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Ouachita Baptist University

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

Official telephone: (870) 245-5000
Website: https://www.obu.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 1,715
Full-time undergraduates: 1,580
Part-time undergraduates: 135
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.9% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.3% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.1% Hispanic/Latino
81.1% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.7% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
2.3% Nonresident Alien

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

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 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: 69
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; Campus Ministries; Student Senate

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 2

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's cross-country running  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's football  
Men's outdoor track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer  
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis  
Men's track and field  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling  
Women's basketball  
Women's cheerleading  
Women's cross-country running  
Women's indoor track NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's outdoor track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's rock climbingyes 
Women's rowingyes 
Women's sailingyes 
Women's skiing (cross-country)yes 
Women's skiing (downhill)yes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer  
Women's softball  
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's tennis  
Women's track and field  
Women's ultimate Frisbeeyes 
Women's volleyball  
Women's water poloyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
baseball; basketball; football

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Clinton International Airport,

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 61% within six months of graduation

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