Oklahoma Baptist University Business Programs

Oklahoma Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Shawnee is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Where Is Oklahoma Baptist University?

Contact details for OBU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	500 W University, Shawnee, OK 74804
Phone:	405-275-2850
Website:	https://www.okbu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/OklahomaBaptistUniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/obunews

How Do I Get Into OBU?

You can apply to OBU online at: https://www.okbu.edu/admissions/apply.html

Admission Requirements for OBU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into OBU?

OBU has an acceptance rate of 58%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 58%, and the acceptance rate for women is 58%.

Average Test Scores

About 27% of students accepted to OBU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 610. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

OBU received ACT scores from 74% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 26. Math scores were between 18 and 25. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford Oklahoma Baptist University?

The overall average net price of OBU is $25,417. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At OBU, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $7,047 a year. That adds up to $28,188 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at OBU is 4.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Oklahoma Baptist University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,647 undergraduate students at OBU, with 1,590 being full-time and 57 being part-time.

There are also 116 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,590 full-time undergraduates at OBU, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Oklahoma Baptist University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	12
Black or African American	93
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	1,076
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	352

Geographic Diversity

Oklahoma students aren't the only ones who study at Oklahoma Baptist University. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 48 countries are represented at OBU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, China, and Spain.

Online Learning at Oklahoma Baptist University

In 2019-2020, 768 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at OBU has changed over the last few years.

Online Affordability Rankings of OBU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Oklahoma Baptist University was $31,352 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how OBU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
International Business	#19	#19
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#19	#19
Project Management	#34	#34

Online Growth Rankings of OBU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Oklahoma Baptist University was 12.1%. This is the #1,165 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at OBU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at OBU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at OBU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Project Management	#43
International Business	#47
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#47
Organizational Leadership	#204

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Oklahoma Baptist University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	15	15	30
Accounting	13	0	13
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	10	0	10
International Business/Trade/Commerce	3	1	4
Finance	3	0	3
Organizational Leadership	0	1	1
Project Management	0	1	1
Entrepreneurship	1	0	1
TOTAL	45	18	63

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Gigrantula under License

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