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Languages at Baylor

Baylor graduates about 39 languages majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 91st of 586 schools we score for languages, a standout program at 81 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $27 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

81/100Standout#91 of 586 for languages →
Graduates a year391% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$35,000
Research in the field$27Ma year, NSF
Admit rate52%whole school
SAT middle 50%1230–1410whole school

Around Baylor

The Simpson Athletics and Academic Center on the campus of Baylor University in
Baylor University June 2016 52 (Simpson Athletics and Academic Center)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Simpson Athletics and Academic Center on the campus of Baylor University in
Baylor University June 2016 53 (Simpson Athletics and Academic Center)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Mayborn Museum Complex on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas (Un
Baylor University June 2016 54 (Mayborn Museum Complex)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center on the campus of Baylor University in Waco,
Baylor University June 2016 75 (Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where languages happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Armstrong Browning Library, Carroll Library, Moody Memorial Library, Jesse H. Jones Library, Poage Legislative Library.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 29 · Dorm 15 · Athletics 13 · Student housing 9 · Library 6 · Arts 3.

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Nearby in the languages ranking

  1. University of California, Santa Barbara 81
  2. The Ohio State University 81
  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 81
  4. St. Olaf College 81
  5. University of Puget Sound 81
  6. Gettysburg College 81
  7. Georgia Institute of Technology 81
  8. Saint Louis University 81

Other strong majors at Baylor

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Baylor with every school we score in languages. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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