Ouachita Baptist University Business Programs

Ouachita Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The location of Ouachita Baptist is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

Ouachita Baptist University Rankings

Ouachita Baptist holds the #5 spot on the Best Colleges in Arkansas ranking.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Where Is Ouachita Baptist University?

Contact details for Ouachita Baptist are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	410 Ouachita St, Arkadelphia, AR 71998-0001
Phone:	870-245-5000
Website:	www.obu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/ouachita
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/ouachita

How Do I Get Into Ouachita Baptist?

You can apply to Ouachita Baptist online at: www.obu.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Ouachita Baptist

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Ouachita Baptist?

Ouachita Baptist has an acceptance rate of 62%, 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 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 57%, and the acceptance rate for women is 64%.

Average Test Scores

About 21% 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 630. Math scores were between 510 and 600.

Ouachita Baptist received ACT scores from 89% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 31. Math scores were between 20 and 27. Composite scores were between 21 and 29.

Can I Afford Ouachita Baptist University?

The overall average net price of Ouachita Baptist is $23,462. 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 Ouachita Baptist, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $6,641 a year. That adds up to $26,564 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Ouachita Baptist is 6.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Ouachita Baptist University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,664 undergraduate students at Ouachita Baptist, with 1,502 being full-time and 162 being part-time.

There are also 40 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,502 full-time undergraduates at Ouachita Baptist, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	15
Black or African American	104
Hispanic or Latino	83
White	1,212
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	54

Geographic Diversity

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

Over 26 countries are represented at Ouachita Baptist. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Zimbabwe, Japan, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Ouachita Baptist University

In 2019-2020, 236 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 20th most popular in Arkansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Ouachita Baptist

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Ouachita Baptist University was $29,120 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Ouachita Baptist 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
Management Science	#13	#13
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#16	#16

Online Growth Rankings of Ouachita Baptist

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Ouachita Baptist University was 11.6%. This is the #1,176 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Ouachita Baptist regardless of major.

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%.

Ouachita Baptist University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Finance	31	31
Management Science	21	21
Accounting	10	10
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	9	9
General Business Administration and Management	8	8
Interior Design Management	5	5
Entrepreneurship	4	4
TOTAL	88	88

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.