Oklahoma has 1 program titled software engineering at 1 school, 1 accredited by ABET, and 12 computer science programs. This guide covers each one, what it costs, and what software developers earn in the state.
Kevin ToFounder & Editor·B.S. in Computer Science, Temple University·Updated
Software engineering programs
1
titled software engineering
ABET-accredited
1
ABET’s list, 2026-09-30
Computer science programs
12
IPEDS 2024
Median pay, software developers
$118,100
BLS OEWS, May 2025
Key takeaways
01Oklahoma has 1 degree titled software engineering, a bachelor’s, at 1 school, plus 12 computer science programs. 1 of the software engineering programs is on ABET’s accredited list. University of Central Oklahoma ranks first among the state’s bachelor’s programs, with a score of 63.1 out of 100, #27 nationally. Each program below is checked against the school’s own page. It is University of Central Oklahoma’s bachelor’s.
02At Oklahoma’s public schools, the median undergraduate tuition for 2023–24 was $6,168 in state and $17,433 out of state, so residency saves about $11,265 a year at the median. Private schools had a median of $33,800. These IPEDS figures are one per school and leave out fees, housing and financial aid.
03Software developers in Oklahoma earned a median of $118,100 in May 2025, against $135,980 nationally, and half earned between $94,360 and $138,940. The state employed 6,880 of them. Nationally, BLS projects the occupation to grow 10.2% from 2025 to 2035, against 3.5% for all occupations.
04Prices in Oklahoma were 12.2% below the national average in 2024, by the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s measure, and housing stood at 62.8 against a national 100. At national prices, the state’s developer median goes as far as about $134,510. BEA’s 2024 figures are its latest, a year behind the pay data.
05Neighboring states with programs titled software engineering: Texas (10), Missouri (2) and Colorado (1). Each has its own guide with the same comparisons of programs, cost and pay, so a program across the state line can be weighed against one at home, keeping in mind that a public school charges nonresidents more.
This guide
Studying software engineering in Oklahoma
A degree titled software engineering puts design, testing and the management of large software projects at the center, where computer science centers on computation itself. Oklahoma offers both, and many software engineers hold either one.
What this page covers
Software engineering programs: the 1 bachelor’s or master’s degree in Oklahoma titled software engineering, each checked against the school’s own page.
Computer science programs: the state’s 12 bachelor’s and master’s programs in computer science, from federal data.
Online programs: software engineering degrees from our rankings that can be completed online.
Not included: associate degrees, certificates, bootcamps, doctoral programs and degrees in related fields such as information technology.
Methodology
How we ranked these programs
Programs in Oklahoma are ranked against each other at the same degree level, highest score first. The score is out of 100 and comes from our national rankings, so a program carries the same score on every page of this site. It isn’t curved for Oklahoma: each factor is measured against fixed national standards, which is why even the strongest program here can sit well below 100.
The bachelor’s score
University of Central Oklahoma: #27 of 75 nationally
University of Central Oklahoma leads in Oklahoma with 63.1 out of 100
Across the country the median bachelor’s score is 56.7 and the highest is 87.0. Its biggest gap is completion, where it earns 15.1 of 35 points. Every scored program is in Best Bachelor’s in Software Engineering.
Scored factors
100 pts total
Cost25 pts
The school’s average net price after grants (IPEDS), in fixed dollar tiers.
Under $12,00025 pts
$12,000 to $15,99920 pts
$16,000 to $19,99915 pts
$20,000 to $24,99910 pts
$25,000 to $31,9995 pts
$32,000 or more0 pts
Completion35 pts
The school’s eight-year completion rate for all entering students (IPEDS Outcome Measures), as a share of the points.
ABET accreditation25 pts
Full points if the program is on ABET’s own accredited list, none if not.
Program size15 pts
Graduates a year, on a log scale that reaches full points at 100.
Each program is ranked against the others in Oklahoma at the same degree level, by the score our national rankings use. Tuition is IPEDS 2023–24; grad rate is the school’s. Full details for a ranked program are on its ranking page.
Bachelor’s
Master’s
Top 3 in Oklahoma
Not ranked
Bachelor’s in software engineering
1 program
#1 in Oklahoma
63.1of 100
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK
BSCampus
In-state
$7,284
Out-of-state
$18,171
Completion
43%
✓ ABET-accredited
Pick an application area: development, cybersecurity or systems
UCO teaches the software engineering B.S. on campus. It sits in the college of mathematics and science, in the computer science department. The catalog lists a minimum of 124 hours, with 55 required hours in the major, 8 to 11 hours of science and math electives, and 9 hours in an application area. Required courses include Programming in C++, Discrete Structures, Fundamental Data Structures, Computer Organization and Architecture I, OO Design and Patterns, Algorithms and Advanced Data Structures, Applications Database Systems, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering I and II, Software Architecture & Design and a Senior Project, which is recommended for your last semester. The math runs through Calculus 1, 2 and 3 and Linear Algebra, plus a statistics course.
You choose one application area: Application Development, Cybersecurity or System Development. A C or better is required in all required CMSC, SE, MATH and STAT courses. The catalog encourages you to complete beginning programming and algebra or trigonometry in high school. An internship in software engineering, SE 4950, can count toward your electives, though internship and individual study together are capped at three hours. B.S. students can start the Professional Science Master's in Computational Science-Computer Science while still undergraduates through an Accelerated Degree Pathway. The program page says there is no application deadline for undergraduate applicants.
