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It's different here.
When you choose Ouachita Baptist University as your college home, you’re choosing
outstanding academic training, thorough career preparation and a community like no
other. Our relationships run as deep as our 135-year history, with meaningful traditions
and a strong spiritual foundation supporting it all.
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WHAT YOU'LL LOVE
Almost all of our students live on campus, so residence life at Ouachita creates a
very special kind of community; it’s a big part of what makes Ouachita unique. Friends
you make at Ouachita will be your people for life.
At Ouachita, we’re committed to a love of God and a love of learning. We’ll challenge
you to carefully explore and embrace what you believe, and to grow in your faith by
sharing in student-led worship and service opportunities.
Nearly every freshman at Ouachita receives financial aid. Only about half our students
take out loans (compared to 69% nationally), and they graduate with debt levels well
below state and national averages.
Offering 60 undergraduate academic programs in seven schools, Ouachita has been highly
ranked by national publications including U.S. News & World Report and Niche.com. Our 13:1 student-to-faculty ratio means you’ll make personal connections
with outstanding faculty members who will mentor and invest personally in you and
facilitate your academic achievement.
We equip our students for success, whether that’s in a graduate program or a career.
Ninety-seven percent of our recent grads have jobs or are accepted to graduate school
within six months of receiving their diploma.
We believe that life is lived most abundantly in response to the love of God through
Jesus Christ, and we know by Jesus’ example that serving others is a vital part of
that response. The Ben M. Elrod Center for Family & Community challenges and equips
Ouachita students, faculty and staff to live out our faith as servant leaders committed
to building stronger communities. And each year, the Daniel and Betty Jo Grant Center
for International Education partners with Ouachita’s Campus Ministries and Pruet School
of Christian Studies to provide international missions opportunities for students.
Music, Greek life, travel, languages, science, theatre, community outreach, intramurals,
spiritual growth, leadership—whatever you’re interested in, Ouachita has a packed-out
social calendar and more than 50 student organizations offering you tons of ways to
plug in and stay as busy as you want to be.
There are more than 10 miles of hiking and biking trails winding through and around
Arkadelphia. And within minutes of leaving your dorm, you could be kayaking on the
Ouachita or Caddo rivers or swimming, golfing or riding horses at DeGray Lake State
Park. Even in winter, high temps rarely dip below the mid-50s here. So you can enjoy
the outdoors all year.
Performing in Tiger Tunes to raise money for student scholarships, joining Tiger Nation
to cheer on the Purple and Gold during the Battle of the Ravine, graduating on the
lawn of Cone-Bottoms Hall—on a campus steeped in more than 135 years of tradition,
there are endless opportunities to celebrate the past in fun, meaningful ways.
Ouachita Tiger athletics is a force to be reckoned with, racking up recent national
wins in swimming and wrestling and conference championships in basketball, football,
soccer, tennis and volleyball. Nearly a quarter of Ouachita’s student body competes
in one of our 16 NCAA Division II athletics teams; so when the Tigers win, it’s personal!
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SEE FOR YOURSELF
Experience a glimpse of the campus life we get to live every day at Ouachita!
Come Visit Us!
Ouachita is located near the heart of downtown Arkadelphia, about an hour south of Little Rock and 80 miles northeast of Texarkana on Interstate
30 and just 35 miles south of Hot Springs on scenic Highway 7.
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DIRECTIONS
- From I-30 E, take Exit 73 and merge right onto Pine St.
- Follow Pine Street for almost 3 miles to a T intersection at a stop sign.
- Turn left onto N. 6th St., which enters campus a block down the road.
- Turn right onto Ouachita St. to find Cone-Bottoms Hall and Jones Performing Arts Center.
- From I-30 W, take Exit 78 and turn left onto Highway 7/Valley St.
- Follow Valley St./N. 10th St. about 4 miles and turn left onto Elrod Boulevard, which enters campus.
- To find Cone-Bottoms Hall and Jones Performing Arts Center, turn right from Elrod Blvd. onto N. 8th St.
- Veer left at University Dr. onto N. 6th St.
- Cone-Bottoms and JPAC will be at your left at the 6th St./Ouachita St. intersection.
