60 W. Fulbright Avenue
Walnut Ridge, AR 72476

Williams Baptist college, founded in 1941, is a four-year private institution that offers a variety of liberal arts, pre-professional programs and more. More than 25 major fields are offered in areas such as english education, family psychology, art education and biblical studies/linguistics.

Williams Baptist College is located in the city of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas not far from the city of Little Rock, Arkansas. This city, located in the Ozarks Region, offers numerous recreational activities including canoeing, boating and hiking on its numerous historic parks, rivers and lakes. Walnut Ridge also offers numerous restaurants, cultural faculties and annual festivals that students can enjoy.

On campus, at Williams Baptist College, students can take advantage of various state-of-the-art facilities, student clubs, organizations and athletics. There are many facilities on campus including the Maddox fine arts Center, Chapel Studio and the Felix Goodson Library. Residential halls are available on campus for students, as well as additional housing for married students. Williams Baptist College offers over 20 student organizations and about six varsity sports for both men and women. Some student clubs available are the Greek Club, the Professional Psychology Club, the Visual Arts Awareness Society and more. Williams Baptist College's athletic deptartment is a affiliated with the American Midwest Conference of the NAIA. Some varsity sports at WBC include baseball, soccer and volleyball.

At Williams Baptist College, students experience diversity with the student body representing over 11 states and four foreign countries. Students can also take advantage of the expert faculty with small class sizes and a student to teacher ratio of 13 to one.

Quick Facts:

Williams Baptist College was ranked in the "third best of baccalaureate colleges (South)" in U.S. News & World Report's "America's College of 2008."

At Williams Baptist student enrollment in the fall 2006 semester was 625 and the average classroom size at William Baptist College is 17.

Over 60% of students on the Walnut Ridge campus are resident students.

About 97% of Williams Baptist College students receive some type of financial assistance. There are many scholarships available including the President's Scholarship, Leadership Scholarship and the Trustee's Scholarship.

Williams Baptist College is one of the least expensive private, four-year colleges in the United States with tuition in the 2008-09 year reportedly $5,100.

In 2008, the CEO of Universal Asset Management donated Williams Baptist College with a $1 million gift which will make the creation of a new chapel possible on campus.
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