Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business Climbs in US News Rankings

September 12, 2022

Baylor University's transformational undergraduate academic programs and experiences were the major highlights in the latest Best Colleges rankings for 2023 released today by U.S. News & World Report.

Baylor was highly positioned in the program rankings, which came from college presidents, provosts and admissions deans who were asked to name the top standout schools in each category.

Baylor's highest ranked program is undergraduate entrepreneurship, which moved up to No. 8 nationally in the U.S. News rankings. Located within the Hankamer School of Business, Baylor undergraduate entrepreneurship also is the top-ranked program in Texas, ahead of the UT-Austin (No. 9), University of Houston (No. 12) and TCU (No. 25).

Baylor's undergraduate accounting program also moved up 13 places to No. 44 nationally.

Overall undergraduate business programs in the Hankamer School of Business climbed several spots to No. 64 in the nation.

"It's rewarding to have our peer institutions and others recognize Baylor's high-quality undergraduate programs and how much we deeply value the undergraduate student experience, from the first year on campus to sharing academic pursuits and interests in living-learning centers to our faculty's outstanding teaching, innovation and research opportunities for students," said Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D. "Baylor is a Christian Research 1 university with a distinct and compelling mission, including providing our students with a transformational academic education and co-curricular experience that prepares the whole person for worldwide leadership and service."

The full list of Baylor programs included in the rankings is here: https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=230171