- The Inkwell
- Florida
- Baptist University of Florida
Graceville, FLRural: distantZIP 32440Founded 1943
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1943
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1975
- Website
- www.buf.edu
FloridaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Baptist University of Florida
Baptist University of Florida is a private nonprofit university in Graceville, Florida, with 360 undergraduates. It admits 36% of applicants, graduates 40% within six years and costs $21,817 a year after aid.
40%graduate
Admission rate36%
Retention45%
4-year graduation25%
Pell Grant share29%
Federal loans8.2%
$21,817net price / year
36%admission rate
—average SAT
40%graduate in 6 years
$42,284median earnings, 10 yrs
$11,594median debt
#1,519 of 1,704 for earnings#1,008 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,347 of 1,738 for graduation rate#128 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
- $26,368tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $14,500
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $14,500
- Average net price
- $21,817national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$20,205
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000$22,518
$75,001–110,000$22,481
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 36%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college36%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college45%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college40%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college29%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 40%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 25%
- First-year retention
- 45%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 51%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,316
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,284middle 50%: $26,207–$57,767
- Median debt at graduation
- $11,594
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$57,767
Median, Baptist University of Florida$42,284
Lower quarter$26,207
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
- 360
- Part-time
- 58%
- Women / men
- 47% / 53%
- Average age at entry
- 26.0
- First-generation students
- 34%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 29%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,515 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,992
- Endowment, end of year
- $7,970,708
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White47%
Hispanic7.8%
Black12%
Asian1.4%
Two or more races4.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.6%
Unknown27%
7 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations53%
Liberal arts & humanities16%
Education9.8%
Business & management7.8%
Visual & performing arts5.9%
History5.9%
Psychology2.0%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 132408. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4857614.