Oklahoma's highest ranked college at your service
For 14 years running, U.S. New and World Report has ranked OBU higher than any other college in the state.
We are a private, Christian liberal arts university which welcomes students from diverse religious backgrounds to our campus in Shawnee, Okla., a small city located just 30 minutes away from Oklahoma City. We encourage students to develop a mature faith, and to discover their calling in the context of a curriculum that welcomes healthy debate and fosters critical and creative skills.
Ours is a global community - we have students from 21 other countries - and we stress international study, global service-learning and mission experiences.
We invite you to explore this web site or, even better, to visit our pretty campus. To set up a visit, contact us at 405-878-2033 or 800-654-3285.
In the meantime, here are some extra details:
Programs: 10 bachelor's degrees in 83 areas of study
Two master's degrees (business administration and nursing education), offered at OBU's International Graduate School, 111 N. Harrison, Oklahoma City.
Enrollment: 1,607 from 39 states and 21 other countries
Faculty: 110 faculty members, all evangelical Christians
Student to Faculty Ratio: 15:1
National Rankings: Oklahoma's highest rated college in the U.S. News & World Report rankings for 15 consecutive years.
Second among baccalaureate colleges in the western region in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report "America's Best Colleges" ratings.
One of 75 private universities in the nation included in The Princeton Review's 2008 "America's Best Value Colleges" rankings.
Named a 2009 "Best in the West" institution, by The Princeton Review.
