Quick Facts
Where we are
735-acre campus in Waco, Texas, with an area population greater than 229,000
Who we are
2011 Enrollment
- Freshmen: 3,576
- 74 percent of entering freshmen were in the top 25 percent of their high school graduating class
- Minority enrollment among freshman rose from 35 percent in fall 2009 to 36 percent for fall 2011
- 90 percent of Baylor students receive some form of financial assistance
- 15,029 total enrollment (12,575 undergraduate and 2,454 graduate/professional students) from 48 states and 86 foreign countries
- Baylor offers:
- 151 degree programs at the undergraduate level
- 76 master's programs
- 33 doctoral programs
- juris doctor
- College of Arts & Sciences, Hankamer School of Business, School of Education, School of Engineering & Computer Science, Graduate School, Honors College, Law School, School of Music, Louise Herrington School of Nursing, George W. Truett Theological Seminary, School of Social Work, University Libraries
What we do
Campus Life Experience
- 260 clubs and organizations, including 42 national and local sororities and fraternities
- Baylor is among the 10 percent of U.S. universities with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter
- Baylor students, faculty and staff annually volunteer more than 150,000 hours of community service locally
- Home of the first campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity
- 39 percent of students live on campus in 12 residence halls
- NCAA Division I, Big 12 Conference
- 19 varsity sports
- Women's basketball 2005 NCAA national champions
- Men's tennis 2004 NCAA national champions
- Four Olympic gold medalists with 10 gold medals won
- Baylor led the Big 12 in Graduation Success Rate the last three years
- Baylor won a combined 37 Big 12 regular season (23) and tournament (14) championships in the Big 12's 15-year history
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