Oklahoma City, OK (population: 564,147) has eight forensic accounting schools within its city limits. Oklahoma City University, the highest ranked school in the city with a forensic accounting program, has a total student population of 3,829. It is the 310th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Oklahoma. To learn more about forensic accounting programs in Oklahoma City, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of forensic accounting professors at Oklahoma City University such as Jane Austin, Heidi Hartman, Jacci Rodgers, Tracy Stetson, James Thompson, and Carolyn Weber.
Forensic Accounting students from Oklahoma City schools who go on to become forensic accountants, forensics specialists, crime scene forensics specialists, computer forensics specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,106,980 people working as accountants and auditors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $67,430. Also, Bill and account collectors make on average $32,560 per year and there are about 403,100 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Oklahoma City area alone, there are 1,760 employed bill and account collectors earning an average salary of $28,660. Accountants and auditors in this area earn $55,930/yr and there are 5,740 employed.
Oklahoma City lies in Oklahoma county, which is one of the 41 counties in Oklahoma. Overall, the Oklahoma City area has 564,710 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.5% unemployment rate, $18.31/hr average worker wage, and a $38,090 average annual salary. Thus, about 10.163 out of every 1000 jobs in Oklahoma City are held by accountants and auditors, and 3.121/1000 are held by bill and account collectors.
Of the 8 forensic accounting schools in Oklahoma City, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, DeVry University-Oklahoma comes out as the most expensive ($27,380/yr) for forensic accounting students, with Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City as the lowest, reported at only $5,899/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Oklahoma City |
| Midwest City | OK | 57,117 | 2 | 17.3383 | 110 | 7.9 miles |
| Choctaw | OK | - | 1 | 23.6866 | 52 | 13.7 miles |
| Edmond | OK | 83,110 | 2 | 44.4236 | 227 | 14.9 miles |
| Norman | OK | 109,682 | 3 | 32.5918 | 201 | 19.2 miles |
| El Reno | OK | - | 2 | 15.8225 | 75 | 25.4 miles |
| Seminole | OK | - | 1 | 13.2494 | 38 | 50.3 miles |
| Stillwater | OK | 49,103 | 3 | 29.7057 | 219 | 51.9 miles |
| Ada | OK | - | 3 | 41.9631 | 159 | 67.3 miles |
| Weatherford | OK | - | 2 | 18.0217 | 135 | 67.6 miles |
| Enid | OK | 48,152 | 2 | 30.1217 | 45 | 68.1 miles |
| Lawton | OK | 87,265 | 4 | 24.3174 | 114 | 79.2 miles |
| Ponca City | OK | - | 2 | 30.535 | 26 | 88.8 miles |
| Ardmore | OK | - | 1 | 18.2326 | 23 | 92.0 miles |