Baylor University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Baylor University, or BU, is a private, Baptist-affiliated, research university located in Waco, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1845 and is the largest Baptist University in the world by enrollment. BU is a member of the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools. The university is known for its programs in business, law, music, theology, and science.

BU offers bachelor, master, doctorate, and professional degrees through the following academic units:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• Graduate School
• Hankamer School of Business
• Honors College
• Law School
• Louise Herrington School of Nursing
• School of Education
• School of Engineering and Computer Science
• School of Music
• School of Social Work

BU has an active Greek life. There are over 20 fraternities and more than 8 sororities at Baylor. Many of the present Greek organizations were local clubs until 1977. This is when BU allowed national affiliations. Baylor has a high rate of male participation in Texas. More than 20% of males participate in the fraternities.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Baptist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in religion and philosophy, drama and performing arts, business and management, therapy and counseling, media, and science.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Selective admissions.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Intensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 14,541 in 2009-2010 (14,864 full-time equivalent).

About 41% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 59% of the class.

Undergrads are 82% of enrolled students, graduate students are 12%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 6%.

Students under 25 years old represent 88% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Baylor provides on-campus housing for 4,732 of its 14,864 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 16 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Big Twelve Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 163 male students received the aid (men were 53% of those receiving aid) and 142 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 47% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Baylor offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (2 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (732 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Fashion Merchandising
• Finance
• Financial Planning and Services
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Insurance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Logistics and Materials Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Operations Management and Supervision
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations
• Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations
• Taxation

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (72 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Science/Studies
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (20 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DESIGN (22 awarded)

• Fashion/Apparel Design
• Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (47 awarded)

• Acting
• Directing and Theatrical Production
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (225 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Health Occupations Teacher Education
• Health Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas

ENGINEERING (84 awarded)

• Archeology
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (151 awarded)

• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Human Nutrition
• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (45 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (136 awarded)

• Law (LLB, JD)

LIBERAL ARTS (432 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• English Composition
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• International Economics
• International Relations and Affairs
• Latin American Studies
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Museology/Museum Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Slavic Studies
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (32 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (268 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
• Journalism
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (34 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (9 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Physician Assistant

MEDICINE (80 awarded)

• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
• Neuroscience
• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

MUSIC (34 awarded)

• Conducting
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
• Music Pedagogy
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music
• Piano and Organ

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (126 awarded)

• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (69 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education
• Nutrition Sciences
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (18 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (181 awarded)

• Divinity/Ministry (BD, MDiv)
• Philosophy
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious/Sacred Music
• Theological and Ministerial Studies

SCIENCE (345 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Bioinformatics
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• Chemistry
• Environmental Biology
• Exercise Physiology
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (50 awarded)

• Forensic Science and Technology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (298 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Communication Disorders
• Educational Psychology
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (4 awarded)

• Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew