Founded in 1941, Williams Baptist University is an evangelical Christian liberal arts university and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). It has an average enrollment of 500 students. Williams is located in Walnut Ridge, a community of 5,000 in northeast Arkansas. It is a 30-minute drive from the city of Jonesboro (population 70,000), and within two hours of both Memphis and Little Rock. Owned and operated by the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, the University takes seriously its identity as a Christian institution in the Baptist tradition. We are committed to producing exceptional graduates prepared to competently engage local and global cultures through a Christ-centered worldview. We accomplish this by providing an excellent, holistically Christian, liberal arts education while compassionately shaping student lives. More information about the University's history, mission, and vision can be reviewed on our website, https://williamsbu.edu/.
