Houston Baptist University Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Large city
Inside an urbanized area and a principal city.
- City (this campus)
- Suburb
- Town
- Rural
2,886 students
Larger than 66% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 62.9%
- TypePrivate nonprofit
- ClassMaster's university
- CalendarSemester
- AthleticsNCAA Division I
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at Houston Baptist University, the largest reported group is Hispanic (38.7%), followed by Black (24.1%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.3% | 0.9% |
| Asian | 5.5% | 4.3% |
| Black | 24.1% | 12.9% |
| Hispanic | 38.7% | 6.9% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0% |
| White | 15.8% | 65.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% | 2.6% |
| Non-resident | 4% | 1.7% |
| Unknown | 8.8% | 5.2% |
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- 84.4%Houston Baptist University admitted 8,220 of 9,685 applicants.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 9.2%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 758 of 8,220.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $19,294average net price after grants for aided students, against $40,680 published tuition.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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