- The Inkwell
- Tennessee
- Baptist Health Sciences University
Memphis, TNCity: largeZIP 38104Founded 1912
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1912
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: other health professions
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2000
- Website
- www.baptistu.edu
TennesseeReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Baptist Health Sciences University
Baptist Health Sciences University is a private nonprofit university in Memphis, Tennessee, with 770 undergraduates. It admits 82% of applicants, graduates 33% within six years and costs $10,165 a year after aid.
33%graduate
Admission rate82%
Retention53%
4-year graduation19%
Pell Grant share54%
Federal loans69%
$10,165net price / year
82%admission rate
1050average SAT
33%graduate in 6 years
$70,235median earnings, 10 yrs
$30,252median debt
#387 of 1,704 for earnings#193 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,508 of 1,738 for graduation rate#921 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $26,103tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $14,036
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $14,036
- Average net price
- $10,165national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$10,409
$30,001–48,000$10,668
$48,001–75,000$7,505
$75,001–110,000$10,082
$110,001+$12,437
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 82%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1050
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 17–22
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college82%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college53%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college33%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college54%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 33%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 19%
- First-year retention
- 53%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 44%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $62,117
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $70,235middle 50%: $45,782–$95,244
- Median debt at graduation
- $30,252
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$95,244
Median, Baptist Health Sciences University$70,235
Lower quarter$45,782
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 770
- Part-time
- 54%
- Women / men
- 92% / 7.8%
- Average age at entry
- 26.7
- First-generation students
- 43%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 54%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 6 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $10,403 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $22,319
- Endowment, end of year
- $91,778,586
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White35%
Hispanic6.1%
Black50%
Asian1.9%
Two or more races1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Unknown5.5%
2 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions98%
Biological & biomedical sciences2.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 219639. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4857615.