University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
About
The University of Mary Hardin–Baylor (UMHB) is a private Baptist university in Belton, Texas. UMHB was chartered by the Republic of Texas in 1845 as Baylor Female College, the female department of what is now Baylor University. It has since become its own institution and grown to 3,914 students and awards degrees at the baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral levels. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 20.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 79 Title IV programs, 21 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 57 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing21 · 26.6%
- No Data57 · 72.2%
- Failing1 · 1.3%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 7
Action history · 14
- Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Oct 2025Deny Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Mar 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2024Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Apr 2023Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PT) - Professional programs for the physical therapist
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,393 students received $7.8M in Pell grants, alongside $38.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,102 borrowers who entered repayment, 21 (1.9%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at UMHB
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 11
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus19
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Taylor Hall1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- College View1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
UMHB vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UMHB selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 49% | — | 3,321 | $28,690 | Doctoral/Professional |
Abilene Christian University | 59% | 66.0% | 5,219 | $27,401 | Doctoral/Professional |
Anderson University | 53% | 79.3% | 1,228 | $22,144 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Azusa Pacific University | 62% | 88.4% | 6,272 | $19,798 | R2 Research |
Baldwin Wallace University | 67% | 75.7% | 3,305 | $27,654 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Belmont University | 70% | 95.3% | 8,803 | $32,096 | Doctoral/Professional |
Bethel University | 71% | 87.8% | 3,603 | $28,439 | Doctoral/Professional |
Campbellsville University | 42% | 79.7% | 10,836 | $18,246 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Charleston Southern University | 47% | 96.5% | 3,832 | $21,955 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Dallas Baptist University | 58% | 88.8% | 4,124 | $30,092 | Doctoral/Professional |
Eastern University | 60% | 90.8% | 8,727 | $25,885 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Elmhurst University | 70% | 73.6% | 3,997 | $21,063 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Elon University | 84% | 66.3% | 7,239 | $41,048 | Doctoral/Professional |
Gannon University | 67% | 74.2% | 4,189 | $23,206 | Doctoral/Professional |
Gardner-Webb University | 54% | 77.2% | 3,104 | $24,137 | Doctoral/Professional |
George Fox University | 72% | 93.5% | 4,916 | $29,981 | Doctoral/Professional |
Hamline University | 60% | 87.6% | 2,565 | $21,385 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Hardin-Simmons University | 46% | 90.0% | 1,665 | $21,031 | Doctoral/Professional |
Houston Christian University | 49% | 84.4% | 4,276 | $19,710 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
LeTourneau University | 59% | 38.0% | 3,330 | $25,314 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Lipscomb University | 72% | 67.7% | 5,017 | $25,610 | Doctoral/Professional |
Mercer University | 70% | 68.9% | 9,196 | $22,350 | R2 Research |
Mercyhurst University | 64% | 81.0% | 2,632 | $27,263 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Niagara University | 74% | 87.4% | 4,033 | $18,740 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
North Central College | 64% | 77.3% | 3,003 | $23,033 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Oklahoma Christian University | 56% | 96.5% | 2,851 | $21,423 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Oklahoma City University | 65% | 77.0% | 2,966 | $21,556 | Doctoral/Professional |
Samford University | 77% | 82.4% | 6,097 | $30,795 | Doctoral/Professional |
Seattle Pacific University | 62% | 83.4% | 2,261 | $24,820 | Doctoral/Professional |
Southern Nazarene University | 49% | — | 2,198 | $17,838 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
St. Mary's University | 59% | 97.8% | 3,456 | $21,352 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Texas Wesleyan University | 32% | 69.2% | 2,487 | $19,398 | Doctoral/Professional |
Trinity University | 84% | 25.9% | 2,687 | $23,650 | Baccalaureate |
Union University | 66% | 60.4% | 2,713 | $26,815 | Doctoral/Professional |
University of Dallas | 73% | 53.4% | 2,078 | $25,470 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Evansville | 65% | 77.6% | 2,114 | $20,230 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
University of St Thomas | 69% | 89.9% | 4,301 | $18,762 | Doctoral/Professional |
University of the Cumberlands | 50% | 98.8% | 22,120 | $11,286 | Doctoral/Professional |
University of the Incarnate Word | 50% | 98.1% | 7,047 | $20,498 | Doctoral/Professional |
Wheaton College | 85% | 87.4% | 2,874 | $26,984 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 63% | 81.7% | 3,530 | $23,120 |
UMHB Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Institutional Research (IR) serves the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor community by providing accurate data to support informed decision-making, strategic planning and institutional assessment.
Visit IR office page- Trent BridgesDirector, Data Quality and Institutional Analytics
Common Data Set (1)
The institution's official annual Common Data Set publications — the most detailed reference for enrollment, admissions, and outcomes.
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- Data definitionCRUcial Data Definitions - Institutional ResearchThe 'CRUcial Data Definitions' page provides detailed definitions related to institutional research including terms like calendar systems, CIP codes, and various aspects of distance education. It serves as a glossary to clarify terms used in institutional reports and data sets used at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.umhb.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
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