Baylor University

==Student life==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web|title=College Scorecard: Baylor University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?223232-Baylor-University|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]|access-date=May 24, 2022|archive-date=May 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525013310/https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?223232-Baylor-University|url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|61|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|16|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|16|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|84|%|2||background:black}}
|}
[[File:Baylor SUB.JPG|thumb|right|The sign inscribed Baylor's Student Union Building (SUB)]]
[[File:Baylor President's Concert 1.jpg|thumb|Student choirs and orchestras performing the 1812 Overture on Fountain Mall for the 2009 President's Concert.]]

More than 16,000 students study at Baylor University, representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia and approximately 89 foreign countries.<ref name="fall13">{{cite web |url=http://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php?id=214241 |title=Quick Facts |publisher=Baylor University |author=Office of Institutional Research and Testing |access-date=January 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231100119/http://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php?id=214241 |archive-date=December 31, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baylor.edu/student_life/?_buref=661-48570 |title=Baylor University &#124;&#124; Division of Student Life |publisher=Baylor.edu |date=October 10, 2013 |access-date=December 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101170302/http://www.baylor.edu/student_life/?_buref=661-48570 |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The university clubs and organizations provide each student with an opportunity to become engaged with an organization that shares his or her interests. Baylor University has a total undergraduate enrollment of 13,859, with a gender distribution of 42 percent male students and 58 percent female students. At Baylor, 36 percent of students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 64 percent of students live off campus.

===Clubs and organizations===

====Greek organizations====

Approximately 14 percent of undergraduate men are members of fraternities, and 21 percent of undergraduate women are members of a sorority.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baylor.edu/studentactivities/greeklife/ |title=Baylor University &#124;&#124; Greek Life |publisher=Baylor.edu |date=October 24, 2013 |access-date=December 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207093040/http://www.baylor.edu/studentactivities/greeklife/ |archive-date=December 7, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are four councils at Baylor. Most of the university's fraternities began as local fraternities, before affiliating with their national organizations in the late 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baylor.edu/studentactivities/greeklife/index.php?id=74959 |title=Baylor University &#124;&#124; Greek Life &#124;&#124; Meet the Greeks |publisher=Baylor.edu |date=May 15, 2012 |access-date=December 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208225339/http://www.baylor.edu/studentactivities/greeklife/index.php?id=74959 |archive-date=December 8, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:All-University Sing.jpg|thumb|right|Phi Kappa Chi and [[Chi Omega]] performing at Baylor University's 2011 All-University Sing]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Fraternities
! Nickname
! Status
|-
| [[Alpha Tau Omega]]
| ATO
| Active
|-
| [[Beta Theta Pi]]
| Beta
| Active
|-
| [[Delta Tau Delta]]
| Delt
| Active
|-
| [[Kappa Alpha Order]]
| KA
| Active
|-
| [[Kappa Sigma]]
| Ksig
| Active
|-
| [[Lambda Phi Epsilon]]
| Lambdas
| Active
|-
| [[Phi Gamma Delta]]
| Fiji
| Active
|-
| [[Phi Iota Alpha]]
| Phiota
| Active
|-
| [[Pi Kappa Phi]]
| Pi Kapp
| Active
|-
| [[Sigma Phi Epsilon]]
| SigEp
| Active
|-
| [[Sigma Chi]]
| Sigs
| Active<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baylorlariat.com/2015/03/03/sigma-chi-back-after-5-year-disciplinary-leave/|title=Sigma Chi back after 5-year disciplinary leave|date=March 3, 2015|website=Baylorlariat.com|access-date=May 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422145641/https://baylorlariat.com/2015/03/03/sigma-chi-back-after-5-year-disciplinary-leave/|archive-date=April 22, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]]
| SAE
| Active
|-
| [[Tau Kappa Epsilon]]
| TKE
| Active
|-
|[[Beta Upsilon Chi]]
|BYX "Bucks"
|Active
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Fraternities
! Nickname
! Status
|-
| [[Pi Kappa Alpha]]
| Pike
| Inactive
|-
| [[Sigma Nu]]
| Sig Nu
| Inactive
|-
| [[Lambda Chi Alpha]]
| Lambda Chi
| Inactive
|-
| [[Phi Delta Theta]]
| Phi Delt
| Inactive
|-
| [[Delta Upsilon]]
| Ducks
| Inactive
|-
| [[Sigma Tau Gamma]]
| Sig Tau
| Inactive
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Sororities
! Nickname
! Local Founding Date
! Status
|-
| [[Alpha Delta Pi]]
| ADPi
| 1980
| Active
|-
| [[Alpha Chi Omega]]
| AXO, Alpha Chi
| 1985
| Active
|-
|[[Alpha Phi]]
|Aphi
|2019
|Active<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baylorlariat.com/2019/01/14/alpha-phi-participates-in-first-formal-recruitment-at-baylor/|title=Alpha Phi participates in first formal recruitment at Baylor {{!}} The Baylor Lariat|last=Asinof|first=Sarah|date=January 14, 2019 |access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011412/https://baylorlariat.com/2019/01/14/alpha-phi-participates-in-first-formal-recruitment-at-baylor/|archive-date=February 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chi Omega]]
| Chi-O
| 1977
| Active
|-
| [[Delta Delta Delta]]
| Tri Delt
| 1977
| Active
|-
| [[Kappa Alpha Theta]]
| Theta
| 1976
| Active
|-
| [[Kappa Kappa Gamma]]
| Kappa
| 1977 
| Active
|-
| [[Pi Beta Phi]]
| Pi Phi
| 1977
| Active
|-
| [[Zeta Tau Alpha]]
| Zeta
| 1977
| Active
|-
|}
[[File:Baylor Float (KA and Tridelt).jpg|thumb|[[Delta Delta Delta]] and [[Kappa Alpha Order]] participate in Baylor University's 2018 Homecoming Parade.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Sororities
! Nickname
! Local Founding Date
! Status
|-
| [[Kappa Delta]]
| KD
| 1983
| Inactive
|-
|}

