Saint Louis, Missouri · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Large suburb
Overview
Missouri Baptist University is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Saint Louis, Missouri. Its campus is in a large suburban area. It enrolled 5,699 students in fall 2024, including 4,958 undergraduates and 741 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Baptist.
Missouri Baptist University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 79 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Registered Nursing, and Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other. It awarded 645 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 17 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
65% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.
Key figures
5,699
Students enrolled
65%
First-year retention
645
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
79
Programs and majors
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhD
Programs and majors offered 79
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
65%
First-year retention, part-time students
30%
Student-to-faculty ratio
15:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
345
Associate degrees
19
Master's degrees
212
Doctoral degrees (research)
19
Certificates under 1 year
3
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
3
Postbaccalaureate certificates
34
Post-master's certificates
10
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
5,699
Undergraduates, fall 2024
4,958
Graduate students, fall 2024
741
Full-time, fall 2024
28%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
6,564
Undergraduates, 2024-25
5,542
Graduate students, 2024-25
1,022
Full-time, 2024-25
27%
Size category
5,000 to 9,999 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
61%
Men
39%
White
81%
Black or African American
8%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
17
Programs with a fully online option
23
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
20%
Students taking some online courses
20%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Baptist
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Athletic association
NAIA
Athletic conference
Heart of America Athletic Conference
President
Keith Ross
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training