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Baptist Health Sciences University

TNSmall private nonprofit institution · Overall rank #463 nationally

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Azimuth ranks Baptist Health Sciences University #463 among 1,467 nonprofit four-year institutions.

Who it’s a good fit for

Baptist Health Sciences University is a private nonprofit university in Memphis, Tennessee, built around a single degree family. Health Professions accounts for nearly all bachelor's degrees, and most graduates are estimated to go into work rather than further study.

The fit is narrow and clear: a student who wants a health-care career and a private university in Memphis. Graduates out-earn what predicts for students like them.

The model attributes more of that to a remainder it cannot explain than to the factors it measures — field of study, enrollment and the local labor market. Return is well above average.

Aid covers a large share of the published cost for the average aid recipient, and the lowest income band pays well below the sticker price. Affordability is above average, while access is modestly below average and mobility is modestly below average.

The admission rate is above the median for comparable institutions, and the degree mix is concentrated in a single field. A student drawn to nursing should go in knowing it is the largest program and the best-paid one.

Baptist Health Sciences University at a glance

Admissions and outcomes

Admission rate[1]
82.0%
Six-year completion[2]
39.8%
Four-year earnings[3]
$73,191

Cost and family borrowing

Average annual net price · $48–75K family income[6]
$14,384
Median student debt[4]
$29,500
Median Parent PLUS debt[7]
$14,428

Baptist Health Sciences University rankings: how Azimuth assesses value[5]

In Memphis, Tennessee, Baptist Health Sciences University is a private nonprofit university enrolling 770 undergraduates. It lands in the upper half of nonprofit four-year institutions (composite at the 68th percentile).

The university admits 82.0% of applicants, compared with a median of 75.7% at comparable institutions (same type and size). First-year retention stands at 52.6%, while comparable institutions (same type and size) post a median of 74.2%.

For the first-time full-time cohort, the six-year graduation rate is 39.8%; the peer median is 54.9%. An estimated 66.1% of students enter as transfers or part-time students, so the six-year rate covers a minority of the people who study at Baptist Health Sciences University.

Return leads the four by a wide margin (at the 85th percentile), and mobility trails (at the 35th percentile). Affordability and access sit between them, at the 66th and 41st percentiles, so the pillars are not clustered.

Return is the strongest pillar for Baptist Health Sciences University, at the 85th percentile, while mobility is the weakest at the 35th percentile. Azimuth ranks the university #463 among 1,467 nonprofit four-year institutions.

Affordability sits in the 66th percentile and access in the 41st percentile. The profile is a health-sciences university whose graduates earn well above the model's expectation, with a Pell completion rate that runs ahead of the overall rate.

The middle 50% of submitted ACT scores at Baptist Health Sciences University fell between 17 and 22. 45.4% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants.

Azimuth ranks the university #860 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. Pell recipients complete at 58.2%, which is 18.4 percentage points above the overall six-year graduation rate (39.8%).

Azimuth ranks the university #952 for mobility. Graduates earn about $18,620 more than the model expects for similar students.

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Baptist Health Sciences University rankings in context
GeographyRank
National#463

Azimuth overall value rankings within each geographic comparison group.

National pillar percentiles

Economic mobility
National percentile: 35
Access & reach
National percentile: 41
Affordability
National percentile: 66
Return on investment
National percentile: 85

Top-ranked majors

  1. Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions#61
  2. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing#255

This school’s two highest-ranked programs nationally. Each rank compares bachelor’s programs in the same field; field sizes differ.

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Baptist Health Sciences University cost & financial aid[6][7]

The published cost of attendance at Baptist Health Sciences University is $22,227, with tuition and fees of $13,796 and room and board of $4,100. For aid recipients, the average net price — what they pay after grants and scholarships — is $11,212.

That figure is $11,135 below the $22,347 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Financial aid reduces the published cost by $11,015 on average, covering about 50% of the sticker price for the typical aid recipient.

Azimuth ranks the university #475 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The published cost of attendance at Baptist Health Sciences University is $22,227. Azimuth ranks the university #475 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $6,354 for families earning under $30,000, $14,384 for families earning $48,001 to $75,000, and $18,446 for families earning over $110,000. The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $12,092.

Aid covers about 50% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, bringing the across all bands to $11,212. That is $11,135 below the $22,347 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Borrowers who complete a degree carry a median of $29,500 in federal student loans, $4,500 above the $25,000 peer median. 92.3% of federal aid recipients take federal loans.

