Graduate Enrollment:1,192
Undergraduate Enrollment Main Campus: 948
Undergraduate Enrollment Total: 3,496
Student/Faculty Ratio: 20 to 1
Average freshman class size: 30
Average upper division class size: 20
Diverse
MBU gives students many choices when it comes to curriculum, activities, and
opportunities for leadership. Our student body is made up of students of all
ages and from many different backgrounds. Our students come from many income
groups and form academic backgrounds that include home schooling, two-year
colleges, and traditional high school programs. We also have ethnic diversity
in our student body with many Asian, Hispanic, and African American students.
This type of diversity combined offers a significant enhancement to learning.
Affordable
Tuition at Missouri Baptist University ranks among the lowest for private
colleges. The annual tuition and fees of $15,120 is well below the
national private 4-year average of $19,710. In addition to the modest
tuition, the
average annual financial aid grant from the University is $6,750 per
full time student. With the additional financial aid options, students
often find that
the cost for MBU is as reasonable as a public institution. The average
student loan amount of students leaving MBU and those leaving a public
university is strikingly similar. Our admissions and financial
aid staff are committed to finding
resources to help make your education at MBU a reality.
Personal
MBU classes are small enough—student to faculty ratio: 20 to 1—that
they allow for interaction with the instructor. Participation in student
groups, off campus trips, mission opportunities, and other activities
is high. Because of our relatively small size, you are able to experiment
with
leadership responsibilities or try your hands at drama, music, or other
activities outside of your normal range.
Involved
Our mission at MBU is not just to give students the tools they need to
do a job. Our mission is to give students those tools and challenge them
to use those tools to make a difference in society. From our Welcome Weekend
to our capstone course for graduates, service to the community is encouraged
and opportunities are provided for students to get involved. Activities
vary from renovating a school building in a rundown neighborhood, to Habitat
for Humanity, to international mission trips to aid people in other countries.
There is a place for everyone.
Flexible
At MBU we recognize that not everyone can attend college between 9 and
5. To make getting an education more convenient for our students, we have
a number of options for time and location. Students can choose a class
that meets during the day over the traditional sixteen weeks or they may
choose eight-week evening class. They may also attend classes on the convenient main campus or at one of several extension sites, including Troy-Wentzville, Jefferson Community College, Jefferson County-Arnold, Franklin County and Lewis and Clark Community College. Coupled with a consortium arrangement
with other St. Louis colleges, a student can get just about any course
that is needed at just about any time.
Successful
MBU is not only here to help individuals make a living, but to help them
make a life. Our success is measured in the lives or our graduates.
Whatever else we may be about, and there is a lot, it is our
ability to foster lifelong learning in our students that gauges our
success. MBU creates the kind of environment necessary for the
development of the two most sought after skills by employers-the ability
to think logically and communicate effectively. These skills will serve a
person for all of life whether the chosen path is graduate school, business,
teaching, ministry, or any other career.
Faith
These are just a few of the words that characterize Missouri Baptist University.
In addition to these descriptive terms there is the element of faith that
permeates all of learning, providing an ethical and moral basis from reasoning
that goes beyond the mere accumulation of facts. This added dimension
further distinguishes a Missouri Baptist University education.
