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#20 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#75 Best Value Schools
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#27 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#66 Business Programs
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#47 Accounting
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#8 Entrepreneurship
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#48 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#42 Most Innovative Schools
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#297 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#120 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#8 First-Year Experiences
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#22 Writing in the Disciplines
Baylor University is ranked #79 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
55
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
136
Graduation and retention rank
103
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
75%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
89%
Social Mobility Rank
297
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
69%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
81%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
76%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.2
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
58
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
64
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
91.7%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
84%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
50.4%
Classes with 50 or more students
9%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
14:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
79
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
26-31
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
40%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
103
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
63
Average alumni giving rate
14.2%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
