Innovators & Inventors. Ready for launch. DRIVEN Forward Signature Partnerships • EASY TRANSFERS: Redlands, Rose State, and Western OK State • CAREER CONNECTIONS: Boeing, NORDAM, Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney, United Dynamics • MILITARY-READY: Support through the Oklahoma Army National Guard and U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center Our students plug into the industries powering aerospace, energy, and defense. From Weatherford to Mission Control In the 1960s, physics professor J.R. Pratt helped over 20 Bulldogs land careers at NASA, supporting the Gemini and Apollo missions. That bold, curious spirit still lives here. Our legacy in space is powered by real Bulldogs. John Aaron famously saved Apollo 13. Tom Weichel served as a NASA flight controller. Ron Toelle helped design the Saturn V rocket, Skylab, and the Space Shuttle. And Melissa Gard? She’s now Chief of Staff for the International Space Station Program. SWOSU minds have helped make space history—and they’re still pushing boundaries today.
Your Path in Action: The Innovators & Inventors
Top Careers & Median Salaries in Oklahoma • Software Developer - $104,030 • Chemical Engineer - $127,930 • Environmental Scientist - $70,520
• Electrical Engineer - $100,850 • Software Quality Assurance Testers & Analyst - $66,560
Salary data sourced from Oklahoma Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2023
Staff go above and beyond to ensure students are empowered to succeed. They played a vital role in the start of my career and sparked my passion for engineering.” COLBY E. Boeing, Class of ‘23
My time as a chemistry student gave me the foundation I needed to succeed in a graduate program and in the pharmaceutical industry.” DR. MACKENZIE B. Consultant at Simcyp, Class of ‘14
TOP EMPLOYERS Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lufthansa Technik, Pratt & Whitney, Tinker Air Force Base, Gore Nitrogen INDUSTRIES Aerospace, Energy, Pharmaceuticals, Environmental Science, Engineering Design, Software Development Where Bulldogs Work
NASA. Apollo. ISS. SWOSU.
What comes next • GRAD SCHOOL: Engineering, Data Science, AI, Biomed • CAREERS: Software Developer, Research Scientist, Chemical Engineer, AI Engineer, STEM Educator
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