k – $60k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $270k (likely $153k – $398k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 31%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$105,483
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians (Master's)$100,440
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$95,825
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (Master's)$95,171
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (Master's)$82,579
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$81,849
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$66,785
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$65,683
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$61,895
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$61,000
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Master's)$60,936
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$56,538
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at other schools in Oklahoma
- University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus$65,474
- Oklahoma State University-Main Campus$52,152
- University of Central Oklahoma$49,383
- Cameron University$47,675
- Southern Nazarene University$44,294
- Northwestern Oklahoma State University$44,123
- Northeastern State University$41,705
- East Central University$41,389
- Randall University$41,315
- Langston University$39,408