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?

• 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.

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?

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?

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?

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

There are 14,399 undergraduate students at Baylor, with 14,145 being full-time and 254 being part-time.

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.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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

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.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Kairos14 under License

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