by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Houston Baptist University came in at #739 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
In addition, HBU took the #35 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Texas.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and HBU took the #458 spot on the list.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Texas, HBU came in at #20.
The total graduate student population at HBU is made up of 75.6% women and 24.4% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 64.0% of the graduate students who attend HBU are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. HBU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 5.3% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,000 | $11,000 |
| Fees | $2,400 | $2,400 |
After obtaining their master's degree from HBU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $52,744. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 10% lower than the national average of $58,425.
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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 |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 69.0% of the graduate students at HBU took at least one online course. For that same period, 59.1% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 18 |
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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