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East Texas Baptist University was awarded 6 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is exercise science and kinesiology.
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East Texas Baptist University landed the #1,881 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
East Texas Baptist University also holds the #101 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.
The acceptance rate at East Texas Baptist University is a competitive 68%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At East Texas Baptist University, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 East Texas Baptist University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at East Texas Baptist University is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at East Texas Baptist University is 27%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,565 undergraduates at East Texas Baptist University with 1,266 being full-time and 299 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,810 | $17,987 | $19,479 | $24,409 | $26,964 |
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 East Texas Baptist University, 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 East Texas Baptist University, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $9,191 a year. That adds up to $36,764 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for East Texas Baptist University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Tiger Drive, Marshall, TX 75670-1498 |
| Phone: | 903-935-7963 |
| Website: | https://www.etbu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 35 | $74,452 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 31 | $31,652 |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 25 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 24 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 23 | NA |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 22 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 20 | $44,547 |
| General Biology | 17 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 15 | NA |
| General Education | 14 | NA |
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, 634 students took at least one online class at East Texas Baptist University. This is an increase from the 476 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 634 | 216 |
| 2021-2022 | 476 | 176 |
| 2020-2021 | 367 | 154 |
| 2018-2019 | 227 | 108 |
Learn more about online learning at East Texas 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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