- The Inkwell
- Texas
- College of Biblical Studies-Houston
Houston, TXCity: largeZIP 77036Founded 1979
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1979
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: faith-related
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1999
- Website
- cbshouston.edu
TexasReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
College of Biblical Studies-Houston
College of Biblical Studies-Houston is a private nonprofit faith-based college in Houston, Texas, with 419 undergraduates. It graduates 86% within six years and costs $14,069 a year after aid.
86%graduate
Retention100%
4-year graduation14%
Pell Grant share52%
Federal loans35%
$14,069net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
86%graduate in 6 years
$44,156median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,772median debt
#1,474 of 1,704 for earnings#437 of 1,739 for lowest net price#112 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
- $22,131tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $10,180
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $10,180
- Average net price
- $14,069national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$14,069
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000—
$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 college100%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college86%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college52%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 86%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 14%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 15%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $41,309
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $44,156middle 50%: $21,435–$68,717
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,772
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$68,717
Median, College of Biblical Studies-Houston$44,156
Lower quarter$21,435
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
- 419
- Part-time
- 86%
- Women / men
- 40% / 60%
- Average age at entry
- 40.6
- First-generation students
- 51%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 52%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 53%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,430 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,853
- Endowment, end of year
- $237,821
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White18%
Hispanic27%
Black40%
Asian6.2%
Two or more races0.9%
U.S. nonresident6.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown1.2%
2 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations87%
Business & management13%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 388520. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q16258657.