Thank you for visiting NationalApplicationCenter.com.

If you are seeing this message, you are doing so for one of several reasons:

  1. You are using a text based browser
  2. You are viewing this site on a web-enabled cell phone
  3. You are using an outdated browser which doesn't fully support Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

If you fall into the third category, you'll need to upgrade your browser to view NationalApplicationCenter.com the way it was intended to be viewed.

To make your life a little simpler, here are some links to CSS compliant browsers:

Any one of these browsers properly supports the CSS used on this site and will allow you to view this site as intended.

National Application Center :: campus tours :: Ouachita Baptist University academics

Plan, explore, and apply to college using these great tools.

Ouachita Baptist University

Ouachita Baptist University
410 Ouachita Street
Arkadelphia, AR 71998-0001


Fax number: (870) 245-5500
Website: https://www.obu.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 1,730
Full-time undergraduates: 1,562
Part-time undergraduates: 168
Total graduate students: 54
Full-time graduate students: 46
Part-time graduate students: 8
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.2% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.9% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
80.1% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.8% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
2.1% Nonresident Alien

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 200 acres
Nearest major city: Little Rock

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 88%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 95%
Percent of students who live off campus: 5%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 275
Other computer facilities/services: student Web portal
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Ouachita Student Foundation; Phi Beta Lambda; Carl Goodson Honors Program; Student Education Association; Campus Ministries

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 2

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cheerleading NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cheerleadingyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's socceryes 
Men's softball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's softballyes 
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's volleyballyes 
Men's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's water poloyes 
Men's water polo NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's baseballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's cheerleading  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's footballyes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's water poloyes 
Women's wrestlingyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; cheerleading; football; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; water polo; wrestling; swimming and diving; track and field; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Bill and Hillary Clinton Natio

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 52% within six months of graduation

Data is copyrighted material under license to Peterson's, LLC. Material may contain updates provided solely by the institution to which the updated Data relates. These updates are not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for their accuracy. Copyright © 2021 by Peterson's, LLC. All rights reserved.