Oakwood University
Oakwood University admitted 45% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $26,827 a year. Within six years, 47% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 45%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $40,707 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $26,827 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $24,178 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $24,112 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 47%
- Students who return for a second year
- 71%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $47,707 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,153
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 46%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
- Historically Black college or university
- Yes
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 21%
- Health professions
- 18%
- Business, management and marketing
- 15%
- Psychology
- 10%
- Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Johnson C Smith University NC · 45% admitted
- University of Wisconsin-Madison WI · 45% admitted
- Alcorn State University MS · 45% admitted
- Bentley University MA · 45% admitted
- Loyola Marymount University CA · 45% admitted
- Grambling State University LA · 45% admitted
More colleges in Alabama
- The University of Alabama AL · 77% admitted
- Auburn University AL · 46% admitted
- University of Alabama at Birmingham AL · 88% admitted
- Troy University AL · 96% admitted
- University of South Alabama AL · 71% admitted
- Jacksonville State University AL · 78% admitted
- University of Alabama in Huntsville AL · 69% admitted
- Alabama A & M University AL · 58% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.