Points of Pride

Rankings

Distinctions

Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge involves TU’s youngest students in advanced research and faculty mentorship.
A unique agreement with City of Tulsa allows TU to manage the world-renowned Gilcrease Museum.
Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at TU promotes critical thought, ethical inquiry, bold imagination and respect for the diversity of human experience.
TU, named the greenest university in Oklahoma, powers its renowned Case Tennis Center through rooftop solar panels.

College of Engineering & Computer Science

The College of Engineering & Computer Science has been ranked among the top 25 STEM Colleges by Forbes America’s Best Colleges.
No. 12 in the country for high-paying jobs in engineering (Wall Street Journal)
95% placement rate in jobs or graduate school
Cyber Corps and the Institute for Information Security train students to defend against cyber attacks on our country, companies and infrastructure.
The University of Tulsa is designated as a National Security Agency Center of Academic Excellence in both Research and Cyber Defense.
McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering is ranked No. 7 among petroleum engineering graduate schools and No. 5 among undergraduate PE schools by U.S. News.
Make a Difference Engineering (MADE@TU) initiative designs and fabricates mobility and developmental devices for disabled children and adults in the community.

Kendall College of Arts & Sciences

97% placement rate in jobs or graduate school
Students regularly win competitive awards such as the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, Marshall Scholarship, Fulbright Scholarship and the Vance and Betty Lee Stickell Student Internship.
Since its inception more than 25 years ago, Third Floor Design, TU’s student-run graphic design studio, has provided quality, pro-bono design work for 216 agencies valued at $1.5 million. All 140 student interns over the years have had a 100% job placement rate after graduation.
Psychology research (via Tulsa Institute for Trauma, Adversity & Injustice) includes post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disturbance and pain tolerance information.

Oxley College of Health & Natural Sciences

Advanced partnership with Laureate Institute for Brain Research; projects include Alzheimer’s disease and anxiety
Only Nurse Anesthesia doctor of nursing practice program in Oklahoma (began August 2020)
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP) doctor of nursing practice programs accredited by ACEN
100% placement rate in jobs or graduate school
100% first-time pass rate for all graduate students — athletic training, speech-language pathology, FNP and AG-ACNP — who took their respective certification/licensure exam in the spring/summer 2020 (this includes students who graduated in the spring and summer 2020)
Entire first two cohorts of FNP and AG-ACNP graduates (2019 and 2020) passed certification exams
State-of-the-art Lawson Clinical Simulation Center
Home to the Tulsa chapter of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
Annual Route 66 Conference on Communication Disorders

Extensive clinical experiences:

Collins College of Business

Fewer than one-third of business schools in the United States are accredited by AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. TU is one of only two private universities in Oklahoma to hold this distinction.
The School of Energy Economics, Policy & Commerce prepares students for the energy industry and houses one of only 10 AAPL-approved energy management programs in the nation.
99% placement rate in jobs or graduate school
Student teams regularly place in the top spots in the Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup.
TU finance students actively manage the Student Investment Fund, a portfolio with a value of more than $8 million in 2022, which places it among the Top 25 in the nation. In addition to providing real-stakes, real-dollar financial management experience, the fund provides earnings that subsidize scholarships for finance students.
Eight times a year, the Friends of Finance executive speakers series brings leading executives to the TU campus to share their knowledge and explore important business issues.
Students have access to a state-of-the-art trading floor learning environment that includes 12 Bloomberg terminals.

College of Law

Top 25 Best Value Law School among Public and Private Schools (preLaw Magazine)
No. 10 for job placement (American Bar Association)
No. 16 for bar passage (American Bar Association)
No. 74 for clinical program (American Bar Association)
Top 5 Best Value Private Law School (preLaw Magazine)
Best Law Building (preLaw Magazine)
Top 5 Best School for American Indians (preLaw Magazine)
Two renowned journals: Energy Law Journal and Tulsa Law Review
21 diverse student organizations
Three legal clinics (BC Franklin, Terry West, and Public Defender)
150+ externship partners across the country
90.6% Employment 10 months after graduation (class of 2021)
Spring, summer and fall Starts

Athletics

17 NCAA Division I teams
A league-best nine American Athletic Conference championships during the first two years of membership
Entered American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2014

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)