Williams Baptist University Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Distant rural
Outside any urbanized area or urban cluster.
- City
- Suburb
- Town
- Rural (this campus)
478 students
Smaller than 79% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 50.7%
- TypePrivate nonprofit
- ClassBaccalaureate college
- CalendarSemester
Nearby college towns
- Pocahontas7.9 mi
- Paragould20.3 mi
- Jonesboro24.4 mi
- Newport36.4 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at Williams Baptist University, the largest reported group is White (74.1%), followed by Black (9.8%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.3% | 0% |
| Asian | 0.6% | 0% |
| Black | 9.8% | 0% |
| Hispanic | 3.6% | 3.6% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% |
| White | 74.1% | 85.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% | 0% |
| Non-resident | 8.8% | 10.7% |
| Unknown | 0% | 0% |
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- 83.4%Williams Baptist University admitted 757 of 1,181 applicants.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 24.6%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 186 of 757.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $17,814average net price after grants for aided students, against $22,540 published tuition.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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