Quick Facts

Where we are

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735-acre campus in Waco, Texas, with an area population of 215,000

Who we are

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2007 Enrollment

• Freshmen: 2,732
• Avg. SAT score: 1219
• 40 percent of entering freshmen were in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class
• 76 percent of entering freshmen were in the top 25 percent of their high school graduating class
• Minority enrollment among freshman rose from 24.1 percent in fall 2006 to 29 percent for fall 2007
• 78 percent of first-year students are from Texas
• 84 percent of Baylor students receive some form of financial assistance.
• 14,174 total enrollment (11,902 undergraduate and 2,272 graduate/professional students) from every state and approximately 70 foreign countries

Academics

• Baylor offers:
  • 150 degree programs at the undergraduate level
  • 76 master's programs
  • 22 doctoral programs
  • two educational specialists
  • juris doctor
• More than 50 percent of Baylor undergraduates pursue postgraduate degrees.

Schools and colleges

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

What we do

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Campus Life Experience

• 275-plus clubs and organizations, including 25 national and local sororities and fraternities
• Baylor is among the 11 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
• 35 percent of students live on campus in 12 residence halls

Athletics

• NCAA Division I, Big 12 Conference
• 18 varsity sports
• Women's basketball 2005 NCAA national champions
• Men's tennis 2004 NCAA national champions
• Four Olympic gold medalists
• Eighty-eight percent overall graduation rate for athletes
• With 25 Big 12 Conference championships since the Big 12 was formed, Baylor ties for fifth in the Conference