California Baptist University Business Programs

Located in Riverside, California, California Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Riverside makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

California Baptist University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Cal Baptist.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#37	Most Popular Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#134	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Cal Baptist has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Technical & Scientific Communication	College Factual
#12	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising	College Factual
#201	Best Value Colleges for General Business Administration and Management	College Factual

Where Is California Baptist University?

Contact details for Cal Baptist are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	8432 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA 92504-3297
Phone:	877-228-3615
Website:	www.calbaptist.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/CalBaptist/
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/calbaptist

How Do I Get Into Cal Baptist?

You can apply to Cal Baptist online at: www.calbaptist.edu/future-students/why-cbu/applying-cbu/

Admission Requirements for Cal Baptist

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cal Baptist?

With an acceptance rate of 80%, Cal Baptist may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 92% of students accepted to Cal Baptist submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 580. Math scores were between 480 and 570.

Cal Baptist received ACT scores from 24% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 25. Composite scores were between 18 and 25.

Can I Afford California Baptist University?

The overall average net price of Cal Baptist is $34,356. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Cal Baptist, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $8,696 a year. That adds up to $34,784 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cal Baptist is 3.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

California Baptist University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,109 undergraduate students at Cal Baptist, with 7,243 being full-time and 866 being part-time.

There are also 3,208 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,243 full-time undergraduates at Cal Baptist, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California Baptist University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	471
Black or African American	429
Hispanic or Latino	2,726
White	2,714
International Students	165
Other Races/Ethnicities	738

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California Baptist University. At this time, 26 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 43 countries are represented at Cal Baptist. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Rwanda.

Online Learning at California Baptist University

In 2019-2020, 9,356 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Cal Baptist has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 27th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Cal Baptist

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at California Baptist University was $36,340 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Cal Baptist is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Technical & Scientific Communication	#1	#1
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#3	#3
Public Relations & Advertising	#21	#18

Online Growth Rankings of Cal Baptist

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at California Baptist University was 5.8%. This is the #1,352 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cal Baptist regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Cal Baptist ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Cal Baptist.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Technical & Scientific Communication	#2
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#26
Public Relations & Advertising	#93
Organizational Leadership	#261
Accounting	#352

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

California Baptist University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	156	0	156
General Business Administration and Management	0	148	148
Organizational Leadership	20	64	84
Accounting	49	16	65
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	58	0	58
Technical & Scientific Communication	0	25	25
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	21	1	22
Finance	12	0	12
International Business/Trade/Commerce	5	0	5
Entrepreneurship	3	0	3
Actuarial Science	2	0	2
TOTAL	326	254	580

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jeremylofgren under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.