by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Oral Roberts University was awarded 5 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is theology & religious vocations.
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ORU landed the #1,549 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
ORU also holds the #15 spot on the Best Colleges in Oklahoma ranking.
Oral Roberts University has an acceptance rate of 78%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 18% of students accepted to ORU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 630. Math scores were between 490 and 610.
The student to faculty ratio at Oral Roberts University is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Oral Roberts University is 42%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 81% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Oral Roberts University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at ORU for first-time, full-time students is 45%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Oral Roberts University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,682 undergraduates at ORU with 2,667 being full-time and 1,015 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,554 | $17,796 | $21,707 | $25,971 | $26,813 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of ORU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At ORU, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $8,126 a year. That adds up to $32,504 over four years for those students.
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Get more details about the location of Oral Roberts University.
Contact details for ORU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 7777 S Lewis Ave., Tulsa, OK 74171 |
| Phone: | 918-495-6161 |
| Website: | https://oru.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/OralRobertsUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/OralRobertsU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 126 | $27,088 |
| Business Administration & Management | 78 | $37,748 |
| Health & Physical Education | 50 | $32,150 |
| General Psychology | 50 | $29,474 |
| Nursing | 37 | $71,417 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 31 | NA |
| General Biology | 27 | $29,582 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 26 | $39,206 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 26 | NA |
| Accounting | 24 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 2,294 students took at least one online class at Oral Roberts University. This is an increase from the 903 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,294 | 1,852 |
| 2021-2022 | 903 | 903 |
| 2020-2021 | 857 | 857 |
| 2018-2019 | 565 | 565 |
Learn more about online learning at Oral Roberts University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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