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Baylor University Overview

Baylor University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Baylor University Known For?

3,809 Undergraduate Awards
$45,801 Avg Cost After Aid
68% Acceptance Rate
  • The 4% student loan default rate at Baylor is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • The highest award offered at Baylor is the doctor's degree.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 74% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Baylor makes roughly $51,600 a year. This is 26% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • The average Baylor student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

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Baylor University Rankings

According to our 2022 analysis, Baylor is ranked #353 out of 2,587 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #8 out of 137 schools in Texas.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#3 Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#5 Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#11 Best Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#34 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#40 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#58 Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#59 Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#113 Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank Ranking Name Source
#14 Best Management Information Systems Schools College Factual
#41 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools College Factual
#55 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools College Factual
#122 Best Education Schools College Factual
#146 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools College Factual
#183 Best Business Schools Business Degree Central

Where Is Baylor University?

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Contact details for Baylor are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Waco, TX 76798
Phone: 254-710-1011
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Baylor-University/61388081925
Twitter: https://twitter.com/baylor

How Do I Get Into Baylor?

You can apply to Baylor online at: www.baylor.edu/admissions

Admission Requirements for Baylor

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores neither required nor recommended
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Baylor?

68% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 68%, Baylor does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 73%, and the acceptance rate for women is 66%.

Can I Afford Baylor University?

$45,801 Net Price
44% Take Out Loans
3.7% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Baylor is $45,801. 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 Baylor, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $13,166 a year. That adds up to $52,664 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Baylor is 3.7%. 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.

Baylor University Undergraduate Student Diversity

14,145 Full-Time Undergraduates
60% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 14,399 undergraduate students at Baylor, with 14,145 being full-time and 254 being part-time.

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There are also 4,898 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 14,145 full-time undergraduates at Baylor, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,154
Black or African American 742
Hispanic or Latino 2,216
White 8,578
International Students 621
Other Races/Ethnicities 834

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Baylor University. At this time, 47 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 86 countries are represented at Baylor. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Nigeria, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Baylor University

2,100 Took All Classes Online
17,780 Took At Least One Class Online
87.5% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 17,780 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 60th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Baylor

The following table shows how Baylor 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
Communication Sciences #46 #46

Online Growth Rankings of Baylor

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Baylor University was 87.5%. This is the #460 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Baylor regardless of major.

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%.

Baylor University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 174 0 228 0 402
Nursing 281 0 10 7 298
Accounting 186 0 81 0 267
General Biology 229 0 2 5 236
Communication & Media Studies 182 0 17 0 199
Marketing 180 0 0 0 180
Communication Sciences 93 0 70 0 163
Finance & Financial Management 158 0 0 0 158
Law 0 0 0 143 143
Social Work 41 0 87 4 132
Management Information Systems 124 0 0 0 124
Health/Medical Prep Programs 124 0 0 0 124
Health & Physical Education 93 0 26 4 123
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 117 117
General Psychology 105 0 2 4 111
Mechanical Engineering 84 0 5 5 94
Political Science & Government 85 0 3 6 94
Journalism 86 0 3 0 89
Teacher Education Subject Specific 69 0 14 0 83
Theological & Ministerial Studies 0 0 76 5 81
Business/Managerial Economics 74 0 5 0 79
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 74 0 0 0 74
Entrepreneurial Studies 73 0 0 0 73
General Business/Commerce 70 0 0 0 70
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 67 0 0 0 67
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 56 0 0 0 56
Computer Science 47 0 8 0 55
History 48 0 3 4 55
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 54 0 0 0 54
Public Health 39 0 15 0 54
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 53 0 0 0 53
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 52 0 0 0 52
International Relations & National Security 51 0 0 0 51
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 49 0 49
Music 27 0 21 0 48
Anthropology 46 0 0 0 46
Teacher Education Grade Specific 44 0 0 0 44
Allied Health Professions 0 0 10 34 44
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 34 0 6 3 43
Religious Studies 35 0 0 7 42
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 7 22 11 40
Sociology 32 0 3 5 40
Mathematics 32 0 2 5 39
Natural Resources Conservation 36 0 1 1 38
Human Development & Family Studies 37 0 0 0 37
Interdisciplinary Studies 34 0 0 0 34
Design & Applied Arts 34 0 0 0 34
General English Literature 19 0 4 10 33
Drama & Theater Arts 29 0 3 0 32
Real Estate 30 0 0 0 30
General Sales & Marketing 30 0 0 0 30
Romance Languages 25 0 5 0 30
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 23 0 3 0 26
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 16 9 25
Applied Statistics 10 0 8 7 25
Educational Administration 0 0 14 8 22
Chemistry 12 0 4 6 22
Fine & Studio Arts 22 0 0 0 22
Geological & Earth Sciences 12 0 5 4 21
Writing Studies 20 0 0 0 20
Human Resource Management 19 0 0 0 19
Legal Research 0 0 18 0 18
International Business 16 0 0 0 16
Philosophy 12 0 2 2 16
General Engineering 12 0 3 0 15
Taxation 0 0 14 0 14
Information Science 0 0 13 1 14
Physics 3 0 5 5 13
Insurance 12 0 0 0 12
Museum Studies 0 0 11 0 11
Sacred Music 3 0 7 1 11
Nutrition Science 0 0 10 0 10
Area Studies 6 0 3 0 9
Air Transportation 8 0 0 0 8
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 7 0 0 0 7
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 6 0 0 0 6
General Family & Consumer Sciences 4 0 0 0 4
Applied Mathematics 4 0 0 0 4
Special Education 3 0 0 0 3
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 3 0 0 0 3
Liberal Arts General Studies 3 0 0 0 3
Astronomy & Astrophysics 3 0 0 0 3
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 2 0 2
Classical Languages & Literature 2 0 0 0 2
Germanic Languages 2 0 0 0 2
Statistics 2 0 0 0 2
General Architecture 1 0 0 0 1
Other Business, Management & Marketing 1 0 0 0 1
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 1 0 0 0 1
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 1 0 0 0 1
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 0 0 0
Computer Information Systems 0 0 0 0 0
Electrical Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
Public Administration 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3,809 7 919 423 5,158

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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