Oklahoma Baptist University Overview

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

What Is Oklahoma Baptist University Known For?

• The 1% student loan default rate at OBU is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at OBU is the master's degree.
• In <nil>, 54% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from OBU with a bachelor's degree make about $44,360 a year. That's 9% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average OBU student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

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:	www.okbu.edu

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 56%, 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 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 51%, and the acceptance rate for women is 59%.

Average Test Scores

About 23% 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 620. Math scores were between 480 and 590.

OBU received ACT scores from 96% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 26. Math scores were between 17 and 25. Composite scores were between 18 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 57% of students took out student loans averaging $9,252 a year. That adds up to $37,008 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at OBU is 0.7%. 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 1,430 undergraduate students at OBU, with 1,332 being full-time and 98 being part-time.

There are also 80 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,332 full-time undergraduates at OBU, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	11
Black or African American	95
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	913
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	269

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 2020-2021, 66 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.

This school is the 33rd most popular in Oklahoma for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

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 #1,319 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at OBU 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%.

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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