Oklahoma Christian University is a private comprehensive coeducational Christian liberal arts university founded in 1950 by members of the churches of Christ. OC is located on a 240-acre campus in Oklahoma City. Enrollment for the fall 2011 semester numbered 2,194, which included 1,854 undergraduate and 340 graduate students. Oklahoma Christian University is ranked No. 46 among "Regional Universities" in the 16-state West region by U.S. News and World Report for 2012. In 2010, it was listed by the Princeton Review as one of 121 "Best Western Colleges" "Oklahoma Christian University is a... higher learning community which transforms lives for Christian faith, leadership, and service." Oklahoma Christian University was originally named Central Christian College. It opened as a two-year college in 1950 with 97 students in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on the 152 acre former estate of L.V. Foster, a prominent oil businessman. L. R. Wilson was the college's first president, having founded Florida Christian College four years before. Harold Fletcher, now an OC emeritus professor of music, was the first faculty member hired for the new college. James O.
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| Location: | Edmond, Oklahoma
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| Founded: | 1950 |
| School type: | Private university |
| Endowment: | $
22,367,514 |
| Colors: | Maroon, Grey |