Overview
East Texas Baptist University (ETBU) is a private, coeducational Christian university associated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. ETBU was founded as the College of Marshall in 1912, after a campaign to create a Southern Baptist college in East Texas. The College of Marshall opened the following year in 1917 as a two year junior college and academy. It became East Texas Baptist College in 1944.
East Texas Baptist University (ETBU) is a private, coeducational Christian university in Marshall, Texas, United States. ETBU is located on the site of the former Van Zandt Plantation, which is at the highest altitude in Harrison County.