Baylor University
Baylor publishes 52% (Fall 2025). Out-of-state applicants got in at 55%; international at 50%.
Acceptance rate
What Baylor's 52% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Baylor reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test-Optional for 2026-27
- Policy
Official page states: 'We holistically review a student's entire application and have no minimum GPA or SAT/ACT requirements for admission,' and separately that 'Baylor values standardized test scores as distinguishing factors' and encourages submission. Notably, Baylor's policy page explicitly states 'this policy remains subject to change.' Exceptions requiring test scores: homeschooled students, students from schools with narrative-only evaluations, and students graduating high school early.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1200–1400sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 27–32
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 1, 2026 (EA); Nov 1, 2026 (ED)
- Regular decision
- Feb 1, 2027Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 14,785
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $58,100
- Category
- Private
- Admissions site
- www.baylor.edu
What should this school mean for your list?
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Sources
- Baylor test policy (2026-27)
- Baylor deadlines
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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