Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at OBU

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 64.80% where the current academic year rate is 61%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Ouachita Baptist University over the past 10 years (2015-2025).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	65%	56%	73%
2016-17	70%	65%	75%
2017-18	64%	56%	71%
2018-19	64%	63%	65%
2019-20	63%	55%	69%
2020-21	60%	49%	72%
2021-22	66%	62%	70%
2022-23	65%	58%	70%
2023-24	70%	62%	75%
2024-25	61%	54%	67%
Average	64.80%	58.00%	70.70%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 80.90% for full-time students and 12.00% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at OBU from 2015 to 2025.

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Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 12.50 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 14 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Ouachita Baptist University since 2025.

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