- The Inkwell
- Texas
- Baptist University of the Americas
San Antonio, TXCity: largeZIP 78224Founded 1947
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1947
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 2003
- Website
- www.bua.edu
TexasReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Baptist University of the Americas
Baptist University of the Americas is a private nonprofit university in San Antonio, Texas, with 99 undergraduates. It graduates 30% within six years and costs $7,344 a year after aid.
30%graduate
Retention67%
4-year graduation0%
Pell Grant share26%
Federal loans2.8%
$7,344net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
30%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#85 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,547 of 1,738 for graduation rate
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
- $18,550tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $8,400
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $8,400
- Average net price
- $7,344national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$7,007
$30,001–48,000$11,532
$48,001–75,000$5,418
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college67%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college30%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college26%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 30%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 0%
- First-year retention
- 67%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 15%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $35,354
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, Baptist University of the Americas—
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
- 99
- Part-time
- 13%
- Women / men
- 61% / 39%
- Average age at entry
- 29.6
- First-generation students
- 55%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 26%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 7.3%
- Average faculty salary
- $3,773 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $5,181
- Endowment, end of year
- $6,107,741
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White7.1%
Hispanic82%
Black3.0%
Asian8.1%
4 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Liberal arts & humanities48%
Business & management30%
Philosophy & religious studies18%
Visual & performing arts3.7%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 444398. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4857700.