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Community colleges in Oklahoma

There are 18 two-year, predominantly associate-degree-granting community colleges in Oklahoma reporting to the U.S. Department of Education. Median published in-state tuition across the state is $5,213 per academic year — among the most affordable postsecondary options anywhere in the country.

This page is a working directory: every institution links to a full profile with cost, enrollment, completion, and transfer numbers. The lists below highlight the most affordable, the largest, and the most transfer-active campuses in Oklahoma, drawn from the same Department of Education data four-year admissions offices use to evaluate incoming transfer applicants. If you are weighing a community-college start before continuing to a four-year program, the transfer rate column is the single most useful comparison.

Most affordable in-state tuition in Oklahoma

  1. Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City$3,779
  2. Connors State CollegeWarner$3,792
  3. Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa$3,792
  4. Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City$4,059
  5. Carl Albert State CollegePoteau$4,380

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Largest community colleges in Oklahoma

  1. Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa12,228
  2. Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City9,758
  3. Rose State CollegeMidwest City4,953
  4. Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City3,514
  5. Connors State CollegeWarner2,076

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Strongest transfer outcomes

Share of full-time entrants who transferred to another institution within 150% of program length.

  1. ATA CollegeTulsa50%
  2. Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City15%
  3. Eastern Oklahoma State CollegeWilburton14%
  4. Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa13%
  5. Connors State CollegeWarner13%

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All 18 community colleges in Oklahoma

InstitutionCityEnrollmentIn-state tuition
ATA CollegeTulsa193$18,850
Carl Albert State CollegePoteau1,308$4,380
College of the Muscogee NationOkmulgee222$6,600
Connors State CollegeWarner2,076$3,792
Eastern Oklahoma State CollegeWilburton964$4,947
Miller-Motte College-TulsaTulsa389—
Murray State CollegeTishomingo1,786$7,230
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CollegeMiami1,720$5,213
Northern Oklahoma CollegeTonkawa1,941$5,083
Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City9,758$4,059
Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee2,028$5,774
Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City3,514$3,779
Redlands Community CollegeEl Reno946$5,385
Rose State CollegeMidwest City4,953$5,030
Seminole State CollegeSeminole1,086$5,460
Spartan College of Aeronautics and TechnologyTulsa840$20,940
Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa12,228$3,792
Western Oklahoma State CollegeAltus815$5,586

About community college in Oklahoma

Oklahoma's 18 community colleges serve as the primary on-ramp into postsecondary education for hundreds of thousands of residents each year. They award associate degrees, occupational certificates, and — through articulation agreements with public and private four-year institutions — transferable general-education credit. For most students, the financial argument is decisive: published in-state tuition averages a small fraction of state-flagship sticker price, and many community-college students qualify for the full federal Pell Grant, eliminating tuition entirely.

If you intend to transfer, the most important question to ask any Oklahoma community college is which four-year institutions accept its credit on a course-for-course basis. The state's strongest transfer pipelines tend to feed regional public universities, but well-prepared students from accredited community colleges in Oklahoma routinely transfer into selective private institutions as well. Use the transfer-rate column above as a starting filter, then consult the receiving university's transfer admissions office to confirm specific course equivalencies.

Career-focused students should pay attention to the local labor market as much as to the institution. Oklahoma's community colleges concentrate heavily in health-care occupations, mechanical and engineering technology, business administration, and skilled-trades programs aligned to regional employers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' state-level wage data is the right reference for setting expectations on starting salary by field. Where this site reports earnings, the figure is median earnings ten years after first enrollment, drawn from the College Scorecard's match against federal tax records.