Baptist University
of the Americas
Private College in San Antonio, TX. Six-year graduation rate 80%. Median 10-year earnings $37,709.
Ten-year median earnings of $37,709 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate of 80% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 80% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 80% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 67% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. A 20% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 98 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $11,113 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $12,338 at $0–30k, $9,617 at $110k+. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $5,514, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 10% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 9 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $12,338 |
| $30–48k | $12,264 |
| $48–75k | $12,505 |
| $75–110k | $3,877 |
| $110k+ | $9,617 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 10 of these 98 students, totalling $25,484 — an average of $2,548 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bexar County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)