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Career OutcomesAzimuth ranks Baptist Health Sciences University #453 for overall value on Azimuth's composite among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn median 4-year earnings of $73,191, placing Baptist Health Sciences University in the 74.2 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Baptist Health Sciences University sits in the 95.5 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions, reflecting the strong financial outcomes its health-focused graduates achieve relative to similar students at comparable institutions. Students at Baptist Health Sciences University earn meaningfully more than similar students at other institutions, a result driven by the university's concentrated focus on health sciences programs that lead directly into high-demand clinical and allied health careers. The institution's composite ranking reflects strong graduate earnings and post-graduation affordability working together — a combination that makes Baptist Health Sciences University a compelling option for students pursuing health professions in Memphis and beyond.
Azimuth ranks Baptist Health Sciences University #453 for overall value on Azimuth's composite among nonprofit four-year institutions. A private university in Memphis, TN, Baptist Health Sciences University enrolls roughly 770 undergraduates. Retention stands at 52.6% and the six-year graduation rate is 39.8%, reflecting a student body that completes at rates consistent with the institution's focused health-sciences mission. The composite is anchored in return on investment. Azimuth ranks Baptist Health Sciences University #213 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn median Health-field earnings of $73,191 four years after enrollment, and earn about $19,743 more than similar students at comparable institutions, placing Baptist Health Sciences University in the 95.5 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. That advantage reflects the institution's concentrated curriculum in health sciences, where graduates move directly into credentialed clinical and allied-health roles with consistent hiring demand. Access and affordability shape the remainder of the composite. Baptist Health Sciences University enrolls 45.4% Pell Grant recipients and 42.9% first-generation undergraduates, populations the institution serves through its specialized health-sciences pathway. The affordability pillar sits in the 66.5 percentile and the access pillar in the 41.2 percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, while mobility sits in the 35.3 percentile — a profile shaped by the institution's narrow program focus rather than broad curricular breadth.
Baptist Health Sciences University's published cost of attendance is $22,227. Net price by income band reflects the institution's need-based aid structure: low-income families pay approximately $6,354, middle-income families pay around $14,384, and higher-income families pay approximately $18,446. Azimuth ranks Baptist Health Sciences University #478 for post-graduation affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. Net prices by income band are medians within those bands; individual aid packages vary, so some families in each band pay more and some less than the figures shown. Baptist Health Sciences University structures aid around demonstrated financial need. The institution participates in federal (Pell Grants, Direct Loans) and institutional aid programs. Families apply using the FAFSA, and the university's aid office works with students to construct packages that combine grants, loans, and work-study where available. For students pursuing health-related degrees—nursing, radiologic science, respiratory care, and related clinical fields—employer partnerships and health-system tuition-assistance programs may provide additional funding pathways beyond traditional institutional aid. Median federal student loan debt at graduation is $29,500, and families using Parent PLUS borrow a median of $14,428; private or institutional loans may add further borrowing that falls outside these federal-only figures—see the Parent PLUS risk framework for how household context shapes PLUS decisions. For a graduate at the institution's median four-year earnings of $73,191, median federal debt of $29,500 projects to a monthly payment of about $333 under standard ten-year repayment. For personalized projections across earnings scenarios—including Parent PLUS planning—use Azimuth's Financial GPS tool.
Baptist Health Sciences University is a strong fit for students committed to health professions who want a focused, mission-driven institution in Memphis, TN, with a program portfolio built almost entirely around clinical and allied health fields. The earnings case is straightforward for this archetype. Graduates earn median $73,191 four years after enrollment, placing Baptist Health Sciences University in the 74.2 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, and earn about $19,743 more than similar students at comparable institutions, placing the university in the 95.5 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Access is broad. 45.4% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 42.9% are first-generation students, and low-income graduates have historically fared well — Baptist Health Sciences University sits in the 78.4 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions, a historical 10-year Scorecard measure not yet updated to the 4-year horizon. Fit depends on two realistic filters: the curriculum is concentrated in Health fields, so students whose interests lie outside clinical and allied health will find limited program breadth here, and the institution's small scale means students who thrive in large research-university environments or want broad liberal arts exposure should look elsewhere.
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Baptist Health Sciences University's published cost of attendance is $22,227. Net price by income band reflects the institution's need-based aid structure: low-income families pay approximately $6,354, middle-income families pay around $14,384, and higher-income families pay approximately $18,446.
Azimuth ranks Baptist Health Sciences University #478 for post-graduation affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. Net prices by income band are medians within those bands; individual aid packages vary, so some families in each band pay more and some less than the figures shown.
