About Baylor University

Baylor University (BU) is a private Christian university in Waco, Texas. Chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas, it is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River in the United States.

It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 14,348, its setting is city, and the campus size is 1,000 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Baylor University’s ranking in the 2018 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #75.