Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural area.

Overview

Oklahoma Panhandle State University is a public university located in Goodwell, Oklahoma. OPSU was established in 1909 as Pan-Handle Agricultural Institute by an act of the Oklahoma Legislature. It received its present name in 1974. The college grants associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in diverse areas of study like business, history education, and nursing. The university is organized into the following academic schools:

• School of Agriculture
• School of Business and Technology
• School of Education
• School of Liberal Arts
• School of Science, Mathematics, and Nursing
• University College

OPSU has an active student life. The university’s athletics department sponsors several sports teams. The campus hosts several student clubs and organizations based on the varied interests of the students.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in animal science and care, nutrition and exercise therapy, science, art studies, landscaping and horticulture, and agricultural science and management.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Large number of students.
• Numerous part-time students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,223 in 2009-2010 (1,092 full-time equivalent).

About 57% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 43% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 78% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 78% are full-time and 22% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Oklahoma Panhandle State University provides on-campus housing for 613 of its 1,092 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Heartland Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 40 male students received the aid (men were 85% of those receiving aid) and 7 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 15% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (13 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
• Agriculture
• Farm/Farm and Ranch Management

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (17 awarded)

• Animal Sciences
• Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management

ART STUDIES (8 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (28 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (4 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (15 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (10 awarded)

• Industrial Technology/Technician

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (7 awarded)

• Agronomy and Crop Science

LIBERAL ARTS (49 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Social Sciences
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Mathematics

MUSIC (3 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (11 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (25 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

SCIENCE (28 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (17 awarded)

• Psychology