Awards & Rankings

Baylor University enjoys high standing among many national rating services that evaluate quality of education, research activity, affordability, baccalaureate value, sustainability, and athletic excellence. These rankings recognize not only Baylor as a whole, but also our many respected schools and departments, which are led by our gifted, award-winning professors. Their awards are too numerous to include.

U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report ranks Baylor #77 on their annual review of colleges and universities. Baylor is a Tier 1 school among national universities. The magazine also lists Baylor University as #49 on their list of High School Counselor Rankings among national universities.

Schools in the national universities category offer a full range of undergraduate majors, master's and doctoral degrees. These colleges also are committed to producing groundbreaking research.

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Kiplinger: Best Values in Private Colleges

Kiplinger's list of Best Values in Private Colleges (2012-2013) ranks Baylor as No. 48 in the nation. The rankings consider "academic quality and affordability, with quality accounting for two-thirds of the total," and Baylor University scored highly in both.

Fiske Guide

For the sixth straight year, the Fiske Guide to Colleges, a best-selling resource for college-bound students and their parents, has named Baylor University a "Best Buy." Baylor is one of only 49 public and private colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and Great Britain to earn the designation.

Best Colleges for African Americans

Best College for African Americans | Baylor

Baylor is listed as one of the best colleges for African Americans. The list, compiled by M. Clayton & Associates, lists colleges that demonstrate a commitment to African American students by having the highest graduation rates amongst their peer groups, and a sizeable African American student community.

American Council of Trustees and Alumni: What Will They Learn

Baylor was one of only 19 universities nationwide to receive an "A" from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni in a 2011 report that gauges an institution's commitment to general education: composition, literature, foreign language at the intermediate level, U.S. government or history, economics, mathematics, and natural or physical science.

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Chronicle of Higher Education: Great Colleges to Work for 2012

Chronicle: Great Colleges to Work for - 2012

Baylor University joined an elite group of universities when it was named to The Chronicle of Higher Education's 2012 Honor Roll as one of the country's "great colleges to work for." Only 30 national universities identified by the Chronicle as "large four-year colleges" were awarded honor roll status.

Sustainability

In 2011, Baylor's sustainability efforts earned an overall grade of "B," a letter grade jump from the previous year's ranking. The annual report card was compiled by the Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI), a Cambridge-based nonprofit organization engaged in research and education to advance sustainability in campus operations and endowment practices. The annual rankings provide detailed school profiles and grades for 322 colleges and universities, representing all 50 states and eight Canadian provinces.

Athletics: The Director's Cup

In the 2011-2012 Director's Cup standings, Baylor ranked no. 25 in the nation. Baylor placed fourth among Big 12 universities, indicating the strength of the overall athletics program at Baylor.

Newsweek & The Daily Beast College Athletic Rankings

For its annual college rankings issue, Newsweek added up several metrics to find the best colleges and universities for athletes. All tallied, Baylor came in as the No. 11 school in the nation for student-athletes in 2011.

The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine

The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine lists Baylor in the top 100 colleges awarding degrees to Hispanics. The magazine tabulates this award based on information provided by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics.

