Dr. Jerry D. Carroll, President
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City President Jerry D. Carroll, Ed.D., has worked in higher education in Oklahoma for nearly forty years. He earned his Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Counseling at Northeastern Oklahoma State University and his Doctorate of Education from Oklahoma State University.
Dr. Carroll’s diverse experience in college administration includes serving in executive levels of administration for three Oklahoma higher education institutions. He began his career in 1970 at Tulsa Community College, holding a wide-range of positions that culminated in him serving as provost from 1990 to 1992. Dr. Carroll served as president of Northeastern A&M College in Miami from 1992 to1997. He has been president of OSU-Oklahoma City since 1997.
With a philosophy of education based on experience, training, and personal commitment, Dr. Carroll believes that the institution belongs to the community and the students it serves. His focus is to blend academic degree programs that respond to the needs of business and industry with student support services that meet the needs and goals of the student.
OSU-OKC is the second largest campus in the OSU System. The campus offers 43 associate degree programs and enrolls over 7,100 full- and part-time students for each semester. Enrollment was up over 20% the last two consecutive semesters.
During Dr. Carroll’s tenure, he has brought his vision of distance education into reality. Nearly 40% of OSU-OKC students take at least one class online. Six degree programs and all general educations courses are available online.
OSU-OKC made the transition to offering its first four-year bachelor degree. In 2009 the first students with a Bachelor of Technology in Emergency Responder Administration graduated.
Dr. Carroll serves on numerous boards including civic clubs, business committees, honor societies and private organizations, and is a past member of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and a member of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City.
In 2008 he served as chair of the annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s annual Walk for a Cure. Dr. Carroll has challenged the OSU-OKC family to participate in the annual Walk for a Cure which is now held on the OSU-OKC campus. Students, staff, faculty, their families and friends have teamed up to raise over $20,000.
He and his wife Jan have two adult children, Justin and Jayme, and two grandchildren. In his spare time, he enjoys golf and hunting.
