About Dallas Baptist University

Dallas Baptist University (DBU) is a Christian avant-garde arts academic world in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1898 as Decatur Baptist College, Dallas Baptist University currently operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Hurst.

Dallas (/ˈdæləs/) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the largest city in and chair of Dallas County, with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. With an estimated 2019 population of 1,343,573, it is the ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and the third-largest in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in North Texas, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan Place in the U.S. that lacks any navigable associate to the sea. It is the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan Place in the country at 7.5 million people.

Dallas and straightforward Fort Worth were initially developed due to the construction of major railroad lines through the Place allowing right of entry to cotton, cattle and sophisticated oil in North and East Texas. The construction of the Interstate Highway System reinforced Dallas’s beat as a transportation hub, with four major interstate highways converging in the city and a fifth interstate loop approaching it. Dallas later developed as a strong industrial and financial center and a major inland port, due to the convergence of major railroad lines, interstate highways and the construction of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. In addition, Dallas has DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) with alternating colored train lines that transport throughout the Metroplex.

Dominant sectors of its diverse economy complement defense, financial services, information technology, telecommunications, and transportation. Dallas is home to ten Fortune 500 companies within the city limits. The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex hosts an additional twenty-three Fortune 500 companies, including American Airlines (Fort Worth) and ExxonMobil (Irving). Over 41 colleges and universities are located within its metropolitan area, which is the most of any metropolitan area in Texas. The city has a population from a myriad of ethnic and religious backgrounds and one of the largest LGBT communities in the U.S. WalletHub named Dallas the fifth most diverse city in the U.S. in 2018.