Oklahoma · 65 schools · 2025 NCLEX
Nursing Schools in Oklahoma: All 126 Approved Programs & NCLEX Pass Rates
Part of Nursing in Oklahoma — schools, RN and NP pay, and licensing on one page.
Oklahoma has 65 schools running 126 board-approved nursing programs — 72 RN-track and 54 PN/LPN-track. The average 2025 first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate across Oklahoma programs is 82.8%, 3.7 points below the national average of 86.5%. Every row below comes straight from the state board of nursing's published approved-program list — not self-reported school marketing.
- 126
- Approved programs
- 65
- Schools
- 82.8%
- Avg RN pass rate (2025)
- 86.5%
- National RN average
Rank it your way
Rank Oklahoma’s 52 RN programs on what matters to you
NCLEX pass rate, graduation rate, cost vs nurse pay, grads’ early pay — compare in-state, by region, or nationwide.
Best Nursing Schools in Oklahoma by NCLEX Pass Rate
Top RN programs ranked by 2025 first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, among programs with a published 2025 rate. Rates are one year of data — check multi-year trends before deciding.
Pass rate isn’t everything: the NurseSavvy top 10 in Oklahoma →- 1100%Tonkawa · Associate Degree
- 2100%Enid · Associate Degree
- 3100%Stillwater · Associate Degree
- 4100%Enid · Baccalaureate Degree
- 5100%Woodward · Baccalaureate Degree
- 6100%Oklahoma City · Baccalaureate Degree (per NCLEX-RN pass-rate report)
- 7100%Tulsa · Baccalaureate Degree
- 8100%Midwest City · Associate Degree (per NCLEX-RN pass-rate report)
- 9100%Lawton · Associate Degree
- 10100%Elk City · Associate Degree
What Nursing School Costs in Oklahoma — and What Graduates Earn
Tuition, admissions and graduate-earnings figures come from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, matched to 40 of 65 Oklahoma schools. Earnings are program-level — the median for graduates of that school's own nursing program, not all its alumni.
Median federal loan debt for BSN graduates in Oklahoma is $21,922 (11 programs). Sticker tuition is the whole school's published price, not the nursing program's alone, and it ignores aid — the number that decides whether a program pays off is what you actually pay plus the wages you give up while enrolled. Check if nursing school is worth it for you or read the full cost of becoming an RN.
Every Approved Nursing Program in Oklahoma
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126 of 126 programs · “—” = not published for that program · tuition is the school’s published in-state price for one year, before aid; grad pay is the median for that program’s own graduates, one year out
| ATA CollegeNew/provisional | Tulsa | Associate DegreeRN | $18,850 | — | — |
| ATA College | Tulsa | Practical NursingPN | $18,850 | — | 100% |
| Autry Technology CenterConditional | Enid | Practical NursingPN | $2,100program year | — | 83.3% |
| Caddo-Kiowa Tech. Center | Ft. Cobb | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 100% |
| Canadian Valley Tech. Center | Chickasha | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 100% |
| Canadian Valley Tech. Center | Yukon | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 100% |
| Carl Albert State College | Poteau | Associate DegreeRN | $4,380 | $69,264 | 80.8% |
| Carl Albert State College | Poteau | Associate DegreeRN | $4,380 | $69,264 | 88.9% |
| Carl Albert State College | Sallisaw | Associate DegreeRN | $4,380 | $69,264 | 68.8% |
| Central Oklahoma CollegeNew/provisional | Oklahoma City | Associate DegreeRN | $11,330program year | — | — |
| Central Oklahoma CollegeConditional | Oklahoma City | Practical NursingPN | $11,330program year | — | 75% |
| Central Technology Center | Drumright | Practical NursingPN | $4,300program year | — | 92.3% |
| Central Technology Center | Sapulpa | Practical NursingPN | $4,300program year | — | — |
| Chisholm Trail Tech. CenterConditional | Omega | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 90% |
| Connors State College (Gregg Wadley College of Science and Health Professions)Conditional | Muskogee | Associate DegreeRN | — | — | 49.5% |
| Connors State College (Gregg Wadley College of Science and Health Professions)Conditional | Tahlequah | Associate DegreeRN | — | — | 70.6% |
| East Central University | Ada | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $8,032 | $71,297 | 70.9% |
| Eastern Oklahoma State College | Wilburton | Associate DegreeRN | $4,947 | — | 94.1% |
| Eastern Oklahoma State College | Idabel | Associate DegreeRN | $4,947 | — | 87.5% |
| Eastern Oklahoma State College | Wilburton | Associate DegreeRN | $4,947 | — | 75% |
| Eastern Oklahoma State College | McAlester | Associate DegreeRN | $4,947 | — | 66.7% |
| Francis Tuttle Tech. Center | Oklahoma City | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 95.7% |