'''Non-IFC fraternities, social clubs, and non-NPC sororities'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Fraternities
! Sororities
|-
| Kappa Omega Tau
| Kappa Chi Alpha
|-
| Phi Kappa Chi
| Sigma Phi Lambda
|}

'''NPHC Fraternities and Sororities'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Fraternities
! Sororities
|-
| [[Alpha Phi Alpha]]
| [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]]
|-
| [[Kappa Alpha Psi]]
| [[Delta Sigma Theta]]
|-
| [[Omega Psi Phi]]
| [[Zeta Phi Beta]]
|-
| [[Phi Beta Sigma]]
| 
|}
	
====LGBT organizations ====
Historically, [[LGBT]] student organizations received no official recognition at Baylor University.<ref name="McGee2021" /> The subject of sexual orientation was "too complex" for student groups, according to the statement by a university official posted on a student group's blog.<ref name="Washeck2013">{{cite news |last=Washeck |first=Angela |date=January 21, 2013 |title=Princeton Review Labels Three Texas Universities as LGBT-Unfriendly |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/princeton-review-labels-three-texas-universities-as-lgbt-unfriendly/ |work=Texas Monthly |access-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823164901/https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/princeton-review-labels-three-texas-universities-as-lgbt-unfriendly/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, Baylor chartered an official LGBT organization<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNeel 10 |first=Bekah |date=April 27, 2022 |title=Baylor Grants First Charter to LGBTQ Student Group |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/baylor-prism-lgbtq-students/ |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=Texas Monthly |language=en |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707212103/https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/baylor-prism-lgbtq-students/ |url-status=live }}</ref> called "Prism", that follows the University's "Statement on Human Sexuality", which affirms "purity in singleness and fidelity in marriage between a man and a woman as the biblical norm" and prohibits advocacy groups from promoting "understandings of sexuality that are contrary to biblical teaching", including "homosexual behavior".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baylor University Statement on Human Sexuality |url=https://www.baylor.edu/risk/doc.php/343044.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401033831/https://www.baylor.edu/risk/doc.php/343044.pdf }}</ref>

