The , located on a 265-acre suburban campus, is a liberal arts college that promotes Christian education and service. The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor is currently ranked in Tier One of the U.S. News & World Report as one of America's Best Universities in the Master's West Division.

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor is divided academically into eight schools, which include business, Christian Studies, Education, Humanities, Sciences, the Scott and White College of nursing, Visual and Performing Arts, and the Graduate School. There are 66 undergraduate majors and 18 graduate programs available to the more than 2,700 students on campus. With 320 full-time faculty and staff members employed, the student to faculty ratio is 14 to one.

Quick Facts

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas as the Female Department of Baylor University.

Mary Hardin established the first school of journalism in a college for women in America.

Mary Hardin became coeducational in 1971, prior to that it was the oldest college for women west of the Mississippi River.

Housing options include seven traditional residence halls and three apartment complexes. Ninety percent of the school's full-time freshmen live on campus.

Over 90 percent of the students receive some form of financial aid.

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