| Gordon Cooper Tech. Center | Shawnee | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 100% |
| Great Plains Technology CenterConditional | Frederick | Practical NursingPN | $5,349program year | $48,921 | 100% |
| Great Plains Technology CenterConditional | Lawton | Practical NursingPN | $5,349program year | $48,921 | 89.7% |
| Green Country Technology | Okmulgee | Practical NursingPN | $2,900program year | $51,601 | 100% |
| Health & Safety Educ.Training CenterConditional | Tulsa | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 50% |
| High Plains Technology Center | Woodward | Practical NursingPN | $6,000program year | — | 85.7% |
| Indian Capital Tech Center | Coweta | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 100% |
| Indian Capital Tech Center | Muskogee | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 90% |
| Indian Capital Tech Center | Sallisaw | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 94.7% |
| Indian Capital Tech Center | Stilwell | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 90.9% |
| Indian Capital Tech Center | Tahlequah | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 86.4% |
| Kiamichi Technology Center | Antlers | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 100% |
| Kiamichi Technology Center | Atoka | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 80% |
| Kiamichi Technology Center | Durant | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 100% |
| Kiamichi Technology Center | Hugo | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 100% |
| Kiamichi Technology Center | McAlester | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 86.4% |
| Kiamichi Technology Center | Idabel | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 92.3% |
| Kiamichi Technology Center | Poteau | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 83.3% |
| Kiamichi Technology Center | Stigler | Practical NursingPN | — | — | — |
| Kiamichi Technology CenterConditional | Talihina | Practical NursingPN | — | — | — |
| Langston University | Ardmore | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $6,863 | $68,967 | 66.7% |
| Langston UniversityConditional | Langston | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $6,863 | $68,967 | 64.3% |
| Langston UniversityConditional | Tulsa | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $6,863 | $68,967 | — |
| Marian University | Oklahoma City | Not stated (NCLEX-RN pass-rate report entry)RN | — | — | 90.9% |
| Med-Noc Training CollegeConditional | Oklahoma City | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 100% |
| Meridian Technology Center | Guthrie | Practical NursingPN | $1,800program year | — | — |
| Meridian Technology Center | Stillwater | Practical NursingPN | $1,800program year | — | 96% |
| Metro Technology Center | Oklahoma City | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 73.8% |
| Mid America Christian UniversityNew/provisional | Oklahoma City | Associate DegreeRN | $21,294 | — | — |
| Mid-America Technology Center | Wayne | Practical NursingPN | $1,000program year | — | 100% |
| Mid-Del Technology Center | Midwest City | Practical NursingPN | $5,025program year | — | 84.6% |
| Miller-Motte College | Tulsa | Practical Nursing (per NCLEX-PN pass-rate report)PN | — | — | 47.5% |
| Moore Norman Technology Center | Norman | Practical NursingPN | $2,850program year | — | 92.3% |
| Murray State College | Tishomingo | Associate DegreeRN | $7,230 | $71,869 | 74.1% |
| Murray State College | Tishomingo | Associate DegreeRN | $7,230 | $71,869 | 87.3% |
| Murray State College | Ardmore | Associate DegreeRN | $7,230 | $71,869 | 76.5% |
| Murray State College | Durant | Associate DegreeRN | $7,230 | $71,869 | 90.9% |
| Murray State College | Duncan | Associate DegreeRN | $7,230 | $71,869 | 91.3% |
| Northeast Technology Centers | Afton | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 100% |
| Northeast Technology Centers | Claremore | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 100% |
| Northeast Technology Centers | Kansas | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 100% |
| Northeast Technology Centers | Pryor | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 91.3% |
| Northeastern OK A&M College | Miami | Associate DegreeRN | — | — | 90% |
| Northeastern OK A&M College | Kansas | Associate DegreeRN | — | — | 85.7% |
| Northeastern State Univ.New/provisional | Tahlequah | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $7,810 | $80,792 | — |
| Northern Oklahoma College | Tonkawa | Associate DegreeRN | $5,083 | $57,846 | 100% |
| Northern Oklahoma College | Enid | Associate DegreeRN | $5,083 | $57,846 | 100% |
| Northern Oklahoma CollegeConditional | Stillwater | Associate DegreeRN | $5,083 | $57,846 | 100% |
