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Before Erik Carter and his family moved to Waco, he spent more than 20 years at major research institutions in metropolitan cities, Vanderbilt University in Nashville and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Entering his fourth year at Baylor, Carter shares more about how Baylor and Waco exceeded every expectation as a vibrant community in which to live, work and put down lasting roots.
From getting a head start on housing and academic advising to receiving a $3,000 scholarship, here’s how prospective students can be rewarded for making Baylor their top choice when applying to college.
Navigating college can be overwhelming, but thankfully Baylor offers resources that are often just a click or short walk across campus away. Whether you need help writing a paper, need a flu shot or have questions regarding your financial aid – we’re here to point you in the right direction.
Welcome Week offers new students an opportunity to get to know their new classmates and Baylor's campus and traditions.
Baylor offers a variety of programs designed to help students achieve their academic potential.
At Baylor, students are more than a name on an attendance roster. Many professors help students with their research, find connections they can use later, write recommendations for internships and become trusted advisors they can ask big questions to.
Baylor Send-off Parties are a place where incoming students and families gather across the nation to make friends and build connections as they meet others in their area. This year, Baylor is hosting nearly 70 parties, and registration remains open for this fun welcome in the Baylor Family.
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Summer 2026
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Students in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business benefit from programs designed to enhance leadership skills.
Baylor Student Life cultivates a second-year experience for students to help guide their path to graduation and beyond.
The Global Flourishing Study is equipping families and organizations with the real-world tools to build conversations and communities where “the whole person” can thrive.
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Soon, hundreds of students will embark on Baylor summer missions trips, spanning the globe to serve others and share the love of Christ. Becky Kennedy, Assistant Dean for Spiritual Life and Missions and Associate Chaplain in Baylor Spiritual Life, shares the impact of discipline-specific mission trips that form students as they serve.
For Baylor students, career success begins when they set foot on campus, with the help of the Baylor University Career Center. Baylor’s placement rate of 91 percent is one of the best in the nation, and its approach is student-centered, walking alongside students and helping them define success. Michael Estepp, newly appointed Assistant Vice Provost in the Career Center, showcases the approach that helps students successfully pursue their calling.
Archaeologist and anthropologist Julie Hoggarth heads to Belize this week to continue her nationally recognized research on ancient Maya cultures, uncovering what their experiences can teach us today. Hoggarth was recently recognized as a prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, and she takes listeners inside the findings that yield new insights from her digs.
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College is about education, of course — but it’s just as much about the experience.
Thankfully, Baylor excels in both areas — and that’s the message behind the University’s new 30-second television spot, which debuted last weekend on social media and national television:
At least one Baylor Bear has played in the NFL every year for the last 90 years. You have to go all the way back to 1936 to find the last time an entire NFL season was played without a Baylor Bear.
This year, there are 15 Bears in the league to start the season: nine on active rosters, one on the injured list, and five more on practice squads. Here are the Bears we’ll be cheering on Sundays:
For almost a decade now, single-digit numbers have told a story for Baylor Football, and it’s one Baylor fans easily recognize: Single-digit guys are leaders, voted on each year by their teammates. It’s a badge of honor, like a helmet sticker, embodied by past stars such as Jalen Pitre and Terrel Bernard.
As the 2026 season kicks off, a new group of Baylor players have earned the nod from their teammates — six of whom made their presence known quickly, receiving the honor in their first year with the program. On the field and off, get to know the players who will be counted on to lead this year’s team:
We all knew it. Now the nation knows it, too. In a national vote conducted by USA Today, the Baylor Line run was named the No. 1 pregame walk-out tradition in all of college football, beating such other traditions as Auburn’s War Eagle flight, Colorado’s running Ralphie and Virginia Tech’s “Enter Sandman.”
Baylor ranks among the top 20% of universities in the world, according to two recent rankings.
Yes, you read that right. In the first ranking, U.S. News — perhaps best known for its annual evaluation of America’s top colleges and universities — looked around the globe at more than 2,000 universities, and placed Baylor among the top 20% on the planet.
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The John Templeton Foundation has awarded $1.2 million to Baylor's Hankamer School of Business and the Spurlock Judicial Fund to support an international initiative that promotes judicial virtue, ethical leadership and professional responsibility in Mongolia's legal system.
As scientists prepare for the next generation of Moon exploration, lunar rovers will play a critical role in discerning which samples are worth collecting and returning to Earth for study.
ABET accreditation affirms excellence of Baylor undergraduate programs in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Baylor's celebrated church music professor Randall Bradley, D.M.A., Interim Dean of the School of Music, is among this year's honorees of the Big 12 Faculty of the Year Awards.
During a ceremonial sign unveiling, Baylor University celebrated the naming of the Moody School of Education, made possible by a transformational $30 million gift from the Moody Foundation.
Baylor University is part of a $30 million NSF Science and Technology Center focused on understanding turbulence, a complex phenomenon with applications in fusion energy, astrophysics and hypersonic flight.
Running the Baylor Line has been named Best Walk-Out Tradition in college football by the USA Today Sports' 2026 Readers' Choice Awards.
As mainland Europe witnessed a total solar eclipse Aug. 12, Baylor researchers reported that viewing the 2024 U.S. eclipse increased awe and positive emotion, especially when experienced with others.
Located in the heart of the Texas Triangle, America’s fastest-growing megaregion, Baylor is leveraging its position to expand research, develop future leaders and serve the needs of a rapidly growing and economically dynamic region.
As schools increasingly become "phone-free," thoughtful policies around phones can improve student engagement, behavior and well-being, notes a Baylor education researcher.
Presale opens at 11 a.m. CT Aug. 13, with general public tickets on sale Aug. 14 for Third Day's 30th Anniversary Tour stopping in April 2027 at Baylor’s Foster Pavilion.
New research by Baylor University psychology and neuroscience researchers suggests that people who are more prone to worry may find those quiet moments especially distressing.