Compare
Oklahoma software engineering programs side by side
Oklahoma software engineering programs compared, by level
Tuition: IPEDS 2023–24, at the program’s level (a master’s figure is the school’s graduate average). Grad rate: the school’s six-year rate for bachelor’s students. Grads/yr: IPEDS, three-year average. ABET: ABET’s list, retrieved 2026-09-30. #: the program’s rank among Oklahoma’s ranked programs at its level; NR, not ranked. Score: out of 100, the same score as on the ranking pages.
Computer science
Computer science programs in Oklahoma
8 schools, 10 programs in the table below.
Computer science is the neighboring degree, and many software engineers hold it. These rows come from federal data, not from each school’s page.
Also offered: master’s at Oral Roberts University and University of Tulsa.
Tuition: IPEDS 2023–24, in-state, before fees and aid; undergraduate for a bachelor’s, and for a master’s the school-wide average across graduate students, which excludes program fees. School grad rate: the school’s six-year rate for bachelor’s students (IPEDS); N/A on master’s rows, because federal data has no graduation rate for master’s programs. ABET: on ABET’s computing (CAC) or engineering (EAC) list, retrieved 2026-10-05; a blank cell means not accredited. A school is in the table when it has at least two of a tuition figure, a grad rate or ABET accreditation, and a program page we could link; the rest are listed under it. SE track: named on the school’s own page.
Cost
What it costs in Oklahoma
Public, in-state
$6,168
median of 4 schools
Public, out-of-state
$17,433
median of 4 schools
Private
$33,800
median of 3 schools
Living in Oklahoma is worth about $11,265 a year in tuition at the median public school, the gap between the two public medians. Over a four-year degree that is roughly $45,060, before any change in rates.
Prices in Oklahoma were 87.8 against a national 100 in 2024, and housing 62.8, by the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s Regional Price Parities. 2024 is BEA’s latest year, a year behind the May 2025 pay figures on this page.
Tuition: IPEDS 2023–24 undergraduate tuition, one figure per school, for the 7 schools with a bachelor’s program in this guide; a median needs at least 3 schools. Excludes fees, housing and aid. Prices: BEA Regional Price Parities by state, 2024, all items and housing services.
Job market
The software job market in Oklahoma
Oklahoma employed 6,880 software developers in May 2025. Its location quotient for the occupation is 0.37: the jobs are less concentrated in the state than nationally. Nationally, BLS projects software developer jobs to grow 10.2% from 2025 to 2035, against 3.5% for all occupations.
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Oklahoma. Location quotient: the state’s share of employment in the occupation divided by the national share (1.0 = the national rate). Growth: BLS Employment Projections, 2025-35, national.
Metro areas
Among the 50 largest U.S. metros, 1 is in Oklahoma. Software developer employment and pay in each:
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, metropolitan areas, May 2025, software developers. Metro areas are federal CBSAs and can cross state lines; only the 50 largest are on file.
Pay
What software developers earn in Oklahoma
$75,19010th
$94,36025th
$118,100median
$138,94075th
$169,70090th
Software developers, Oklahoma, BLS OEWS May 2025. National median: $135,980.
The state median is $118,100, $17,880 below the national $135,980. Half of the state’s software developers earn between $94,360 and $138,940.
BEA puts prices in Oklahoma at 87.8 against a national 100 (2024), so the median goes as far as $134,510 would nationally, $1,470 less than the national median.
BEA price parities, 2024; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Online options
Online software engineering degrees for Oklahoma residents
If no program in Oklahoma fits, these are the highest-scoring online programs in our rankings. Confirm with each school that it enrolls students living in Oklahoma.
Tuition: IPEDS 2023–24 out-of-state, the rate an online student from another state usually pays (a master’s figure is the school’s graduate average); a published rate is the school’s own price. National rank and score: our national ranking at the program’s level.
How many software engineering programs are in Oklahoma?
1 degree titled software engineering, a bachelor’s, at 1 school. 1 of them is on ABET’s accredited list.
What is the best software engineering school in Oklahoma?
University of Central Oklahoma ranks first of the 1 ranked bachelor’s programs in Oklahoma, with a score of 63.1 out of 100 (#27 nationally). The score combines completion, net price, ABET accreditation and program size.
Which software engineering programs in Oklahoma are ABET-accredited?
University of Central Oklahoma (bachelor’s), according to ABET’s accredited program list retrieved 2026-09-30.
How much does a software engineering degree cost in Oklahoma?
Across Oklahoma’s public schools in this guide, median undergraduate tuition for 2023–24 was $6,168 for residents and $17,433 for nonresidents; at private schools the median was $33,800. These IPEDS figures exclude fees and housing.
How much do software engineers make in Oklahoma?
Software developers, the BLS occupation that includes software engineers, earned a median of $118,100 in Oklahoma in May 2025. The 10th percentile was $75,190 and the 90th $169,700.
Is Oklahoma pay worth it after cost of living?
BEA puts Oklahoma’s prices at 87.8 against a national 100 in 2024. Divided by that, the developer median of $118,100 is worth about $134,510 at national prices.
Can Oklahoma residents take a software engineering degree online?
Yes. Kennesaw State, Minnesota-Crookston and University of Arizona are among the online software engineering programs in our rankings. Check with each school that it enrolls students living in Oklahoma.
2NCES IPEDS institutional charges, 2023–24Tuition at the program’s level, and undergraduate tuition per school for the cost medians. Excludes fees, housing and aid.
3NCES IPEDS graduation ratesThe school’s six-year graduation rate, for the whole school rather than the program; IPEDS DRVGR2023 where the main pull has no figure.
4Each school’s own program pageProgram name, delivery, credits, and every bullet on the program cards, quoted from the saved page. Read .
