OBU returns to the Princeton Review’s best colleges and universities in the southwestern region for the 20th consecutive year. In the Princeton Review’s survey, a student said, "Professors are engaging, encouraging and happy to help students."
Princeton Review Names OBU Among Best in the Southwest for 20th Consecutive Year
August 29, 2024
The Princeton Review has named OBU as one of the best colleges and universities in the southwestern United States for the 20th consecutive year.
The Princeton Review annually salutes colleges and universities across the nation as academically exceptional and well worth the consideration of potential students. In their "2025 Best Colleges: Region by Region" Princeton saluted 631 colleges in seven zones—Northeast, South, Southwest, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, West, and International. OBU is one of only six Oklahoma universities included in the “Best in the Southwest.”
The Princeton Review's survey asks students to rate their professors, administrators, school services, and other aspects of life at their colleges and to report on their campus and community experiences.
Quotes taken from the student surveys have been featured on the university’s profile page, giving insight to how students feel about campus life and their professors on Bison Hill. One student noted, "OBU has a fantastic education curriculum. It incorporates faith and learning, which is applicable to our everyday lives." Another student said that OBU "is a Christian university that focuses on the liberal arts so that students are exposed to many different areas of study (in order to succeed) in a diverse world." A nursing major said, "I have flourished here.”
OBU, founded in 1910, began the 2024-25 academic year on Aug. 21.