Points of Pride

Campus

  • 263 acres in south Tulsa, Oklahoma; the state's second-largest city, Tulsa is an economically dynamic metropolis offering an array of internship and professional opportunities, as well as cultural and recreational resources.

School Colors and Mascot

  • Blue and Gold: ORU Golden Eagles
Students walking to chapel

Colleges

Academic Programs

  • more than 60 undergraduate majors
  • 13 graduate programs
  • 2 doctoral programs
  • Degree completion programs
  • Online degrees

Top Five Majors

  • Nursing
  • Media
  • Business
  • Psychology
  • Ministry and Leadership

Students

  • Spring 2013 enrollment: 3,169 for-credit students
  • Undergraduate: 2631
  • Graduate: 538

Class Size Average

  • Student-teacher ratio: 15-1

Geographical Info

  • 48 states represented (top 5 states represented: Oklahoma, Texas, California, Georgia, Florida)
  • 62 nations represented

Student Body: TOTAL NUMBER

  • 1430 Commuters; 1739 Residents
  • Female: 56 percent
  • Male: 44 percent

Top 5 Denominations

  • Non-denominational
  • Assemblies of God
  • Charismatic
  • Pentecostal
  • Baptist

University Accreditations and Memberships

  • The Higher Learning Commission
  • Member, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
  • Member, the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU)
  • Member, the Oklahoma Independent Colleges and Universities (OICU)
  • Member, the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC)

Accreditations for Individual Programs and Departments

  • Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
  • Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
  • Member, National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
  • Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS)
  • Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
  • National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
  • Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation (OCTP)
  • Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)

Clubs and Organizations

  • More than 30 academic and special-interest clubs

Alumni

  • Over 25,000 graduates and a total alumni population of more than 38,000

Academic Points of Pride

  • 7 Gates Millennium Scholarship Recipients
  • 2 Fulbright Scholars
  • 86 percent acceptance rate into medical schools for students with GPA of 3.6 or higher
  • 90 percent acceptance rate into law school
  • 94 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for registered nurses
  • 95 percentile on National Field Test for business graduates
  • 62 percent of the faculty hold terminal degrees in their field
  • 20 Scholarships valued at $20,000 each will be awarded to new fall 2013 freshmen and transfer undergraduate students
  • College of Business Enactus team named 5th best team in the U.S. in 2012
  • The Princeton Review named ORU as one of the best colleges in the West. ORU is one of 121 institutions that The Princeton Review recommends in its "Best in the West" section of its website feature "2012 Best Colleges: Region by Region," at www.PrincetonReview.com.
  • US News Rankings-Top Tier
  • Ranked as one of the top 100 Social Media college in the Nation for 2012
  • Named to Victory Media’s 2013 list of military friendly schools
  • ORU is the only All Steinway School in Tulsa

Athletics Points of Pride

  • Golden Eagles compete in 16 NCAA Division I men’s and women’s varsity sports
  • Jack Whitt was the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Pole Vault Champion and Summit League Field Athlete of the Year
  • Jack Whitt and Clive Chafausipo named NCAA Indoor All-American and NCAA Outdoor All-American
  • 2011-12 Dominique Morrison named AP All-American honorable mention
  • Baseball and women’s golf have each won 15 consecutive conference championships
  • 2011-12 Women’s Basketball Kevi Luper was named the Player of the Year for the third year in a row
  • 2012 Baseball ORU won the Summit League Pitcher of the Year, Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year Awards
  • 2011-12 Men’s Basketball won conference Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year