Quick Facts

Location
Shawnee, Oklahoma -- 35 miles east of Oklahoma City, 90 miles from Tulsa, and 200 miles from Dallas/Fort Worth -- map
 
Founded
1910 by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma
 
Campus
200 acres, 34 major buildings
 
Areas of Study
Ten bachelor's degrees in 84 areas of study.

Three master's degrees, business administration, nursing and marriage and family therapy offered at OBU Graduate School, 3800 May Ave., Oklahoma City.

President
Dr. David Wesley Whitlock, a native Oklahoman, is OBU’s 15th president.
 
Enrollment
1,979 from 37 states and 26 other countries (Fall 2012)
 
Faculty
117 faculty members.
All are active Christians.
 
Student to Faculty
16:1
 
2013-14 Tuition, Room, Board & Fees
(Fall and Spring semesters combined, full-time student)
$28,202
 
Financial Aid
More than 99 percent of OBU students receive some type of aid.
 
Governance
OBU is owned by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma and governed by a 33-member board of trustees elected by the state convention.
 
Accreditation
OBU is accredited by:
 
The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Phone: 312.263.0456
Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs
National Association of Schools of Music
National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Oklahoma Commission on Teacher Preparation
 
OBU Memberships
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
American Council on Education
Association for Computing Machinery
Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education
Council for Advancement and Support of Education
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities
International Reading Association
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
National League for Nursing
Society for Research in Child Development
 
International Studies
Brazil, China, Europe, Japan, Mexico, Russia
 
Ministry Programs
OBU’s Campus Ministry permeates the campus through discipleship, worship and ministry activities. In addition, students can serve in missions through the University’s Avery T. Willis Center for Global Outreach.
 
OBU is the world's leading college in the number of alumni serving as missionaries with Southern Baptist' International Mission Board.
 
National Recognition
OBU has been ranked as the only Oklahoma college or university on U.S.News & World Report’s annual ranking of “Great Schools, Great Prices” for 2012. OBU also has been listed as Oklahoma’s highest-ranked college in “Best Regional Colleges” for the 18th consecutive year. OBU has made the news magazine’s “top 10” in its category for 20 consecutive years. The rankings are available here.
 
For the seventh consecutive year, OBU has been named one of the best colleges and universities in the western United States by The Princeton Review. OBU was one of 121 institutions recommended in the “Best in the West” section on the educational research firm’s website.
 
OBU consistently is ranked in the Forbes.com listing of "America’s Best Colleges."
 
Annual Operating Budget
$40.87 million. (2009-10)
 
University Endowment
More than $80 million. (August 2009)
 
Governance
OBU is owned by Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, which provides approximately $2.8 million in annual support through Cooperative Program funds. OBU is governed by a 33-member board of trustees elected by the state convention.
 
Sports
OBU’s Bison and Lady Bison student athletes compete in 20 varsity sports, including men’s and women’s basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, soccer, swimming/diving, tennis, men’s baseball, and women’s softball and volleyball. Football will return to campus in fall 2013 for the first game since 1940. For more information about athletics at OBU, visit www.obubison.com.
 
OBU has a total of twelve NAIA National Championships: men’s basketball, two, 1966 and 2010; men’s outdoor track and field, two, 1990 and 2007; men's indoor track and field, one, 2013; women’s indoor track and field, four, 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2013; men's swimming and diving, two, 2012 and 2013; women's swimming and diving, one, 2013.
 
Intramurals
Approximately 800 students participate in 15 intramural sports.
 
Mascot
"Shaz" the Bison
 
Alumni
OBU has more than 23,000 alumni, who reside in all 50 states and more than 50 other countries.
 
Information
Email:
OBU Switchboard Phone Number: 405.275.2850
News/Information Phone Number: 405.585.5401

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