Oklahoma Baptist University Healthcare Programs

Oklahoma Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Shawnee is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into OBU?

OBU has a fairly low acceptance rate of 47%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 51%, and the acceptance rate for women is 50%.

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 470 and 570. Math scores were between 490 and 590.

OBU received ACT scores from 95% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 17 and 24.

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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. 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.

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 2022-2023, 165 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.

Oklahoma Baptist University Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Registered Nursing	38	0	38
Physical Therapy/Therapist	19	0	19
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	0	13	13
Nursing Education	0	3	3
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	0	0	0
TOTAL	57	16	73

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.