East Texas
Baptist University
Private College in Marshall, TX. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $52,788.
Students who entered East Texas Baptist University land at a median of $52,788 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 47%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $23,250, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
At 58%, the acceptance rate makes East Texas Baptist University a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. 1,759 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. About 35% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at East Texas Baptist University →Academics
47% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 71% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 37% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,364 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $25,092 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $20,420 at the $0–30k band to $28,532 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 96% of students receive it, averaging $17,622. Borrowing is widespread: 62% take federal loans.
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 · 367 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 | $20,420 |
| $30–48k | $20,417 |
| $48–75k | $20,141 |
| $75–110k | $25,297 |
| $110k+ | $28,532 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 843 of these 1,364 students, totalling $5,144,268 — an average of $6,102 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Harrison 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)