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Houston Baptist University Data & Information Overview

41 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
85% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Houston Baptist University Ranked?

#1,267 Best Colleges in Nation
#67 Best Colleges in TX
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Houston Baptist University was awarded 41 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mental health counseling/counselor.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked HBU as #1,267 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when HBU held the #1,272 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, HBU is ranked at #67.

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Is It Hard to Get Into HBU?

85% Acceptance Rate
68% Of Accepted Are Women
26% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Houston Baptist University is 85%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that HBU is a good fit for you.

Average Test Scores

About 26% of students accepted to HBU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 640. Math scores were between 520 and 610.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Houston Baptist University  ( 520 to 640 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Houston Baptist University  ( 520 to 610 )
200
800
HBU received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 22 and 27.

ACT Composite Scores for Houston Baptist University  ( 22 to 27 )
1
36

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Houston Baptist University Faculty

16 to 1 Student to Faculty
50% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Houston Baptist University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Houston Baptist University is 50%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  50 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Houston Baptist University

68% Freshmen Retention
30% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

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 Houston Baptist University is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  68 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At HBU this rate is 30%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  30 out of 100
0
100

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Houston Baptist University Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,146 Full-Time Undergraduates
71.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
65.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,733 undergraduates at HBU with 2,146 being full-time and 587 being part-time.

How Much Does Houston Baptist University Cost?

$18,932 Net Price
57% Take Out Loans
$23,096 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of HBU is $18,932. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for HBU

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$16,243 $17,693 $20,447 $22,167 $24,033

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 HBU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 HBU, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $5,774 a year. That adds up to $23,096 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at HBU is 6.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do HBU Graduates Make?

$51,555 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from HBU make about $51,555 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. That's great news for HBU students since it is 21% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Houston Baptist University

Texas State
2,146 Full-Time Undergraduates
Large City Campus Setting
Houston Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Houston, Texas. The location of HBU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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Contact details for HBU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 7502 Fondren Rd, Houston, TX 77074-3298
Phone: 281-649-3000
Website: https://www.hbu.edu/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/HoustonBaptistUniversity
Twitter: http://twitter.com/HoustonBaptistU

Houston Baptist University Majors

57 Majors With Completions
558 Undergraduate Degrees
372 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 57 majors graduated from Houston Baptist University. Of these students, 558 received undergraduate degrees and 372 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Nursing 184 $70,241
General Psychology 46 $30,432
Health & Physical Education 36 $22,237
General Biology 35 $30,751
Interdisciplinary Studies 33 $30,569
Business Administration & Management 25 $36,921
Marketing 23 $27,696
Accounting 20 NA
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 15 NA
Finance & Financial Management 14 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Houston Baptist University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at HBU

46% Take At Least One Class Online
28% Take All Classes Online

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 2020-2021, 1,895 students took at least one online class at Houston Baptist University. This is an increase from the 1,768 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,895 1,143
2019-2020 1,768 1,032
2018-2019 1,506 707
2017-2018 1,143 522
2016-2017 1,070 290

Learn more about online learning at Houston Baptist University.

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Notes and References

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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