College · Private nonprofit · Saint Louis, MO · Suburb
Missouri Baptist University
Saint Louis, MO
Religious affiliation
Admit rate69%
6-yr median pay$39k
Net price / yr$27k
Undergrad size1,488
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $27k/yr for a shot at a $39k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 69% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 910 · ACT 23.
If you get in
1,488 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $49k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $27k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$197k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$108k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$89k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $34.6k
- Room & board
- $15.1k
- Books & supplies
- $1,298
How students pay for it.
Pell grants11%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans19%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention66%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr48%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$39k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$47k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,488
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- MBU
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White71%
- Black14%
- International5%
- Two or more races4%
- Unknown3%
- Asian1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Hispanic1%
First-gen students36%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time13%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$41k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 40
What you can study.