Oklahoma has 14 private and 17 public 4-year colleges that enroll 15,745 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $20,048 for in-state students and $28,820 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in Oklahoma charge around $37,332 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, Oklahoma provided $19.1 million in financial aid to 4,353 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $131 million in grants and scholarships to 14,336 students.

Oklahoma receives 3.2% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 6,505 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $32.3 million in pell grant ($5,811 per student on average), and 7,919 students received a total amount of $43.9 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($7,172 per student on average).