College · Private nonprofit · Dallas, TX · City
Dallas Baptist University
Dallas, TX
Religious affiliation
Admit rate89%
6-yr median pay$45k
Net price / yr$29k
Undergrad size2,403
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $29k/yr for a shot at a $45k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 89% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1120 · ACT 23.
If you get in
2,403 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $53k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $29k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$211k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$114k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$97k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $40.2k
- Room & board
- $11.9k
- Books & supplies
- $1,926
How students pay for it.
Pell grants23%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans32%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
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 retention64%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr57%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$45k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$57k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out30%
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
- 2,403
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- DBU
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White55%
- Hispanic16%
- Unknown10%
- Black9%
- International5%
- Asian3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Two or more races1%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time14%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$44k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 44
What you can study.