Motto | Educating the whole person |
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Type | Private |
Established | 1965 |
Affiliation | Charismatic Evangelicalism |
Endowment | $37.8 million |
President | William Wilson |
Students | 4,000 |
Undergraduates | 2,782 |
Postgraduates | 553 |
Location | 7777 S. Lewis Ave. Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Campus | Suburban |
Colors | Navy and gold |
Athletics | NCAA Division I – The Summit |
Nickname | Golden Eagles |
Affiliations |
CIC CCCU |
Website | www |
Coordinates: 36°03′02″N 95°57′09″W / 36.05056°N 95.95245°W
Oral Roberts University (ORU), based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the United States, is an interdenominational, Christian, comprehensive liberal arts university with 4,000 students. Founded in 1963, the university is named after its founder, evangelist Oral Roberts, and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).
The school fronts on South Lewis Avenue between East 75th Street and East 81st Street in South Tulsa. Sitting on a 263-acre (1.06 km2) campus, ORU offers over 65 undergraduate degree programs along with a number of masters and doctoral degrees. ORU is classified as Master's University by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. ORU was also ranked as one of 123 institutions in the 2012 "Best in the West" regional list produced by The Princeton Review.
ORU offers undergraduate programs in theology, business, music, communication arts, modern languages, behavioral sciences, graphics, education, biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematical science, engineering, physics, English, history, humanities, government and nursing. The university also has a graduate seminary and fully accredited graduate programs in Business and Education.