Enrollment Trends at OBU

The student population at Ouachita Baptist University is 1,784 (1,730 undergraduate and 54 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 241 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at OBU is 96.97% which is increased by 187 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 54 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

48 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3,042.86% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,617 where 1,784 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

96.97% of total students is undergraduate students and 3.03% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 187 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 54 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in OBU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ouachita Baptist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,543	1,543	726	817	0	0	0
2014-15	1,501 -42	1,501 -42	732 6	769 -48	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	1,538 37	1,538 37	749 17	789 20	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	1,493 -45	1,493 -45	698 -51	795 6	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	1,545 52	1,545 52	701 3	844 49	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	1,660 115	1,660 115	745 44	915 71	0 0	0 0	0 0
2019-20	1,633 -27	1,633 -27	702 -43	931 16	0 0	0 0	0 0
2020-21	1,704 71	1,664 31	693 -9	971 40	40 40	3 3	37 37
2021-22	1,764 60	1,716 52	746 53	970 -1	48 8	1 -2	47 10
2022-23	1,784 20	1,730 14	725 -21	1,005 35	54 6	6 5	48 1
Average	1,617	1,602	722	881	14	1	13

Ouachita Baptist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,602 where 1,730 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ouachita Baptist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,543	1,507	704	803	36	22	14
2014-15	1,501	1,452	697	755	49	35	14
2015-16	1,538	1,455	691	764	83	58	25
2016-17	1,493	1,468	684	784	25	14	11
2017-18	1,545	1,500	671	829	45	30	15
2018-19	1,660	1,529	685	844	131	60	71
2019-20	1,633	1,506	638	868	127	64	63
2020-21	1,664	1,502	606	896	162	87	75
2021-22	1,716	1,551	660	891	165	86	79
2022-23	1,730	1,562	661	901	168	64	104
Average	1,602	1,602	670	834	1,602	52	47

Ouachita Baptist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 14 where 54 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ouachita Baptist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	40	39	2	37	1	1	0
2021-22	48	48	1	47	0	0	0
2022-23	54	46	4	42	8	2	6
Average	14	14	1	13	14	0	1

Ouachita Baptist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.77%. The percentage was 84.25% 10 years ago and OBU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.46% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.11% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ouachita Baptist University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	11	17	121	59	2	1,300	0
2014-15	11	13	129	58	1	1,251	0
2015-16	9	11	140	58	2	1,279	1
2016-17	9	13	119	63	1	1,249	2
2017-18	6	7	121	72	3	1,261	36
2018-19	9	8	124	84	1	1,355	44
2019-20	7	13	111	92	1	1,326	43
2020-21	8	18	115	85	0	1,392	51
2021-22	5	22	130	95	0	1,416	62
2022-23	10	26	109	98	1	1,441	65
Average	9	15	122	76	1	1,327	30

Ouachita Baptist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

48 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3,042.86% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ouachita Baptist University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,501	0	7	1,494
2015-16	1,538	17	129	1,392
2016-17	1,493	20	120	1,353
2017-18	1,545	17	184	1,344
2018-19	1,660	24	91	1,545
2019-20	1,633	28	140	1,465
2020-21	1,704	29	207	1,468
2021-22	1,764	31	244	1,489
2022-23	1,784	48	220	1,516
Average	1,625	24	149	1,452

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