Parents who borrow through the Parent PLUS program hold a separate median of $14,428. If repaid over ten years, the median federal debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $335 a month.

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Reported average annual net price · $48–75K$14,384

After grants and scholarships. Your aid offer may differ.

Averages within each income band; individual aid packages vary.

Borrowing and repayment at Baptist Health Sciences University

Federal-loan borrowers who complete a degree at Baptist Health Sciences University leave with a median of $29,500. The median is $4,500 above the $25,000 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

92.3% of federal aid recipients take federal loans, so borrowing is the norm here. Parents who borrow through the Parent PLUS program hold a separate median of $14,428.

Baptist Health Sciences University posts a median of $73,191 four years after completion, $17,276 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). That figure lands in the 81st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $18,620 more than the model expects for similar students, a result at the 94th percentile. The earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, run from a downside of $57,388 to an upside of $82,135, with a typical scenario of $73,191.

Borrowers who finish leave with a median of $29,500 in federal loans, $4,500 above the peer median of $25,000. If repaid over ten years, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $335 a month.

For the separate population of parent borrowers, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $14,428. For student borrowers, the median federal debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $335 a month if repaid over ten years.

How Financial GPS measures payment burden · The four risk-and-reward zones

Financial GPS

What does repayment look like?

Institution median student debt
$29,500
Institution Parent PLUS debt
$14,428

Federal loans only; private or institutional loans aren’t included.

Estimated student payment · monthly
$335/mo
Estimated Parent PLUS payment · monthly
$183/mo

Payments use school-wide median balances, not a specific major’s.

Payment assumptions

Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates.

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02 / Baptist Health Sciences University briefing

Baptist Health Sciences University career outcomes & earnings[3][8][9]

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $73,191, in the 81st percentile nationally. That is $17,276 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Azimuth places the return pillar in the 85th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $18,620 more than the model expects for similar students.

That gap is in the 94th percentile nationally. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $7,333.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $11,287. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $1,302.

At Baptist Health Sciences University, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled four years after completion earn a median of $73,191. That measurement draws on a cohort of 370 completers.

Among nonprofit four-year institutions, that median sits in the 81st percentile. The median exceeds the $55,915 figure for comparable institutions (same type and size) by $17,276.

Graduates earn about $18,620 more than the model expects for similar students. That gap sits in the 94th percentile.

Earnings scenarios derived from the program mix range from $57,388 on the downside to $82,135 on the upside, with the typical outcome at $73,191. Based on the program mix, an estimated 25.0% of graduates are expected to continue to graduate study.

The return picture at Baptist Health Sciences University is concentrated in health fields. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $73,191, at the 81st percentile nationally.

That figure is $17,276 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Azimuth ranks the university #214 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $18,620 more than the model expects for similar students. That puts the gap at the 94th percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $7,333. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $11,287.

Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $1,302. The university's programs are concentrated in health fields.

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from a downside of $57,388 to an upside of $82,135. An estimated 25.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $57,388 on the downside to $82,135 on the upside, with $73,191 as the typical scenario. These are scenarios, not observed groups of graduates.

The largest program, Nursing, reports median earnings at the upside scenario level four years after completion. Allied Health Professions graduates earn $61,506, and Health and Medical Administrative Services graduates earn $51,673.

At Baptist Health Sciences University, graduates earn about $18,620 more than the model expects for similar students. For federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, the median earnings four years after completion is $73,191.

That figure is $17,276 above the median for comparable institutions (same type and size). The debt side runs the other way.

Borrowers who finish hold a median of $29,500 in federal student loans, $4,500 above the median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Repaying that median if repaid over ten years requires an estimated payment of $335 a month.

Parent PLUS borrowing adds a separate median of $14,428 for parents who take out those loans. Graduates out-earn what the model predicts despite carrying debt above the peer median. The page does not say how a given family experiences that debt.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$7,333
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
+$11,287
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
+$18,620

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

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Baptist Health Sciences University acceptance rate & admissions[1][10][11]

Baptist Health Sciences University admits 82.0% of applicants, a rate that sits above the median of 75.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Admissions
Admission rate
82.0%
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What are the largest majors at Baptist Health Sciences University?[12]

Baptist Health Sciences University is a health-sciences institution, and the program list reflects that. Health Professions accounts for 96.2% of bachelor's degrees awarded, with Biological Sciences a distant second at 3.9%.