| Northwest Technology Center | Alva | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 83.3% |
| Northwestern OK State Univ. | Alva | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 80% |
| Northwestern OK State Univ. | Enid | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 100% |
| Northwestern OK State Univ. | Alva | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | — |
| Northwestern OK State Univ. | Ponca City | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | — |
| Northwestern OK State Univ. | Woodward | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 100% |
| Oklahoma Baptist Univ. | Shawnee | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $35,570 | $68,584 | — |
| Oklahoma Baptist Univ. | Shawnee | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $35,570 | $68,584 | 84% |
| Oklahoma Christian Univ. | Oklahoma City | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $27,180 | $69,180 | 77.4% |
| Oklahoma Christian Univ. | Oklahoma City | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $27,180 | $69,180 | 57.7% |
| Oklahoma Christian Univ. | Ada | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $27,180 | $69,180 | 80% |
| Oklahoma Christian Univ. | Oklahoma City | Baccalaureate Degree (per NCLEX-RN pass-rate report)RN | $27,180 | $69,180 | 59.1% |
| Oklahoma Christian Univ. | Oklahoma City | Baccalaureate Degree (per NCLEX-RN pass-rate report)RN | $27,180 | $69,180 | 100% |
| Oklahoma City Community College | Oklahoma City | Associate DegreeRN | $4,059 | $70,463 | 86.7% |
| Oklahoma City University (Kramer School of Nursing) | Oklahoma City | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 81.3% |
| Oklahoma State University | Stillwater | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $10,234 | $74,056 | 85% |
| Oklahoma State University-OKC | Oklahoma City | Associate DegreeRN | — | — | 95.9% |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan Univ. | Bartlesville | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $33,550 | $74,090 | 81.8% |
| Oral Roberts University (Anna Vaughn School of Nursing) | Tulsa | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 64.5% |
| OSU Institute of Technology | Okmulgee | Associate DegreeRN | — | — | 88.9% |
| OSU Institute of Technology | Okmulgee | Associate DegreeRN | — | — | — |
| Pioneer Technology Center | Ponca City | Practical NursingPN | $1,825program year | $46,305 | 96.2% |
| Pontotoc Technology Center | Ada | Practical NursingPN | $3,321program year | $44,846 | 100% |
| Red River Technology Center | Duncan | Practical NursingPN | $2,385program year | $40,029 | 94.1% |
| Red River Technology Center | Duncan | Practical NursingPN | $2,385program year | $40,029 | — |
| Redlands Community CollegeConditional | El Reno | Associate DegreeRN | $5,385 | $61,453 | 84.6% |
| Rogers State University | Claremore | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $7,750 | $74,438 | 94.6% |
| Rogers State University | Tulsa | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $7,750 | $74,438 | 100% |
| Rose State College | Midwest City | Associate DegreeRN | $5,030 | $76,453 | 94.4% |
| Rose State College | Midwest City | Associate Degree (per NCLEX-RN pass-rate report)RN | $5,030 | $76,453 | 100% |
| Seminole State CollegeConditional | Seminole | Associate DegreeRN | $5,460 | — | 84.6% |
| Southern Nazarene Univ.Conditional | Bethany | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $31,190 | $69,818 | — |
| Southern Okla. Tech. Center | Ardmore | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 94.7% |
| Southwest Technology Center | Altus | Practical NursingPN | $3,905program year | $39,527 | 100% |
| Southwestern OK State Univ. | Weatherford | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 93.3% |
| Southwestern OK State Univ.Conditional | Weatherford | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 69% |
| Tri County Technology Center | Bartlesville | Practical NursingPN | — | — | 94.1% |
| Tri County Technology Center | Bartlesville | Practical NursingPN | — | — | — |
| Tulsa Community College | Tulsa | Associate DegreeRN | $3,792 | $68,544 | 83.2% |
| Tulsa Technology Center | Tulsa | Practical NursingPN | $4,200program year | $44,594 | 88.7% |
| University of Central Oklahoma | Edmond | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $8,818 | $71,438 | 83.4% |
| University of Oklahoma (Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing) | Duncan | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 81.8% |
| University of Oklahoma (Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing) | Lawton | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 66.7% |