Baptist Health Sciences University structures aid around demonstrated financial need. The institution participates in federal (Pell Grants, Direct Loans) and institutional aid programs.
Families apply using the FAFSA, and the university's aid office works with students to construct packages that combine grants, loans, and work-study where available. For students pursuing health-related degrees—nursing, radiologic science, respiratory care, and related clinical fields—employer partnerships and health-system tuition-assistance programs may provide additional funding pathways beyond traditional institutional aid.
Median federal student loan debt at graduation is $29,500, and families using Parent PLUS borrow a median of $14,428; private or institutional loans may add further borrowing that falls outside these federal-only figures—see the [Parent PLUS risk framework](/analysis/ou-what-happens-when-parents-borrow-too/) for how household context shapes PLUS decisions. For a graduate at the institution's median four-year earnings of $73,191, median federal debt of $29,500 projects to a monthly payment of about $333 under standard ten-year repayment.
For personalized projections across earnings scenarios—including Parent PLUS planning—use [Azimuth's Financial GPS tool](/analysis/financial-gps-framework/).
Graduates earn median 4-year earnings of $73,191, placing Baptist Health Sciences University in the 74.2 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $19,743 more than similar students at comparable institutions, placing Baptist Health Sciences University in the 95.5 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Azimuth ranks Baptist Health Sciences University #213 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Those figures represent returns relative to TN's no-degree-equivalent earnings baseline of $31,130, the state median earnings of working adults with only a high school credential.
The earnings pattern at Baptist Health Sciences University reflects its deep concentration in health sciences. Nursing anchors the institution's return profile, combining cohort scale with strong graduate earnings that drive the bulk of the university's aggregate outcomes.
Nursing is the largest program, graduating 114 students and delivering median earnings of $82,135 four years after enrollment; Azimuth ranks Nursing #135 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, at 0.9x the national benchmark for the field. Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions follows with 39 graduates earning $61,506 four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions #63 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, at 0.9x the national benchmark.
Health Administration rounds out the core program lineup with 16 graduates earning $51,673 four years after enrollment, ranked #76 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions and performing at 0.9x the field benchmark. The Health concentration that defines Baptist Health Sciences University channels graduates into stable, in-demand roles where early-career pay is consistently above the national benchmark for comparable programs.
Peer institutions with comparable quality and outcomes:
| School | State | Accept Rate | Median Earnings | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ner Israel Rabbinical College Similar quality tier in Southeast (#13034 ranked) | MD | 66% | $66,330 | #13034 | Compare |
Amherst College Similar quality tier (#15138 ranked) | MA | 9% | $77,644 | #15138 | Compare |
Mount Carmel College Of Nursing Similar quality tier (#11998 ranked) | OH | 84% | $75,103 | #11998 | Compare |
D'youville University Similar quality tier (#11997 ranked) | NY | 81% | $66,942 | #11997 | Compare |
Cox College Similar quality tier (#11996 ranked) | MO | 100% | $56,867 | #11996 | Compare |
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
114 graduates
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
6 graduates
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
39 graduates
Health and Medical Administrative Services
16 graduates
Baptist Health Sciences University's program mix is defined almost entirely by health sciences — a focused portfolio shaped by the institution's identity as a specialized health professions university in Memphis. Nursing is the largest program by graduate volume, followed by Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Health Administration, Biology, General, and Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.
Across 5 programs serving roughly 182 students annually, the institution concentrates its degree output in clinical and allied health fields that feed directly into regional and national healthcare labor markets. The strongest earnings outcomes cluster in the highest-acuity clinical programs.
Azimuth ranks Nursing #135 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning median earnings of $82,135. Azimuth ranks Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions #63 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning median earnings of $61,506.
Azimuth ranks Health Administration #76 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning median earnings of $51,673. These programs reflect the institution's depth in high-demand clinical roles where licensure requirements and workforce shortages support strong starting salaries, as described in Azimuth's [how Azimuth evaluates programs](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) methodology.
The largest programs by scale — Nursing and Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions — are direct-to-workforce pathways where four-year median earnings reflect labor-market outcomes for graduates entering clinical roles immediately after graduation. The institution's concentrated health-sciences portfolio means that program-mix variation is narrower than at comprehensive universities, but the tradeoff is depth: graduates enter a well-defined set of occupations with clear licensure pathways and steady regional demand.
The [supply and demand for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) framework provides broader context for how health professions fields align with national hiring trends.
