The two cheapest of the 5 healthcare administration programs in
Oklahoma are both at public universities and their tuition is
$567 a year apart. Their graduation rates are
58 points apart, at opposite ends of the state's range. Sorting this
list by price gets you the wrong one.
Two Public Universities, $567 Apart, at Opposite Ends of the Table
Langston University charges $4,653 a year
in state and graduates 17% of its first-time students.
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus charges
$5,220 and graduates
75%. The difference in price over a whole degree is
about $2,268. The difference in the chance of finishing it is
58 points.
These are not comparable institutions despite the matching price tags.
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus is the state's flagship research university with
a selective intake. Langston is Oklahoma's historically black
land-grant university, with an open-access mission and a student body carrying
far more financial and academic risk on arrival. Institutional graduation rate
measures the intake as much as the teaching, and comparing the two figures as
though they described classroom quality would be unfair to the second and
misleading about the first.
What the pairing does establish, and what a reader can act on, is that in
Oklahoma the cost column carries almost no information about outcomes. Both of
these are public, both are affordable, and the deciding facts are admissions
selectivity, format and what support exists once enrolled. Ask each about
completion within the healthcare administration major specifically, and about
what advising and financial support look like in years two and three, which is
where most of the attrition behind these numbers happens.
1 B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies: Healthcare Management
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Fully online
Norman, OK
$5,220 in-state tuition75% graduation rate77% admit rate76.8 score
OU's online Healthcare Management major is a degree-completion route within the B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies, with a practicum built around an academic portfolio.
The 120-credit degree is designed for adults who already have college coursework. Published entry requirements include being at least 25 years old, having 60 college credits earned after high school and holding a minimum 2.0 GPA. Transfer evaluation determines how much coursework remains.
The curriculum combines communication, digital and quantitative literacy, management, healthcare operations, finance, and ethical and legal issues. In the practicum, you assemble an electronic portfolio demonstrating your learning in communication, data analysis, problem-solving and your concentration.
- Online degree completion
- 60 prior college credits required
- Healthcare Management major
- Portfolio practicum
View University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus's B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies: Healthcare Management
2 Healthcare Administration B.S.
Southwestern Oklahoma State
Fully online
Weatherford, OK
$7,143 in-state tuition40% graduation rate58.7 score
SWOSU's online Healthcare Administration B.S. offers Traditional and Long-Term Care specializations with different field-training paths.
The 120-credit plan includes healthcare revenue cycles, project management, law and ethics, informatics, compliance, finance and quality measurement. The Traditional specialization includes a four-week healthcare internship in the final semester, alongside electronic health records and business courses.
The Long-Term Care route adds geriatric health, developmental psychology and facility management. Its administrator-in-training option involves 1,000 practicum hours. The catalog also provides an internship route for students who are not pursuing long-term care licensing. Discuss the appropriate option and your state's requirements with the program before planning fieldwork.
- Online B.S.
- 120-credit plan
- Traditional or Long-Term Care specialization
- Field training varies by pathway
View Southwestern Oklahoma State's Healthcare Administration B.S.
3 Healthcare Management and Ethics
Mid-America Christian
Fully online
Oklahoma City, OK
$19,752 in-state tuition44% graduation rate92% admit rate56.8 score
MACU's online Healthcare Management and Ethics bachelor's applies Christian principles to legal, financial and operational decisions in healthcare.
The degree requires 120 credits: 46 in the university core, 45 in the major and 29 in electives. The university core includes Bible and theology alongside communication, history, science, mathematics, social sciences and humanities.
The major includes healthcare marketing, human resources, economics, operations and information systems. Accounting for Managers, Business Finance, Business Analytics and Global Business and Ethics supply the broader business foundation. The program integrates consideration of ethical and moral dilemmas into its healthcare coursework.
- Fully online
- 120 credits
- 45-credit major core
- Christian ethics in healthcare decisions
View Mid-America Christian's Healthcare Management and Ethics
4 Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration
Oral Roberts
Fully online
Tulsa, OK
$33,800 in-state tuition57% graduation rate99% admit rate55.7 score
ORU's online Healthcare Administration B.S. combines healthcare delivery and quality improvement with business management and emergency planning.
The degree requires 120 credits and uses seven-week terms. Named courses include Design in Healthcare Delivery, Leadership in Health Administration, Emergency/Disaster Management and Quality Process Improvement. Management, marketing and human resources provide the business foundation.
Online students receive support from success coaches, faculty and academic resources. The program offers year-round terms and access through a mobile-friendly learning platform. Transfer credit affects the amount of coursework you need to complete, so an individual degree plan matters when estimating your schedule.
- Online B.S.
- 120 credits
- Seven-week terms
- Quality improvement and emergency planning
View Oral Roberts's Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration
5 Healthcare Administration degree plan
Langston
On campus
Langston, OK
$4,653 in-state tuition17% graduation rate40.4 score
Langston's Healthcare Administration degree map places a five-credit internship and a three-credit capstone in the final semester.
The 120-credit plan begins with general education, medical terminology, accounting, public health and management. Upper-division courses add healthcare law, planning, information management, economics, finance and policy, with separate courses on gerontology and services for older adults.
The senior year examines disparities among minority populations, leadership and ethics, quality improvement, population health management and community health assessment. The internship and capstone appear together in the final spring term, following that sequence of administrative and public-health coursework.
- 120-credit degree map
- Five-credit internship
- Three-credit capstone
- Population health and aging services
View Langston's Healthcare Administration degree plan
How We Scored Oklahoma's Healthcare Administration Programs
Graduation rate carries 40% of the score, in-state tuition 25%, delivery
flexibility 20% and admission selectivity 15%. Every input is federal IPEDS data
or the school's own program page, and a program has to report both a graduation
rate and a tuition figure, and still be enrolling new students, to be ranked at
all. Weights are never renormalized
around a missing factor, because that turns non-disclosure into an advantage. The
same model runs on every state page, with no editorial override and no paid
placement. The full weighting, and the factors left out deliberately, are in the
ranking methodology (version 1.0).
No accreditation factor appears at this level. CAHME accredits healthcare
management programs at master's level only, so no bachelor's degree anywhere
carries it, and an undergraduate program claiming otherwise is describing
something that does not exist. Where a school states AUPHA certification on its
own page, that is reported on the program rather than scored.