Houston Baptist University Overview

Located in Houston, Texas, Houston Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Houston Baptist University Known For?

• Students at HBU have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at HBU is the doctor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 46% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from HBU makes roughly $53,245 a year. This is 31% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Houston Baptist University?

Contact details for HBU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	7502 Fondren Rd, Houston, TX 77074-3298
Phone:	281-649-3000
Website:	www.hbu.edu

How Do I Get Into HBU?

You can apply to HBU online at: https://www.hbu.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for HBU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Considered but not required
Recommendations	Considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into HBU?

With an acceptance rate of 85%, HBU may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 26% of students accepted to HBU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 640. Math scores were between 520 and 610.

HBU received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 30. Math scores were between 22 and 25. Composite scores were between 22 and 27.

Can I Afford Houston Baptist University?

The overall average net price of HBU is $28,770. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At HBU, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $5,774 a year. That adds up to $23,096 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at HBU is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Houston Baptist University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,780 undergraduate students at HBU, with 2,164 being full-time and 616 being part-time.

There are also 1,340 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,164 full-time undergraduates at HBU, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Houston Baptist University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	199
Black or African American	459
Hispanic or Latino	847
White	400
International Students	112
Other Races/Ethnicities	147

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Houston Baptist University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 51 countries are represented at HBU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, China, and India.

Online Learning at Houston Baptist University

There are 27 bachelor’s degree and 30 master’s degree programs available online at HBU. In 2020-2021, 1,895 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at HBU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 32nd most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of HBU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Houston Baptist University was 59.6%. This is the #593 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at HBU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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More about our data sources and methodologies.