{"id":24810,"date":"2025-05-29T10:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=24810"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:28:28","slug":"the-baylor-experience-is-about-so-much-more-than-just-a-diploma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2025\/05\/the-baylor-experience-is-about-so-much-more-than-just-a-diploma\/","title":{"rendered":"The Baylor experience is about so much more than just a diploma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24811\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/quad-lamppost-may25.jpg\" alt=\"A lamppost with Baylor banners in the Quadrangle\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/quad-lamppost-may25.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/quad-lamppost-may25-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/quad-lamppost-may25-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/quad-lamppost-may25-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For some, college is just about getting a piece of paper that, after four years, will help land a job. And while that&#8217;s important, the Baylor experience is about so, so much more.<\/p>\n<p>Students who enroll at Baylor University are looking for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2025\/10\/baylor-jumps-to-no-4-in-the-nation-for-first-year-experience-says-u-s-news\/\">A top-10 undergraduate experience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2024\/04\/not-too-big-not-too-small-inside-baylors-caring-community\/\">A caring community<\/a> that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2024\/09\/with-400-student-orgs-on-campus-theres-something-for-everyone-at-baylor\/\">something for everyone<\/a><\/li>\n<li>One of the nation&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2026\/02\/baylor-named-to-times-best-colleges-for-future-leaders-for-third-straight-year\/\">best colleges at equipping future leaders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2025\/09\/baylor-new-u-s-news-rankings\/\">The best academics in the Big 12 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A university that goes out of its way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2024\/11\/baylor-sets-record-retention-graduation-rates-heres-why-that-matters\/\">help you complete your degree on time<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The rare pairing for undergrads: <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2025\/11\/baylor-on-short-list-of-schools-in-u-s-news-top-40-for-both-undergrad-teaching-research\/\">great classroom education and great research opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<li>One of the nation&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2026\/03\/baylor-among-americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses-say-three-major-outlets\/\">most beautiful college campuses<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A place where Christian faith is the foundation, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2025\/05\/baylor-professors-explain-how-bus-christian-commitment-drew-them-here\/\">classroom<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2025\/05\/baylor-sends-off-students-with-first-student-mission-trip-commissioning-ceremony\/\">missions<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2025\/03\/chapel-with-the-first-gent-one-of-dozens-of-chapel-options-for-baylor-students\/\">Chapel<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2026\/04\/fm72-brings-baylor-students-together-in-prayer-worship-before-easter\/\">campus events<\/a> &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2024\/07\/how-baylors-christian-faith-is-literally-built-into-our-campus\/\">literally built into the campus<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then, after all that, comes the diploma and a launching out into the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2026\/02\/placement-rate-for-baylor-grads-again-hits-92-continuing-trend-of-success\/\">90+% of Baylor grads find jobs, internships, or grad school spots within six months of graduation<\/a> &#8212; a percentage that ranks among the very best nationally.<\/p>\n<p><em>That<\/em> is the Baylor experience.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Bears!<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>[updated May 2026]<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some, college is just about getting a piece of paper that, after four years, will help land a job. And while that&#8217;s important, the Baylor experience is about so, so much more. Students who enroll at Baylor University are looking for: A top-10 undergraduate experience A caring community that has something for everyone One [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}