Arlington Baptist University is a private campus in Arlington proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Baptist affiliation in its federal filings.
Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.
Tuition & fees — data
Year
Tuition & fees
2000
$4,110
2001
$4,960
2002
$5,180
2003
$5,470
2004
$5,640
2005
$6,150
2006
$5,790
2007
$6,830
2008
$7,340
2013
$8,840
2014
$9,000
2015
$11,000
2016
$11,500
2017
$13,600
2018
$13,690
2019
$14,370
2020
$15,050
2021
$15,247
2022
$17,480
2023
$19,290
IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)
Cost, size & completion summary
Cost, size & completion
Reported tuition is $20,830 before grants and other attendance costs. At Arlington Baptist University, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.
Enrollment sits at 284 — Arlington Baptist University is one of the smaller campuses on this site.
19.4% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Arlington Baptist University within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.
Do students finish — and what comes after?
Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.
Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.
CompletedLeft without degree
Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.
These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.
Median debt at exit — data
Year
Completed
Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)
—
$3,750
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)
—
$2,875
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)
—
$3,312
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)
—
$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)
$17,100
$4,550
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)
$15,650
$5,938
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)
$15,800
$5,200
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)
—
$3,850
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)
$21,446
$3,750
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)
$21,125
$3,313
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)
$17,660
$3,313
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)
$14,704
$3,113
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)
$17,348
$3,263
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)
$18,361
$3,430
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)
$16,548
$6,000
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)
$15,432
$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)
$20,557
$8,611
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)
$21,500
$9,250
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)
$23,250
$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)
$26,835
$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)
$27,916
$8,596
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)
$26,991
$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)
$26,000
$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)
$27,000
$5,500
NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard
Earnings after entry
Historical student groups
Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.
Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15
$32,206
6 years after entry
Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13
$39,650
8 years after entry
Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11
$44,644
10 years after entry
Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.
Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.
Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file
What does the admissions record show?
Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.
Arlington Baptist University’s Fall 2024 filing reports open admission. No selective rate is shown; check Arlington Baptist University’s current entry requirements.
No charts are available for this topic in this school's published record.
What is the campus like?
Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.
The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.
First-year retention at Arlington Baptist University fell from 47% (Fall 2002) to 41% (Fall 2023).
First-year retention — data
Year
Retention
Fall 2002 cohort
47%
Fall 2003 cohort
49%
Fall 2004 cohort
47%
Fall 2005 cohort
56%
Fall 2006 cohort
60%
Fall 2007 cohort
65%
Fall 2008 cohort
60%
Fall 2009 cohort
71%
Fall 2010 cohort
46%
Fall 2011 cohort
34%
Fall 2012 cohort
50%
Fall 2013 cohort
44%
Fall 2014 cohort
45%
Fall 2015 cohort
39%
Fall 2016 cohort
40%
Fall 2017 cohort
33%
Fall 2018 cohort
51%
Fall 2019 cohort
58%
Fall 2020 cohort
35%
Fall 2021 cohort
33%
Fall 2022 cohort
44%
Fall 2023 cohort
41%
IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023
More about Arlington Baptist University
53.1% of Arlington Baptist University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Arlington Baptist University as a primarily residential campus of 284 undergraduates — and 41.2% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.
The Fall 2024 record classifies Arlington Baptist University as open admission. Review current entry requirements and the cost and outcome measures separately.
Why some charts are marked “key chart”
key chart
Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.
How Arlington Baptist University compares
State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.
Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.
Tuition
Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid
$0$30,000
Arlington Baptist University$20,830
Texas median$13,498
National median$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)
Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot
Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.