- The Inkwell
- Texas
- Jarvis Christian University
Hawkins, TXRural: distantZIP 75765Founded 1912
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1912
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1967
- Website
- www.jarvis.edu
TexasHBCUReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Jarvis Christian University
Jarvis Christian University is a private nonprofit university in Hawkins, Texas, with 577 undergraduates. It graduates 23% within six years and costs $12,317 a year after aid.
23%graduate
Retention48%
4-year graduation16%
Pell Grant share88%
Federal loans88%
$12,317net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
23%graduate in 6 years
$37,810median earnings, 10 yrs
$23,250median debt
#1,617 of 1,704 for earnings#312 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,627 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
- $25,280tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $11,720
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $11,720
- Average net price
- $12,317national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$11,142
$30,001–48,000$11,871
$48,001–75,000$12,299
$75,001–110,000$17,800
$110,001+$22,835
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 college48%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college23%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college88%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 23%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 16%
- First-year retention
- 48%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 18%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $30,095
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $37,810middle 50%: $18,751–$58,513
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,250
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$58,513
Median, Jarvis Christian University$37,810
Lower quarter$18,751
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
- 577
- Part-time
- 12%
- Women / men
- 53% / 47%
- Average age at entry
- 22.3
- First-generation students
- 46%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 88%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 32%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,267 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $4,701
- Endowment, end of year
- $12,406,140
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White3.1%
Hispanic20%
Black67%
Two or more races2.8%
U.S. nonresident4.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native2.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown0.2%
11 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Parks, recreation & fitness25%
Business & management24%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting15%
Biological & biomedical sciences11%
Education11%
Public administration & social service4.1%
Communication & journalism2.4%
Liberal arts & humanities2.4%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 225885. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6161219.