In order to maximize your chances of getting admitted, you need to know as much as possible about the university's criteria for admission. Here are the most relevant data you need to know about admission at Ouachita Baptist University.

According to the most recent data, this school uses standardized test scores for admission and it admitted 1,455 in 2025. As far as admission difficulty is considered, based on data self-reported by the institution this school is moderately difficult to get into.

Test Scores

15.44% of first-time, first-year degree-seeking students submitted their SAT scores for admission, and 74.43% submitted ACT scores, out of the overall number of those who submitted test scores. 3.1% of the enrolled students submitted SAT composite scores between 1,400 and 1,600, 46.2% between 1,200 and 1,399, 41.5% between 1,000 and 1,199, 7.7% between 800 and 999, and 1.5% of the students between 600 and 799. The percent of new students who submitted ACT Composite scores in the range between 30-36 was 15.1, 43.9 between 24-29, 36.9 in the range between 18-23, and 4.2 between 12-17.

The average ACT score for all the accepted students in 2025 was 25 and the average GPA was 3.8. That means that you need a GPA that's above average in order to get into Ouachita Baptist University; the same goes for your ACT score.

The new students had an average SAT Critical Reading score of 595 and an average SAT Math score of 580.

There are different types of financial help: grants, loans, scholarships, and work-study programs. If you wish to find out more about need-based and non-need-based aid at Ouachita Baptist University, here are some recent data you should take into consideration.

According to the most recent data, 275 freshmen were awarded financial aid. Students of this school received an average of $31,689 in financial help.

Need-based

Financial aid that a student can receive if they are determined to have financial need and meet other eligibility requirements is known as need-based aid.

There were 866 students who got need-based financial aid of any kind. Need-based college-administered scholarship and grant aid at Ouachita Baptist University is available to international students. The total number of students (including freshmen) who were determined to have financial need was estimated to be 900. The amount of federal need-based scholarships/grants awarded to the students at this institution totaled $2,939,828, and state $1,892,100. The students of Ouachita Baptist University received the -institutional need-based aid in the amount of $16,738,660, and external in the amount of $1,423,278.