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WHY RECRUIT BAYLOR STUDENTS

Who We Are

• Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas. Baylor, a private Christian university and nationally ranked research institution, is the oldest continually operating university in the state
  
• 2009 Enrollment-73% of entering freshmen were in the top 25% of their high school graduating class, while 40% were in the top 10 percent
  
• 14,614 total enrollment (12,149 undergraduate and 2,465 graduate/professional students
  
• Degree programs: 151 baccalaureate, 75 masters, 29 doctoral and juris doctor
  

Academics

• Baylor is one of the only 44 colleges and universities in the U.S.-and the only Big 12 school-named a Best Buy by the Fiske Guide to Colleges
• According to The Daily Beast, Baylor is ranked 15th among "Techs 29 Most Powerful Colleges"
  
• Baylor ranks 35th out of 360 colleges and universities participating in the National Merit Scholars program
  
• Hankamer School of Business is among the Top 50 in Business Week's 2009 rankings of the Top Undergraduate Business Schools
  
• Baylor Law students have scored the highest passing rate on the Texas State Bar exam 12 times since 2002
  
• Baylor School of Social Work is a co-sponsor of the Texas Hunger Initative, a cooperative effort to alleviate hunger in the state

What We Do

• 260 clubs and organizations, including 41 national and local sororities and fraternities and the first collegiate chapter of Habitat for Humanity
• Baylor students, faculty and staff annually volunteer more that 150,000 hours annually of local community service
  

Athletics

• Baylor Athletics-NCAA Division 1, Big 12 Conference
  
• 19 Varsity sports
  
• 2012 and 2005 NCAA national champions in women's basketball
  
• 2012 and 2010 NCAA Elite 8 appearance in men's basketball
  
• 2012 Heisman Trophy Winner, Robert Griffen III
  
• In three of the last four years, Baylor has produced the Big 12's highest Graduation Success Rate score among its athletes, according to the NCA.