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Ouachita Baptist University was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general biology.
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Ouachita Baptist landed the #1,377 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Ouachita Baptist is also ranked #10 out of 36 schools in Arkansas.
Ouachita Baptist University has an acceptance rate of 72%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 11% of students accepted to Ouachita Baptist submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 610. Math scores were between 500 and 590.
The student to faculty ratio at Ouachita Baptist is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Ouachita Baptist University is 94%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Ouachita Baptist University has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Ouachita Baptist for first-time, full-time students is 54%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,664 undergraduates at Ouachita Baptist with 1,502 being full-time and 162 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,656 | $20,684 | $21,996 | $24,057 | $24,619 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Ouachita Baptist, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Ouachita Baptist, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $7,357 a year. That adds up to $29,428 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Ouachita Baptist are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 410 Ouachita St, Arkadelphia, AR 71998-0001 |
| Phone: | 870-245-5000 |
| Website: | obu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/ouachita |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/ouachita |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 32 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 32 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 30 | $34,574 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 24 | $41,595 |
| Business Administration & Management | 21 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 20 | $53,195 |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 18 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 18 | $31,385 |
| Nursing | 17 | NA |
| General Psychology | 17 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 268 students took at least one online class at Ouachita Baptist University. This is a decrease from the 275 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 268 | 48 |
| 2021-2022 | 275 | 31 |
| 2020-2021 | 236 | 29 |
| 2018-2019 | 115 | 24 |
Learn more about online learning at Ouachita Baptist University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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