Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, Oklahoma · Public
Graduate earnings
30of 30 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Oklahoma high-school graduate (about $34,809 a year).
30 of 70 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 40: 36 with no earnings published and 4 with nothing reported. 3 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 40 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$12,710 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$12,710 a year
About $50,840 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $10,598 |
| $30k to $48k | $9,827 |
| $48k to $75k | $12,612 |
| $75k to $110k | $18,188 |
| $110k and up | $19,511 |
| All families (average) | $12,710 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Oklahoma high-school graduate ($34,809 a year).
44 of 110 programs could be assessed 40% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $46,102 | +$11,293 | clears the bar | $18,579 | 1.6 yrs | 133 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $60,651 | +$25,842 | clears the bar | $17,829 | 0.7 yrs | 111 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $41,705 | +$6,896 | clears the bar | $20,000 | 2.9 yrs | 97 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $43,116 | +$8,307 | clears the bar | $17,499 | 2.1 yrs | 88 |
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $96,702 | +$61,893 | clears the bar | $12,500 | 0.2 yrs | 74 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $65,781 | +$30,972 | clears the bar | $18,225 | 0.6 yrs | 74 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $81,944 | +$47,135 | above HS line | $16,000 | 0.3 yrs | 68 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $44,064 | +$9,255 | clears the bar | $18,547 | 2.0 yrs | 56 |
| Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | $50,268 | +$15,459 | clears the bar | $18,054 | 1.2 yrs | 55 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $50,981 | +$16,172 | clears the bar | $14,500 | 0.9 yrs | 47 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $69,399 | +$34,590 | above HS line | $32,894 | 1.0 yrs | 43 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $67,854 | +$33,045 | clears the bar | $19,000 | 0.6 yrs | 41 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | $45,474 | +$10,665 | clears the bar | $22,000 | 2.1 yrs | 39 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | $52,560 | +$17,751 | above HS line | $23,000 | 1.3 yrs | 37 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | $65,037 | +$30,228 | above HS line | $40,699 | 1.3 yrs | 35 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $54,943 | +$20,134 | clears the bar | $23,250 | 1.2 yrs | 32 |
| Social Work | Master's Degree | $48,6451-year earnings | +$13,836 | above HS line (1-yr) | $20,000 | 1.4 yrs | 31 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $54,577 | +$19,768 | clears the bar | $15,750 | 0.8 yrs | 31 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $57,549 | +$22,740 | clears the bar | $19,297 | 0.8 yrs | 30 |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | $45,9981-year earnings | +$11,189 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $19,500 | 1.7 yrs | 28 |
| Optometry | First Professional Degree | $119,476 | +$84,667 | above HS line | $158,826 | 1.9 yrs | 27 |
| Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | $69,276 | +$34,467 | clears the bar | $14,924 | 0.4 yrs | 24 |
| Communication Disorders | Master's Degree | $60,979 | +$26,170 | above HS line | $33,410 | 1.3 yrs | 24 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $51,106 | +$16,297 | above HS line | $27,917 | 1.7 yrs | 22 |
| Criminal Justice | Master's Degree | $35,8581-year earnings | +$1,049 | above HS line (1-yr) | $28,383 | 27.1 yrs | 21 |
| Communication Disorders | Bachelor's Degree | $53,271 | +$18,462 | clears the bar | $15,150 | 0.8 yrs | 21 |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | Bachelor's Degree | $54,484 | +$19,675 | clears the bar | $13,000 | 0.7 yrs | 21 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | $56,5351-year earnings | +$21,726 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $75,5051-year earnings | +$40,696 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | Master's Degree | $82,883 | +$48,074 | above HS line | $46,939 | 1.0 yrs | 18 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $53,387 | +$18,578 | clears the bar | $16,250 | 0.9 yrs | 16 |
| Medical Laboratory Science | Bachelor's Degree | $62,9121-year earnings | +$28,103 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $17,565 | 0.6 yrs | 15 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | $46,506 | +$11,697 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Library Science and Administration | Master's Degree | $47,552 | +$12,743 | above HS line | $28,772 | 2.3 yrs | 13 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $48,057 | +$13,248 | clears the bar | $20,548 | 1.6 yrs | 12 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $47,608 | +$12,799 | clears the bar | $18,788 | 1.5 yrs | 11 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $38,731 | +$3,922 | clears the bar | $14,750 | 3.8 yrs | 10 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $49,854 | +$15,045 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Special Education | Bachelor's Degree | $46,0451-year earnings | +$11,236 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Master's Degree | $53,366 | +$18,557 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Management Information Systems | Bachelor's Degree | $55,328 | +$20,519 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $53,978 | +$19,169 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $40,275 | +$5,466 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $39,474 | +$4,665 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 38 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $18,027 | not assessed | 17 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Business Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Security Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Non-Professional Legal Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| English | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Homeland Security | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Natural Sciences | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Business Administration | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Homeland Security | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Area Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Hospitality Management | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Library Science and Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Geography and Environmental Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Geography and Environmental Studies | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Communications and Media | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Nursing | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Chemistry | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Computer Science | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Engineering-Related Fields | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Natural Sciences | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Criminal Justice | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Homeland Security | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Community Organization and Advocacy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Geography and Cartography | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Geography and Cartography | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Public Health | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Public Health | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Accounting | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Hospitality Management | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Human Resources | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| International Business | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Marketing | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| History | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Engineering Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Geography and Cartography | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $34,809 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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