| University of Oklahoma (Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing) | Norman | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 78.1% |
| University of Oklahoma (Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing) | Oklahoma City | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 78.3% |
| University of Oklahoma (Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing) | Tulsa | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 75% |
| University of Oklahoma (Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing) | Tahlequah | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | — |
| University of Oklahoma (Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing) | Tulsa | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | — | — | 72.7% |
| University of Tulsa (School of Nursing) | Tulsa | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $50,061 | $74,029 | 64.9% |
| University of Tulsa (School of Nursing) | Tulsa | Baccalaureate DegreeRN | $50,061 | $74,029 | 85.7% |
| Wes Watkins Technology Center | Wetumka | Practical NursingPN | $3,318program year | $33,421 | 100% |
| Western Oklahoma State College | Altus | Associate DegreeRN | $5,586 | $60,489 | 85.7% |
| Western Oklahoma State College | Lawton | Associate DegreeRN | $5,586 | $60,489 | 100% |
| Western Oklahoma State College | Elk City | Associate DegreeRN | $5,586 | $60,489 | 100% |
| Western Oklahoma State College | Altus | Associate DegreeRN | $5,586 | $60,489 | 82.6% |
| Western Technology Center | Burns Flat | Practical NursingPN | $3,850program year | $40,264 | 90.9% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best nursing school in Oklahoma by NCLEX pass rate?
10 RN programs in Oklahoma tied for the highest 2025 first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate at 100%, including Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa — see the full ranked list above, among programs with a published 2025 rate on the state board's list.
How many nursing schools are in Oklahoma?
Oklahoma has 65 schools offering 126 board-approved nursing programs: 72 RN-track (ADN/BSN and similar) and 54 PN/LPN-track programs, per the state board of nursing's current approved-program list.
What is the average NCLEX pass rate in Oklahoma?
Across Oklahoma RN programs with a published 2025 rate, the average first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate is 82.8% — 3.7 points below the national average of 86.5%.
How much does nursing school cost in Oklahoma?
Across Oklahoma nursing schools we could match to U.S. Department of Education data, median published in-state tuition and fees run $5,523 a year at public schools (16 schools) and $32,370 at private nonprofits (6 schools). That is the whole institution's sticker price per year, before aid — an ADN takes about two years and a BSN four, and most students pay less than sticker. Per-school figures are in the table above.
What do nursing graduates in Oklahoma earn?
Federal earnings data tracks graduates of each specific nursing program. In Oklahoma, median earnings one year after finishing are $68,544 for ADN graduates (9 programs) and $71,438 for BSN graduates (11 programs). These are medians of program-level medians and the federal figures lag by a few years, so treat them as a floor for comparison between schools rather than a salary prediction.
What does a first-time NCLEX pass rate tell me about a school?
It is the share of a program’s graduates who passed the NCLEX on their first attempt — the single most comparable public outcome number nursing programs report. Boards of nursing track it for program approval, and consistently low rates can put a program on conditional status. Compare it alongside cost, location, and program length, not in isolation.
About this data
Program list and 2025 first-time NCLEX pass rates are taken directly from the Oklahoma board of nursing's published approved-program materials. “—” means the board did not publish a 2025 rate for that program (new programs, small cohorts, or PN lists without rate tables). Pass rates refresh annually; this page is rebuilt from the board lists when they update.
Tuition, admission rates, graduate earnings and debt come from the U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (Most Recent Cohorts, June 10 2026 data release), matched by school name and city to 40 of 65 Oklahoma schools. Schools the federal data does not cover — hospital-based programs and schools outside federal student-aid reporting — show “—” rather than an estimate. Tuition and admission rates describe the whole institution; earnings and debt are specific to its nursing programs, by credential, and lag the current graduating class by several years.
- collegescorecard.ed.gov — Most Recent Cohorts, June 10 2026 data release
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