University of
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Private College in Belton, TX. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $56,132.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $56,132 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 49%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $26,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
With an acceptance rate of 96%, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor takes nearly everyone who applies. 13,004 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. Only 6% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 39% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 490–610 | 265 (39%) |
| SAT Math | 470–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–26 | 99 (14%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 49%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 62% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,959 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,651 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $22,089 at the $0–30k band to $33,166 at $110k+. Most students get help: 96% receive grants worth $16,597 on average. 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 · 825 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 | $22,089 |
| $30–48k | $23,064 |
| $48–75k | $23,607 |
| $75–110k | $27,343 |
| $110k+ | $33,166 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,836 of these 2,959 students, totalling $12,461,522 — an average of $6,787 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bell 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)