College · Private nonprofit · Nashville, TN · City
American Baptist College
Nashville, TN
HBCUReligious affiliation
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$33k
Net price / yr$9k
Undergrad size46
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $9k/yr for a shot at a $33k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
46 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $27k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $9k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$108k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$37k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$71k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $13.6k
- Room & board
- $10.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants56%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans67%
Share taking out federal student loans.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr39%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$33k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$41k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out39%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 46
- Location
- Nashville, TN
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Association for Biblical Higher Education
Identity
HBCUReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black96%
- Hispanic2%
- International2%
First-gen students48%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time22%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$18k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 6
What you can study.