Baylor University

==Academics==

===Rankings===
[[File:Baylor University June 2016 63 (Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center).jpg|thumb|[[Baylor Law School]] on the [[Brazos River]]]]
{{Infobox US university ranking
| USNWR_NU = 93 <small>(tie)</small>
| USNWR_W = 372 <small>(tie)</small>
| Forbes = 257
| Wamo_NU = 357
| QS_W = 1001–1200
| THES_W = 601–800
| THE_WSJ = 331
| ARWU_NU = 145–157
| ARWU_W = 601–700
}}

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<big>USNWR graduate school rankings</big><ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/baylor-university-223232/overall-rankings |title=Baylor University Graduate School Rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922002158/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/baylor-university-223232/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| Business
| 56
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| Education
| 147
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| Engineering
| 129
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| Law
| 50
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| Nursing: Doctorate
| 59
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<big>USNWR departmental rankings</big><ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings"/>
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| Biological Sciences
| 85
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| Chemistry
| 88
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| Clinical Psychology
| 101
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| Earth Sciences
| 99
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| English
| 116
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| Entrepreneurship 
| 8
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| Health Care Management
| 17
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| Mathematics
| 117
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| Nursing–Midwifery
| 21
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| Physical Therapy
| 13
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| Physics
| 124
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| Psychology
| 98
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| Public Health
| 62
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| Social Work
| 59
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| Sociology
| 87
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| Speech–Language Pathology
| 55
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| Statistics
| 83
|}

In the 2021 "Best Colleges" rankings by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', Baylor was ranked tied for 76th best "national university" in the U.S., tied at 31st for "Best Undergraduate Teaching", tied at 25th for "Most Innovative".<ref name=USNWR>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/baylor-university-6967/overall-rankings |title=U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings - Baylor University |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922002119/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/baylor-university-6967/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref>

Baylor University is accredited by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sacscoc.org/details.asp?instid=15920|title=Southern Association of Colleges and Schools {{!}} Commission on Colleges {{!}} Institution Details|website=Commission on Colleges|access-date=December 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222104926/http://www.sacscoc.org/details.asp?instid=15920|archive-date=December 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Graduate rankings===
Several Baylor graduate programs, including its law school, Hankamer School of Business and programs in the sciences and education are nationally ranked.<ref>{{cite web
|title= Baylor Programs Ranked in U.S. News Grad School Survey
|url= http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=73343
|access-date= June 15, 2011
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110119145839/http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=73343
|archive-date= January 19, 2011
|url-status= live
|date = April 26, 2010}}</ref> According to the National Research Council (NRC), among those programs, Baylor's Graduate program in English was ranked first for Student Support and Outcomes by the National Research Council, and Baylor's Doctoral program in Sociology was ranked third nationally, based on criteria such as the percentage of students receiving full financial support, PhD completion percentage, median time to completion of degrees, and job placement rate.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/nrc-rankings-overview-/124663|title=Doctoral Programs by the Numbers|journal=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=December 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221053331/http://www.chronicle.com/article/nrc-rankings-overview-/124663|archive-date=December 21, 2016|url-status=live|date=September 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/index.php?id=82669#Q |title=Baylor Programs Ranked in U.S. News Grad School Survey and National Research Council |access-date=November 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116040959/http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/index.php?id=82669 |archive-date=November 16, 2013 }}</ref>

===Institutional organization===
[[File:Baylor Pat Neff 2.JPG|thumb|Pat Neff Hall houses the office of the university's president and others]]

The university is divided into twelve degree-granting academic units.  Three of the units are designated as [[colleges]], while eight others are designated as schools and one is a seminary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baylor University Colleges & Schools|url=http://www.baylor.edu/academics/|website=Baylor University Academics|publisher=Baylor University|access-date=February 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603213419/http://www.baylor.edu/academics/|archive-date=June 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> They are:
*College of Arts & Sciences
*Diana R. Garland School of Social Work
*[[George W. Truett Theological Seminary]]
*Graduate School
*Hankamer School of Business
*Honors College
*[[Baylor Law School|Law School]]
*Louise Herrington School of Nursing
*Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences
*School of Education
*School of Engineering & Computer Science
*School of Music