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Jarvis Christian University

Hawkins, Texas · Private · Four-year · Founded 1912

www.jarvis.edu · official site

Founding

Jarvis Christian University was founded in 1912. It first offered high school level instruction, became a junior college by 1927, and became a four-year institution awarding bachelor's degrees in 1939.

Source: About, Jarvis Christian University, read 2026-09-14.

As the Department of Education lists it

Campus address
PR 7631, Hwy 80 E, Hawkins, TX 75765-1470
Control
Private not-for-profit
IPEDS unit id
225885
OPE id
00363700
Federal student aid
Participates in Title IV federal student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
On the map
Not placed on the map: the Census Bureau returned a near match, not an exact one (Census proposed: 7631 US HWY 80, HAWKINS, TX, 75765). Held on 2026-09-14 until a person resolves the address; no other geocoder was consulted.

No enrollment figure is published on this page. The Ledger prints one only with a dated NCES citation, and none is attached to this record.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 225885. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. About, Jarvis Christian University. https://www.jarvis.edu/about/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

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