Nursing is the largest program by a wide margin, at 114 degrees awarded a year. Four years after completion, graduates earn a median of $82,135.

Azimuth ranks the program #255 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Allied Health Professions is the next largest, with 39 degrees awarded and median earnings of $61,506.

Its national rank of #61 is the strongest on the page. Health and Medical Administrative Services is smaller, at 16 degrees awarded, and graduates earn a median of $51,673.

Health Professions accounts for 96.2% of bachelor's degrees awarded, and the university has 2 nationally ranked programs. Nursing is the largest, at 114 degrees a year.

Allied Health Professions is the best-ranked program, at #61 nationally and #2 in Tennessee. It awarded 39 degrees and its completers earned a median of $61,506 four years out.

Four-year earnings · five largest reported fields
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 114 degrees awarded
$82,135
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions 39 degrees awarded
$61,506
Health and Medical Administrative Services 16 degrees awarded
$51,673
Biology, General 7 degrees awarded
Too few graduates to report
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions 6 degrees awarded
Too few graduates to report

Fields selected by reported completions. Counts describe credentials awarded, not unique students or the earnings sample. Bars show median four-year earnings.

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What colleges are similar to Baptist Health Sciences University?[15]

Azimuth groups alternatives by admissions, location, cost and earnings, then orders candidates within each group. Peer earnings use the matched four-year cohort. How matching works.

A shortlist for different decisions

Choose a row to compare the figures with Baptist Health Sciences University.

Admissions peerArkansas State University82.3% admitted
Comparison with Baptist Health Sciences University
MeasureBaptist Health Sciences UniversityArkansas State University
Peer earnings · 4 years$73,191$56,631-$16,560 vs Baptist Health Sciences University
Average annual net price$11,212$12,366+$1,154 vs Baptist Health Sciences University · higher cost
Admission rate82.0%82.3%
Explore Arkansas State University →
Higher-admission alternativeUniversity of Mississippi96.6% admitted
Comparison with Baptist Health Sciences University
MeasureBaptist Health Sciences UniversityUniversity of Mississippi
Peer earnings · 4 years$73,191$66,243-$6,948 vs Baptist Health Sciences University
Average annual net price$11,212$13,314+$2,102 vs Baptist Health Sciences University · higher cost
Admission rate82.0%96.6%
Explore University of Mississippi →
Nearby alternativeUnion UniversityNearby option · TN
Comparison with Baptist Health Sciences University
MeasureBaptist Health Sciences UniversityUnion University
Peer earnings · 4 years$73,191$60,152-$13,039 vs Baptist Health Sciences University
Average annual net price$11,212$27,171+$15,959 vs Baptist Health Sciences University · higher cost
Admission rate82.0%60.4%
Lower-cost alternativeCUNY Lehman College$3,148 average net price
Comparison with Baptist Health Sciences University
MeasureBaptist Health Sciences UniversityCUNY Lehman College
Peer earnings · 4 years$73,191$63,353-$9,838 vs Baptist Health Sciences University
Average annual net price$11,212$3,148-$8,064 vs Baptist Health Sciences University · lower cost
Admission rate82.0%56.6%
Explore CUNY Lehman College →
Similar profileNotre Dame of Maryland UniversityMatched across several measures
Comparison with Baptist Health Sciences University
MeasureBaptist Health Sciences UniversityNotre Dame of Maryland University
Peer earnings · 4 years$73,191$75,732+$2,541 vs Baptist Health Sciences University
Average annual net price$11,212$19,169+$7,957 vs Baptist Health Sciences University · higher cost
Admission rate82.0%82.2%

Each school is the first-ranked match in its category, not a recommendation across every measure. The same college may lead more than one category. Figures use the matching snapshot; earnings reflect the matched four-year cohort. — means unavailable.

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Data scope & methodology

Structured payloads generated Governed hub narrative Governed spoke corpus

Four-year earnings describe cohorts of completers. Figures for other horizons describe different cohorts and are not joined into a career-growth projection.

Azimuth's overall rank and pillar percentiles come from the school profile. Absolute pillar ranks, city, enrollment and official-site links are shown only when structured data supplies them.

Detailed earnings, cost, admissions and program values come from the endpoint responsible for each measure. Missing values are not replaced with zero. Value-added estimates are model associations, not causal effects.

