College · Private nonprofit · Memphis, TN · City
Baptist Health Sciences University
Memphis, TN
Religious affiliation
Admit rate82%
6-yr median pay$59k
Net price / yr$11k
Undergrad size770
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $11k/yr for a shot at a $59k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 82% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1050 · ACT 22.
If you get in
770 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 $22k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $11k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$89k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$45k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$44k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $13.8k
- Room & board
- $4.1k
- Books & supplies
- $1,022
How students pay for it.
Pell grants45%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans69%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$30k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention53%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr40%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$59k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$73k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out37%
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
- 770
- Location
- Memphis, TN
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- Baptist College of Health Sciences
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black50%
- White35%
- Hispanic6%
- Unknown5%
- Asian2%
- Two or more races1%
First-gen students43%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time54%
Many students enroll part-time — often working.
Median family income$25k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 6
What you can study.