Baylor University

===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
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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>