Oral Roberts University was recognized as one of the best Regional Universities in the West by U.S. News and World Report.
When ranking the university, U.S. News and World Report gathered data from nearly 1,800 schools around the country. ORU was evaluated on up to 16 indicators such as academic excellence, student life, campus services and campus safety.
Regional universities and colleges are divided and ranked into four geographical groups: North, South, Midwest and West. U.S. News and World Report uses quantitative measures that education experts have proposed as reliable indicators of academic quality and is based on a researched view of what matters in education.
The rankings allow readers to compare the relative quality of institutions based on widely accepted indicators of excellence including freshmen retention, graduation rates and the strength of faculty.
