This article features top engineering colleges in Oklahoma that offer master and doctoral degrees in the fields of biological engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, etc. Please be informed that each school receives national wide rank as the ranking compares all engineering schools in the United States. Some important ranking factors include average GRE scores, alumni surveys, current student interviews, institutional research publications, and peer college assessment. In the following list of best engineering schools in the state of Oklahoma, you can see tuition cost for both in-state and out-of-state students, acceptable rates and admissions statistics for each top ranked engineering college.
| National Ranking | Top Engineering Programs |
| 106 | University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) Overall acceptance rate: 42.2% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 721 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $4,087 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $14,875 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 691 Research expenditures per faculty member: $224,976 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $28,571,983 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 110 | Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) Overall acceptance rate: 43.2% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 730 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $169 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $667 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 900 Research expenditures per faculty member: $215,661 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $29,976,893 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
| 142 | University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK) Overall acceptance rate: 30.8% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 718 Tuition: Full-time: $986 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 233 Research expenditures per faculty member: $259,720 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $14,284,610 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |
Oklahoma state symbols
- Tree – crimson (cercis) Canadian (Cercis canadensis)
- Flower (cultivated) – Oklahoma rose
- Flower (wild) – Gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella)
- Grass – sorghum drooping (“Indian grass”, Sorghastrum nutans)
- Animal – American bison (Bison bison), white-tailed (virgian) deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and Mexican folded lip (Tadarida brasiliensis)
- Fur-bearing animal – raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- Bird – Long-tailed king tyrant (Tyrannus forficatus), wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Fish – white American perch (Morone chrysops)
- Reptile – collared desert iguana (Crotaphytus collaris)
- Amphibious bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
- Insect – honey bee (Apis mellifera)
- Butterfly – polyxena sailboat (Papilio polyxenes)
- Food products – garden strawberries (strawberries); okra (okra); pumpkin squash; cornbread; barbecue pork; pecan pie etc
- Drink – milk
- Stone – “desert rose” (gypsum)
- Dinosaur – Acrocanthosaurus
- Fossil – Saurophaganax
- Dance – square dance
- Musical instrument – fiddle (“folk violin”)
- Song – “Oklahoma” (Oklahoma, music by Richard Rogers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein)
Oklahoma Fifty States Quarter Dollar
The Oklahoma Fifty States Quarter Dollar coin features the long-tailed royal tyrant and gaillardia flowers (two of the state’s official symbols).
America the Beautiful
One of the quarter dollar coins from the America the Beautiful series is dedicated to the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, located in Oklahoma.
The coin depicts the stone Lincoln Bridge, which connects the city of Sulfur with mineral springs.
The inscription on the coin reads Chickasaw (“Chickasaw”).