Engineering at Baylor University

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Baylor University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and approximately 19,297 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 112 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Baylor.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Baylor Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Baylor Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Baylor compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Baylor is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	286

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Baylor. This makes it the #245 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #177 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Baylor

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Baylor University.

Baylor Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 112 engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from Baylor. Of these graduates, 76% were men and 24% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Baylor are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baylor University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	81
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Baylor Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 22 students who graduated with a master’s in engineering from Baylor in 2021, 73% were men and 27% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Baylor, 59% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baylor University with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Baylor also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Baylor University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	73
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	53
General Engineering	12
Biomedical Engineering	5

Related Majors

• Science Technologies / Technicians
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Baylor University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.