Department	Ranking	Links
Accounting Program Hankamer School of Business	Public Accounting Report's 29th Annual Survey of Accounting Professors ranks Baylor's accounting undergraduate program at No. 23 in the nation. The graduate program garnered honorable mention, just missing the top 25 list.	Read more »
Accounting Program Hankamer School of Business	Baylor accounting graduate students ranked No. 6 in the U.S. (and tops in Texas) for overall pass rate for first-time candidates on the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. BU students also led the state with the highest average score.	Read more »
Army-Baylor MHA \| MBA Program Graduate School	The Baylor-U.S. Army master's degree program in physical therapy was ranked fifth nationally in the latest U.S. News survey, tied with the University of Iowa. The Baylor-U.S. Army master's degree program in health administration was ranked the 11th best in the country.	Read more »
Department of Biology College of Arts & Sciences	U.S. News ranks Baylor's biological sciences at No. 82 in the nation.	Read more »
Hankamer School of Business	Baylor's undergraduate business program in the Hankamer School of Business is ranked No. 56 in this year's rankings by U.S. News.	Read more »
	Hankamer was named the "Most Innovative Business School" in the southern U.S. by EuropeanCEO magazine. The publication applauded Baylor's holistic, global and entrepreneurial approach to education.	Read more »
	Hankamer was ranked No. 28 among the "Top 100 Most Social Media Friendly Schools" by OnlineMBAPage.com.	Read more »
Chemistry College of Arts & Sciences	U.S. News ranks Baylor's chemistry program at No. 94 in the nation.	Read more »
Earth Sciences College of Arts & Sciences	U.S. News ranks Baylor's earth sciences program at No. 108 in the nation.	Read more »
EMBA Hankamer School of Business	Baylor University's Executive MBA program is ranked 44th in 2012 for United States-only based programs, according to the Financial Times' 2012 rankings.	Read more »
EMBA Hankamer School of Business	For the first time, the Executive MBA program (EMBA) at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business has been named among the best programs in the world by Bloomberg Businessweek's 2011 Executive MBA ranking. Baylor is ranked 37th worldwide, and the program, which includes campuses in Dallas and Austin, also ranked third among programs in Texas.	Read more »
School of Education	Baylor's School of Education was ranked No. 78 by U.S. News among the top 279 graduate programs that grant doctoral degrees in education. The schools were surveyed in fall 2010 and early 2011. Rankings are based on a weighted average of 10 quality measures, such as assessment by peers and superintendents nationwide, student selectivity, faculty resources, and research activity.	Read more »
School of Engineering	Baylor's engineering program continues to be highly ranked and is listed by U.S. News as No. 13 among universities with the "Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs." The category is for schools whose highest engineering degree offered is a bachelor's or master's degree.	Read more »
English Department College of Arts & Sciences	U.S. News ranks Baylor's graduate program in English as No. 125 in the nation.	Read more »
John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship Hankamer School of Business	Entrepreneur Magazine and The Princeton Review rank Baylor's entrepreneurship program as No. 2 in the country out of more than 2,000 institutions in their 2012 assessment. Additionally, Blookberg BusinessWeek ranks the program third in the nation.	Read more »
	U.S. News and World Report ranks Baylor's entrepreneurship program No. 25 among the nation's best entrepreneurship programs.	Read more »
Family and Consumer Sciences College of Arts & Sciences	Baylor University's program for apparel merchandising, design and product development has been ranked among the country's 20 best fashion schools by Fashionista, an influential blog which focuses on trends, events, companies and personalities in the fashion world.	Read more »
Financial Planning Hankamer School of Business	Financial Planning magazine ranks Baylor University's program for financial planning as one of the nation's 25 best.	Read more »
Law School	Baylor Law School was ranked No. 51 overall in U.S. News' "Top 100 Schools" listing for 2013. In the law specialties rankings, Baylor's trial advocacy program rose to No. 3 in the nation.	Read more »
Mathematics Department College of Arts & Sciences	The recently released National Research Council report ranked Baylor sixth among mathematics departments at universities in the Big 12 Conference. In terms of scholarly research, the NRC has Baylor mathematics ranked third in the Big 12 in both "publications per faculty member" and "citations per faculty member."	Read more »
MBA Hankamer School of Business	Baylor's Hankamer School of Business was ranked at No. 64 among the top-rated master's programs in business accredited by AACSB International. In all, 437 MBA programs were surveyed in fall 2011 and early 2012.	Read more »
Louise Herrington School of Nursing	U.S. News ranked the master's degree program in nursing at Baylor's Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas as No. 64 in the country.	Read more »
Philosophy College of Arts & Sciences	Academic Analytics data from 2008 places Baylor philosophy No. 8 nationally in the percentage of faculty with a scholarly publication. Equally impressive, the firm's ranking of total faculty scholarly productivity (publications, citations and awards) places Baylor's philosophy program in the top 20 nationally, along with much older and more established programs such as Stanford University, Harvard University, and the University of Chicago.	Read more »
Department of Physics College of Arts & Sciences	U.S. News ranks Baylor's physics program at No. 113 in the nation. The Academic Analytics data for 2008 show that the physics department's high overall ranking of faculty scholarly productivity - the FSP Index of publications, grants and awards - places Baylor physics in the company of large state-supported programs such as those at the University of Florida and the University of Texas. The Baylor physics faculty ranked No. 1 nationally among doctoral physics programs in the percentage of authors whose works are cited and among the top 20 in dollars per research grant.	Read more » Read more »
Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences	U.S. News ranks Baylor's graduate program in psychology as No. 117 in the nation. In the most recent National Research Council survey, doctoral programs were placed within a range based on the highest rank a program received and the lowest rank it received. Baylor's psychology program's percentile range was 34th-60th, with a midpoint of 47th.	Read more » Read more »
Clinical Psychology College of Arts & Sciences	Baylor's doctoral program in clinical psychology (PsyD) was listed at 79th in the latest U.S. News survey.	Read more »
Department of Religion College of Arts & Sciences	According to Academic Analytics, Baylor's doctoral program in religion ranked in the top 10 nationally in books publications, citations per publication and citations per faculty member, which placed Baylor at the same general levels as programs such as Duke University and the University of North Carolina.	Read more »
School of Social Work	Baylor's master's degree program in social work jumped from No. 87 in 2004 to No. 60 in 2008, the latest rankings available.	Read more »
Sociology College of Arts & Sciences	U.S. News ranks the Baylor graduate program in sociology as No. 77 in the nation, and the 2006 National Research Council rankings show the program ranked as high as the top 18 percent of the nation's 118 sociology doctoral programs.	Read more »
Speech-Language Pathology College of Arts & Sciences	The university's speech-language pathology program, was ranked 79th in the latest U.S. News survey.	Read more »
Department of Statistical Science College of Arts & Sciences	U.S. News ranks Baylor's statistics program at No. 64 in the nation. The most recent National Research Council rankings of doctoral programs include Baylor's statistics program for the first time. The Council's graduate student measures were particularly strong for the program, as Baylor tied for first in the nation, with Northwestern, Florida, Missouri and Rochester.	Read more » Read more »