Student Population at OBU

The following chart compares OBU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Arkansas.

The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Arkansas average (1,115 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Ouachita Baptist University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 810 male and 1,048 female students attending OBU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.77 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at OBU.

By age, there are 1,780 students whose age under twenty five and 49 students whose age is over thirty years old at Ouachita Baptist University.

Especially, 131 students are younger than eighteen and 1 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Ouachita Baptist University.

At Ouachita Baptist University, 445 students (23.95% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 49 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 36 students live in Arkansas where Ouachita Baptist University is located in and 13 students have enrolled from other states.