Houston Baptist University

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Master's Colleges and Universities (medium programs)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Post-master's certificate
Calendar System	Quarter
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Houston Baptist University Academics

There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Tutoring and Writing Center. Furthermore, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Women’s Services can help. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. For example, the university has a Accelerated Program, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Army, ROTC, Navy and Teacher Certification. Houston Baptist University is unique in its study options.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Houston Baptist University.

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric, Mass Communications/Media Studies

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Business/Managerial Economics, Entrepreneurial Studies, Finance/Banking, Information Resources Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing Management

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Accounting/Computer Science

History:

History – General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology, Molecular Biology

Education:

Art Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, English Teacher Education, Junior High Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Science Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Social Studies Teacher Education

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Philosphy and Religion:

Christian Studies

Popular majors:

one hundred percent health professions, thirty-two percent business per marketing, twelve percent biology, eleven percent education, eleven percent psychology, six percent communications per journalism, six percent philosophy and religious studies, five percent health professions

Social Sciences:

Economics, Political Science/Government, Sociology

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

English Language and Literature:

Creative Writing, English, English Language & Literature – General

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Physics

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Nursing (RN)

Foreign Language and Literature:

Biblical languages, French, Spanish

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Exercise Sciences, Health/Physical Fitness

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General, Music – General Performance, Music Theory/Composition

Furthermore, for international students, the application fee is 100. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $465 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall.

Houston Baptist University Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 65% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 74%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. That is, there were seven hundred and sixty-eight total number of transfer students who applied and five hundred and fifty-eight total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school requires an application fee consisting of twenty-five dollars regular application fee, twenty-five dollars out-of-state application fee, twenty-five dollars online application fee and point zero .

Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 15th of April. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. SAT and ACT score reports are very important, so you will want to check on the specific dates with the university. Again, The regular application due date was not reported. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March.

Houston Baptist University Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are FAFSA. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Athletics, Religious Affiliation, Alumni Affiliation and Leadership. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid distribution is at forty-six percent scholarships per grants and fifty-four percent loans per jobs. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Athletics, Religious Affiliation, Alumni Affiliation and Leadership.

Houston Baptist University Students

The school’s size is approximately one thousand, eight hundred and seventy-three degree-seeking undergrads, three hundred and thirteen first-time degree-seeking freshmen and three hundred and sixty-two graduate enrollment. Additionally, it is part of an Suburban setting, Very large city (over 500,000) and Commuter campus. Moreover, the student body consists of ninety-eight percent in-state students, two percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, sixty-five percent women, thirty-five percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, eighteen percent asian per pacific islander, twelve percent black per non-hispanic, sixteen percent hispanic, forty-seven percent white per non-hispanic, five percent non-resident alien, one percent race per ethnicity unreported, twenty-four percent in top 10th of graduating class, forty-four percent in top quarter of graduating class and seventy-nine percent in top half of graduating class. Houston Baptist University offers Associate, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, University, Four-year, Baptist General Convention of Texas, Coed, where 65 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member.

Again, the university has many unique facilites such as decorative arts museum, Bible in America museum, wellness center. This school features the Suburban setting, Very large city (over 500,000) and Commuter campus. In brief, the school is located 180 miles from San Antonio.

Houston Baptist University Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Soccer
• Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball