Ouachita Baptist University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Ouachita Baptist University, also referred to as OBU, is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, United States. It was founded in the year 1886 as Ouachita College. The campus spreads over an area of more than 150 acres. Students of OBU are offered more than 60 degree programs. The academic schools of OBU are:

• Chesley and Elizabeth Pruet School of Christian Studies
• Frank D. Hickingbotham School of Business
• J. D. Patterson School of Natural Sciences
• Michael D. Huckabee School of Education
• School of Fine Arts
• School of Humanities
• School of Interdisciplinary Studies
• W. H. Sutton School of Social Sciences

OBU is home to a wide variety of student clubs and organizations. Some of them are Eta Alpha Omega, Beta Gamma Sigma, International Students Association, Young Democrats, Sigma Tau Delta, and Phi Alpha Theta.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Southern Baptist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in music, drama and performing arts, science, media, and nutrition and exercise therapy.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,493 in 2009-2010 (1,401 full-time equivalent).

About 52% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 48% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 98% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Ouachita Baptist University provides on-campus housing for 1,577 of its 1,401 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Gulf South Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 122 male students received the aid (men were 62% of those receiving aid) and 76 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 38% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (41 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer Science

DESIGN (5 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (9 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (19 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching

FINE ARTS (4 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (31 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (25 awarded)

• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MUSIC (14 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music
• Piano and Organ
• Voice and Opera

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (27 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (60 awarded)

• Bible/Biblical Studies
• Christian Studies
• Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology
• Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries
• Philosophy
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Religious/Sacred Music
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (35 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (23 awarded)

• Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
• Psychology