Baylor University

Private nonprofit school in Waco, Texas. 14,785 undergraduates. School website

95.0%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$44,441
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$78,845
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, Baylor University's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 95.0% of the time (1,092 test-takers), 6.0 points above the Texas BSN average of 89.0%.
  • That puts it 14th of 54 ranked BSN programs in Texas on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $44,441 a year is $26,958 above the $17,483 median of the 44 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate rose 1.8 points between 2023 and 2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2023 367 first-time takers94.3%
  • 2024 363 first-time takers94.5%
  • 2025 362 first-time takers96.1%

Texas BSN average, latest year: 89.0%

Source: Texas board of nursing, calendar. Listed by the board as Baylor University.

Nursing programs at Baylor University

Nursing programs at Baylor University
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)330$18,125$78,845CCNENo

Graduates are IPEDS completions for 2023–24 and include RN-to-BSN completers. Debt is the median federal loan balance of graduates who borrowed; pay is the median earnings of graduates working one year out (2024 dollars). Both from the College Scorecard. A dash means the figure is not published. “Partly” means some, but not all, of the school's programs at this level can be completed fully online, such as an RN-to-BSN track.

About these figures

81% of first-time, full-time students at Baylor University finish within 150% of normal time (whole school, not nursing alone). Pass rates, cost and pay come from public sources listed on data sources and are combined by the method on how we rank programs. We do not accept payment to change a school's listing.

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