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California Baptist University was awarded 59 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is clinical, counseling & applied psychology.
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Cal Baptist is ranked #511 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Cal Baptist is also ranked #66 out of 161 schools in California.
California Baptist University has an acceptance rate of 80%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
The student to faculty ratio at California Baptist University is about average at 18 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at California Baptist University is 42%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 73% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like California Baptist University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Cal Baptist for first-time, full-time students is 41%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,109 undergraduates at Cal Baptist with 7,243 being full-time and 866 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23,235 | $22,508 | $24,711 | $27,074 | $32,829 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Cal Baptist, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Cal Baptist, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $8,153 a year. That adds up to $32,612 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Cal Baptist are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 8432 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA 92504-3297 |
| Phone: | 877-228-3615 |
| Website: | www.calbaptist.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 299 | NA |
| Nursing | 252 | $92,441 |
| Health & Physical Education | 236 | $35,328 |
| Business Administration & Management | 223 | $64,987 |
| General Education | 215 | NA |
| General Psychology | 169 | $33,043 |
| General Business/Commerce | 160 | $51,146 |
| Social Work | 126 | NA |
| General Biology | 103 | $29,214 |
| Communication Sciences | 90 | $38,559 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 6,713 students took at least one online class at California Baptist University. This is an increase from the 6,150 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,713 | 2,766 |
| 2021-2022 | 6,150 | 2,512 |
| 2020-2021 | 9,356 | 2,580 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,645 | 2,273 |
Learn more about online learning at California Baptist University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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