Ouachita Baptist University acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Ouachita Baptist University, a private college in Arkansas, reports a 68% acceptance rate and sits in the moderately selective band. In practice that means it admits more applicants than it rejects, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Ouachita Baptist University weighs, where it ranks among Arkansas schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1150, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Ouachita Baptist University with a 3.1 GPA and a 1180 SAT?

About 92% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1180 SAT, the middle of Ouachita Baptist University's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1280 SAT comes out near 98%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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There is no formula that guarantees a spot at Ouachita Baptist University, but the applicants who get in tend to do the same four things. Here is what the numbers say each one looks like.

Ouachita Baptist University admitted 1,465 of the 2,138 students who applied for fall 2023, which works out to 68.5%. 469 enrolled. Only about 32% of admitted students enrolled, so the school admits several students for every seat it expects to fill, which is why its acceptance rate reads higher than its selectivity feels. Ouachita Baptist University enrolls about 1,602 undergraduates in total, 55% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 14 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

The middle 50% of admitted students at Ouachita Baptist University scored between 1070 and 1280 on the SAT (average 1211). On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 22 to 28. A score above 1280 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 1070 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. Ouachita Baptist University is test-optional: scores are considered if you submit them but not required. Send a score at or above the middle of the admitted range; otherwise apply without one and let your transcript lead.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

The factors that carry the most weight at Ouachita Baptist University are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Ouachita Baptist University's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Ouachita Baptist University's published cost of attendance, before any aid, is roughly $47,321 per year. Tuition and fees alone are $34,500. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,409 a year, and it ranges from $15,207 for families earning under $30,000 to $26,281 for families earning over $110,000. 23% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Ten years after enrolling, the median Ouachita Baptist University student who received federal aid earns $51,673 a year, up from $41,697 at six years. 61% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 83% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $21,050; 46% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 18 Arkansas schools we track, Ouachita Baptist University ranks #7 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (41%) and Philander Smith University (50%) sit nearby, which makes Arkansas a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

Applicants targeting Ouachita Baptist University often weigh Brigham Young University, Hofstra University, and Lipscomb University, which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.