Baptist University of the Americas
San Antonio, TX · Private · Large city · BUA
Private institution in San Antonio, TX · 98 undergraduates · $37,709 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 6%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 8%Cost of attendance
- Top 13%Average net price
- Top 17%In-state tuition & fees
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $8,750250th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,680335th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $7,680131st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $15,001161st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- —
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $37,7091,705th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $27,3151,808th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 27.3%1,814th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 55.6%1,680th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 981,983rd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12.0:1782nd smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 32.4%1,067th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 79 mi (AUS)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 6 of 6 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| MusicVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Religion/Religious StudiesPhilosophy & Religious Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsForeign Languages | bachelors | — | — |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Baptist University of the Americas’s 98 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In TX
- Amberton UniversityGarland, TX · 110 undergrads
- Criswell CollegeDallas, TX · 118 undergrads
- Southwestern Christian CollegeTerrell, TX · 128 undergrads
- Baptist Missionary Association Theological SeminaryJacksonville, TX · 49 undergrads
- Christ Mission CollegeSan Antonio, TX · 43 undergrads
- Messenger CollegeBedford, TX · 26 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Northcentral UniversitySan Diego, CA · 98 undergrads
- Oak Hills Christian CollegeBemidji, MN · 98 undergrads
- San Diego Global Knowledge UniversitySan Diego, CA · 98 undergrads
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA · 99 undergrads
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph SchoolEdison, NJ · 96 undergrads
- Catholic Distance UniversityCharles Town, WV · 95 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitebua.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 444398)
- Compare colleges in TXRe-score with your weights
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- Compare with Amberton UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Baptist University of the Americas vs Amberton UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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