University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a public, research university located in a suburb south of the Oklahoma City, the capital and largest city in the state. The university was founded in 1890, 17 years before Oklahoma achieved statehood. The Norman campus is the flagship school for the University of Oklahoma System.

The school is the chosen academic home of approximately 30,000 students, the vast majority of whom are undergraduates.The school offers 152 bachelor’s degrees, 160 master’s programs, 75 doctoral programs, and 20 professional majors.

All freshman are required to live on campus, but most upperclassmen take advantage of the low cost of living in the neighborhoods surrounding the campus. The NCAA football team, known as the Sooners, were the perpetual rivals of the University of Texas Longhorns during the heyday of the old Southwest Conference.

According to U.S. News & World Report, the University of Oklahoma is among the Top 50 Public Universities in the United States. Princeton Review rated it as one of the 20 Most Wired universities in the country.

The University of Oklahoma System, including the Norman campus, is accredited by the North Central Association of the Higher Learning Commission.

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