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Baylor tuition and net price

Baylor University · Waco, Texas · Private nonprofit · 14,785 undergraduates

$63,620
tuition and fees, 2025-26
$78,816
full cost of attendance a year
$44,441
average net price after aid

Tuition and fees for 2025-26 come to $63,620, well above the $35,915 median for private four-year colleges. Tuition and fees have risen 67% since 2014-15, when they were $38,120. Families under $30,000 still paid $45,498 on average, 90% of what families above $110,000 paid ($50,541).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $45,498Income under $30,000$45,498Income $30,001 to $48,000: $24,146Income $30,001 to $48,000$24,146Income $48,001 to $75,000: $33,908Income $48,001 to $75,000$33,908Income $75,001 to $110,000: $38,607Income $75,001 to $110,000$38,607Income over $110,000: $50,541Income over $110,000$50,541
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use Baylor's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$20k$40k$60k$80k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-262014-15 $38k2015-16 $40k2016-17 $42k2017-18 $44k2018-19 $46k2019-20 $47k2020-21 $49k2021-22 $50k2022-23 $52k2023-24 $55k2024-25 no data2025-26 $64k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearTuition and fees
2025-26$63,620
2023-24$54,844
2022-23$51,738
2021-22$50,232
2020-21$49,246
2019-20$47,364
2018-19$45,542
2017-18$43,790
2016-17$42,006
2015-16$40,198
2014-15$38,120

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$63,620
Room and board on campus
$16,638
Books and supplies
$1,530
Full cost of attendance
$78,816 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
16%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
31%
Median federal debt at graduation
$19,500

Colleges similar to Baylor

The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to Baylor in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY		46%15,477$43,336$85,054
Fordham
Bronx, NY		59%10,512$42,760$92,809
George Washington University
Washington, DC		47%11,182$35,760$96,691
TCU
Fort Worth, TX		44%11,026$35,045$77,334
University of Tampa
Tampa, FL		40%10,572$40,584$69,272
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA		44%7,468$47,587$43,451

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Baylor on College Scorecard