by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Missouri Baptist University was awarded 19 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education grade specific.
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MBU is ranked #1,156 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
MBU also holds the #25 spot on the Best Colleges in Missouri ranking.
The acceptance rate at Missouri Baptist University is a competitive 62%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 14% of students accepted to MBU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 410 and 540.
The student to faculty ratio at Missouri Baptist University is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Missouri Baptist University is 25%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 73% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Missouri Baptist University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from MBU have a four-year graduation rate of 31%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Missouri Baptist University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,046 undergraduates at MBU with 1,380 being full-time and 2,666 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,710 | $17,265 | $21,842 | $23,551 | $24,360 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of MBU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At MBU, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $7,122 a year. That adds up to $28,488 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at MBU is 6.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for MBU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One College Park Dr, Saint Louis, MO 63141-8698 |
| Phone: | 877-434-1115 |
| Website: | www.mobap.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/mobap?fref=ts |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/MoBaptistU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 87 | $31,643 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 43 | $31,152 |
| General Psychology | 31 | $30,423 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 30 | $33,475 |
| Health & Physical Education | 24 | $25,801 |
| Nursing | 22 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 22 | NA |
| Accounting | 21 | $44,184 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 20 | NA |
| Behavioral Science | 18 | $25,428 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 1,622 students took at least one online class at Missouri Baptist University. This is a decrease from the 1,819 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,622 | 482 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,819 | 640 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,826 | 631 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,629 | 526 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,518 | 465 |
Learn more about online learning at Missouri Baptist University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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