===Student activities===
Every semester, students participate in various intramural sports. Students build teams within campus organizations, sororities/fraternities, residence halls, and personal friend groups. As of Fall 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schedule |url=https://www.baylor.edu/campusrec/index.php?id=928384 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=Campus Recreation {{!}} Baylor University |language=en-US |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707221407/https://www.baylor.edu/campusrec/index.php?id=928384 |url-status=live }}</ref> Baylor offers these intramural sports:
{| class="wikitable"
!Fall semester
!Spring semester
|-
|Dodgeball
|5-on-5 basketball
|-
|Indoor volleyball
|Table tennis
|-
|Ultimate Frisbee
|Singles tennis
|-
|Tennis mixed doubles
|Co-ed sand volleyball
|-
|Kickball
|Soccer
|-
|Canoe battle
|Spikeball
|-
|Flag football (7v7)
|Softball
|-
|Racquetball
|Track
|-
|Pickleball
|
|-
|Spikeball (co-ed)
|
|}
[[File:Baylor SLC Pool.JPG|thumb|right|The pool in the Student Life Center (SLC)]]

===Golden Wave Band===
{{main|Baylor University Golden Wave Band}}
[[File:2012 Homecoming Show - Baylor University Golden Wave Band.webm|thumb|right|The 2012 Homecoming halftime performance by the [[Baylor University Golden Wave Band]]]]

The Baylor University Golden Wave Band (BUGWB) is the halftime entertainment for Baylor football. The 340-member band attends every home football game and sometimes travels to away games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baylor.edu/gwb/index.php?id=42872 |title=Baylor University &#124;&#124; The Golden Wave Band &#124;&#124; General Information |publisher=Baylor.edu |date=June 28, 2010 |access-date=December 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214105829/http://www.baylor.edu/gwb/index.php?id=42872 |archive-date=December 14, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The band's name dates back to 1928 when, while on tour in West Texas, observers noted that the band members' gold uniforms looked like a giant "golden wave" sweeping over the landscape.

[[File:Baylorsign brotherspg.jpg|thumbnail|Members of [[The NoZe Brotherhood]] in 2002]]

===Noble NoZe Brotherhood===
[[The NoZe Brotherhood|The Noble NoZe Brotherhood]], an unofficial fraternal organization, was founded in 1924 to study the art of bridge construction in association with the BBA (Baylor Bridge Association). The brotherhood provides the university with unusual public pranks and satirical writings in its newspaper, ''The Rope''. Members hide their identities to keep their actions anonymous.

===Military programs===
Baylor University has a strong history of military service dating back to before the Civil War and currently offers both Army and Air Force [[ROTC]] for students. Baylor graduates have served in every major military engagement in Texas history. Formal military instruction began on campus in 1888.[[File:Baylor AFROTC.jpg|thumb|right|Baylor University's Air Force ROTC program celebrated 65 years in 2013.]]

Baylor has had several famous military graduates such as [[Andrew Jackson Lummus, Jr.]], who fought and died at the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] during World War II and received the Medal of Honor for his service. [[John Riley Kane]] also received the Medal of Honor for his service after flying 43 combat missions for a total of 250 combat hours in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Kane's daring operations caused German intelligence reports to dub him "Killer Kane."

In July 1948, the Air Force and Baylor University partnered in the creation of Air Force ROTC Detachment 810 - one of the first detachments ever created. In 2008, Detachment 810 was awarded the Air Force ROTC Right Of Line Award as the No. 1 large detachment in the nation. The unit was additionally awarded the High Flight Award, recognizing it as one of the top four detachments in America. It has been named best in the AFROTC Southwest Region for 1996, 2003 and 2008.

Baylor runs several postgraduate and professional health sciences programs in partnership with the [[Army Medical Department (United States)|Army Medical Department]] headquartered in [[San Antonio]]. Programs offered include the [[Doctor of Physical Therapy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/pt/|title=Baylor University -- Army-Baylor DPT|access-date=August 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729185424/http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/pt/|archive-date=July 29, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Master of Health Administration|MHA]], United States Army Graduate Program in Nursing Anesthesia (USAGPAN), and MHA/[[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] (joint program).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/mha/|title=Baylor University -- Army-Baylor MHA - MBA|access-date=August 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804071439/http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/mha/|archive-date=August 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>