Figures are refreshed with each data release, at most a quarter apart. The underlying source dates can be earlier than the release.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Read the ranking methodology, data definitions and limitations · About College Azimuth

Read the analysis behind value-added earnings and the change to four-year graduate earnings. These articles are published on collegeazimuth.com.

Data notes & source fields

Scorecard field codes identify the underlying measure; Azimuth-derived values are labeled separately. Snapshot dates are not measurement years. Source populations and reporting periods differ across measures. Field definitions are in the U.S. Department of Education · College Scorecard documentation; notes with a different source link it below.

  1. Admission rate. Reported applicants admitted; not a transfer-specific or individual admission probability.

    Source fields: ADM_RATE

  2. Six-year completion. First-time, full-time students completing at the institution within 150% of normal time, typically six years for a bachelor’s degree.

    Source fields: C150_4

  3. Four-year institutional earnings. Median earnings of graduates in the reported cohort who are working and not enrolled, four years after completion.

    Source fields: MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

  4. Median federal student debt. Federal student-loan debt among completers in the reported borrowing cohort. Excludes Parent PLUS and is not total debt across all students.

    Source fields: GRAD_DEBT_MDN

  5. National, regional and state ranks; pillar percentiles; major ranks. Derived scores within the stated eligible comparison set, not raw Scorecard fields. Major ranks compare institutions within a field; their denominators differ.

    Source fields: Azimuth rankings

    College Azimuth · Ranking methodology

  6. Annual net price by family income. Average annual cost after grants and scholarships for the eligible first-time, full-time aid-recipient cohort. Public-school figures reflect in-state tuition. Includes living costs; these are averages, not medians or individual offers.

    Source fields: NPT4_PUB/PRIV; NPT41_PUB/PRIV through NPT45_PUB/PRIV

  7. Parent PLUS debt, payments and GPS illustration. Stored payments use Financial GPS loan and repayment assumptions. The adjustable spectrum applies the published framework to annual student payments divided by earnings minus an expense allowance; its initial allowance is 150% of the federal poverty guideline for one person, for the year the API serves. It is an illustration rather than a school rating. The parent table is the 10-year payment on the median Parent PLUS as a share of household income above 200% of the guideline for a household of three: under 6% Safe, 6–10% Caution, over 10% High pressure. Parent PLUS uses the completer median where available, otherwise the all-borrower median; these describe different borrowing populations.

    Source fields: PLUS_DEBT_ALL_COMP_MD; fallback PLUS_DEBT_ALL_MD; Azimuth Financial GPS calculations

    College Azimuth · Financial GPS methodology

  8. Downside and upside earnings; yellow band. The band spans the modeled lower and higher scenarios. It is not the P25–P75 interval for individual graduates. The median marker is the separately reported institutional median.

    Source fields: Azimuth modeled program-mix scenarios

    College Azimuth · Earnings scenario methodology

  9. Value added and its components. Observed-factor attribution plus the unexplained remainder equals total modeled value added. These are associations, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

    Source fields: Azimuth statistical model

    College Azimuth · Value-added methodology

  10. SAT score range and reported midpoint. Reported scores of enrolled score-submitters, not admission cutoffs. The midpoint field is not necessarily the middle of the displayed range.

    Source fields: SATVR25 + SATMT25; SATVR75 + SATMT75; SAT_AVG

  11. First-year retention. Retention of the reported full-time cohort at four-year institutions.

    Source fields: RET_FT4

  12. Program earnings, completion counts and major-mix dots. Included bachelor’s programs have at least five reported completions. Counts are aggregated credentials, not unique people or an earnings sample. Major-mix dots group those counts by field of study; excluded programs are not zero activity.

    Source fields: EARN_MDN_4YR; IPEDSCOUNT1; CIPCODE

    College Scorecard · Field-of-study technical documentation

  13. Pell recipients. Share of undergraduates receiving a Pell Grant in the reported academic year.

    Source fields: PCTPELL

  14. Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group. This is not an observed transfer-in rate. It includes part-time entrants and other entering-student attendance patterns.

    Source fields: 1 − PFTFTUG1_EF

  15. Peer earnings and signed differences. Differences are peer minus this school, from the same matching snapshot. A positive earnings difference does not mean the peer is better on every measure.

    Source fields: Azimuth peer model using MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

    College Azimuth · Comparison methodology

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