Graduate School

Baylor University

Graduate School

The Graduate School at Baylor University serves students in over a hundred programs across the humanities, arts, and sciences with resources designed to holistically support their academic and professional development. Come and explore what Baylor has to offer.

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Baylor Achieves Elite R1 Status

Baylor entered the ranks of R1 universities, pursuing research excellence while remaining grounded in its foundational Christian mission.

Patrick Leech

Research Profile

Patrick Leech is a fourth-year Ph.D. Candidate in History and recently named Fulbright Scholar whose research on Hungarian refugee resettlement provides insights into understanding the development of a global refugee resettlement network and US immigration policies.

Research at Baylor

In libraries and laboratories, in archives and in the field, Baylor graduate students pursue scholarship and research that expand understanding, address complex problems, and advance the common good.

Rachel Abouras

Research Profile

Rachel Abouras is a fifth-year Ph.D. Candidate in Higher Education Studies & Leadership. Rachel's research focuses on how the process of earning a college degree in prison shapes how a person views themselves in the future—especially how certain aspects of the college-in-prison experience may lead one to view their future self in a more positive, hopeful light.

Post-Doc Fellowships 23-24

The College of Arts & Sciences, Honors College, School of Education and the Graduate School are pleased to announce the launch of a pilot Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship Program for the academic year 2023-2024. Doctoral research students who complete their doctoral degrees within five active years of enrollment and graduate in 2022-2023 are eligible. Students who anticipate eligibility should submit a brief letter of intent, which includes the endorsement of their Graduate Program Director, and their C.V. to the Baylor Graduate School by Fall 2022.

The Numbers

Graduate Programs

of PhD students admitted with full funding

Funded Travel Awards per year

Full-time Employment of Doctoral Graduates

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Aug

2023

New Graduate Student Orientation