by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Baylor University was awarded 120 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.
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Baylor landed the #150 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
Baylor is also ranked #6 out of 115 schools in Texas.
If you're applying to Baylor University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 46%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 28% of students accepted to Baylor submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 620 and 700. Math scores were between 610 and 710.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Baylor University, this ratio is 15 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Baylor University is 64%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Baylor University has a freshmen retention rate of 90%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Baylor for first-time, full-time students is 64%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 14,399 undergraduates at Baylor with 14,145 being full-time and 254 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $27,102 | $26,538 | $30,976 | $34,485 | $44,827 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Baylor, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Baylor, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $14,404 a year. That adds up to $57,616 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Baylor is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Baylor are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Phone: | 254-710-1011 |
| Website: | www.baylor.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 420 | $63,438 |
| Nursing | 395 | $75,213 |
| Communication Sciences | 341 | $38,174 |
| General Biology | 256 | $24,408 |
| Accounting | 231 | $68,187 |
| Marketing | 193 | $57,162 |
| Social Work | 186 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 183 | $43,740 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 181 | $67,909 |
| Public Health | 156 | $23,096 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 9,259 students took at least one online class at Baylor University. This is a decrease from the 12,730 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 9,259 | 2,920 |
| 2021-2022 | 12,730 | 3,014 |
| 2020-2021 | 17,850 | 3,456 |
| 2018-2019 | 935 | 415 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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