Southwest Baptist University (SBU) is a private university in Bolivar, Missouri, affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. Wikipedia reports it was founded in 1878 as Southwest Baptist College in Lebanon, Missouri, and moved to Bolivar after the state chartered it in 1879; it became Southwest Baptist University in 1981. It enrolled 2,168 students in 2023. Its teams, the Bearcats, compete in NCAA Division II in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, and it has an early varsity esports team. Former U.S. Senator Roy Blunt is a past president. The Higher Learning Commission placed SBU on probation in November 2021 and removed the probation in November 2023. The university remains open, with Jonathon Woodyard listed as interim president.
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SBU is test-optional. Applicants must meet two of three academic qualifiers, and the undergraduate application fee is currently waived.
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Location
1600 University Ave, Bolivar, MO 65613, United States, Missouri
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