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Baylor University

Private Baptist university in Waco, Texas, United States

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About

instance of	private university private not-for-profit educational institution church college
inception	1845
founder	Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor
named after	Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor
motto text	Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana (la)
legal form	Nonprofit Corporation
industry	higher education
language used	English
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Waco
location	Waco
street address	500 Speight Ave., Waco, TX, 76798
postal code	76798
coordinate location	31.5472, -97.1139
official website	https://www.baylor.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	19,297 · September 2020 21,334 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	3,409 · September 2020
admission rate	68% · 2020
admission yield rate	16% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity · 2021 high undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, no medical/veterinary school four-year, large, primarily residential four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence

Finances

endowment	$1,970,511,000 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $1,829,714,000 · 30 June 2021 $1,381,438,000 · 30 June 2020
total assets	$2,976,702,000 · 30 June 2020

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	W. R. Poage Legislative Library, Baylor University McLennan Community College Baylor University Press Institute for Faith and Learning Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion
has part(s)	Baylor University Medical Center Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas Jesse H. Jones Library Moody Memorial Library Armstrong Browning Library
member of	ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Digital Library Federation Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Association of American Colleges and Universities 7 more American Council on Education National Humanities Alliance Coalition for Networked Information Center for Research Libraries Texas Library Coalition for United Action Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
owner of	Floyd Casey Stadium Baylor Ballpark McLane Stadium Ferrell Center The Baylor Lariat KWBU-FM
athletics program	Baylor Bears

Other facts

official blog URL	https://www2.baylor.edu/baylorproud/ · language of work or name: English
participant	William W. Larmour · object of statement has role: architect
religion or worldview	Baptists
significant event	mixed-sex education · since 1845

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (1)

logo image	Baylor Seal.png

Wikimedia and technical details (8)

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API endpoint URL	https://shibboleth-2.baylor.edu/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
topic has template	Template:Baylor University · object of statement has role: Wikimedia navigational template
category of associated people	Category:Baylor University people
social media followers	108,080 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 21039814 · 4 February 2023 13,600 · YouTube channel ID: UCqg_ODGex1mceKyoo48Um1g · 24 August 2025 Earlier figures (3) 101,690 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 21039814 · 21 February 2022 97,714 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 21039814 · 7 January 2021 98,049 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 21039814 · 19 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (62)

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