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# Southwest Baptist University

Private liberal arts university in Missouri's Ozarks with health professions focus and open admissions.

## Record

- **Coordinates**: 37.602425, -93.407056

### Summary

Private liberal arts university in Missouri's Ozarks with health professions focus and open admissions.

### Description

Southwest Baptist University is a private, not-for-profit university located in Bolivar, Missouri, serving a small student body of 2,155 with a focus on health professions and related programs. The institution emphasizes undergraduate and graduate education in a town setting within the Ozarks region.

Tuition runs $28,656 annually for both in-state and out-of-state students, with total cost of attendance at $38,432 when accounting for room and board. The university maintains open admissions, with an acceptance rate of 99.7 percent, and admits students across a range of academic preparation levels—the 75th percentile ACT composite score is 24.

Southwest Baptist is suited for students seeking career-focused education in health and related fields within a small-school environment. For more information, visit www.sbuniv.edu/.

### Attributes

- **Unit ID**: 179,326
- **State**: MO
- **City**: Bolivar
- **Address**: 1600 University Ave
- **Zip Code**: 65613
- **Sector Group**: Private Not-for-Profit 4-Year or Above
- **Official Website**: www.sbuniv.edu/
- **HBCU**: No
- **Tribal College**: No
- **Setting**: Town
- **Annual In-State Tuition**: $28,656
- **Annual Out-of-State Tuition**: $28,656
- **Total Cost of Attendance (In-State)**: $38,432
- **Total Cost of Attendance (Out-of-State)**: $38,432
- **Room and Board**: $9,776
- **Total Student Enrollment**: 2,155
- **Acceptance Rate**: 99.7%
- **SAT Reading 75th Percentile**: 600
- **SAT Math 75th Percentile**: 600
- **ACT Composite 75th Percentile**: 24
- **Endowment (End of Year)**: $31,339,322
- **Carnegie Classification**: Professions-focused Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate Small
- **Research Activity Tier**: No research designation
- **Economic Mobility Index**: Lower Access, Medium Earnings
- **Primary Undergraduate Major**: Health Professions and Related Programs