Baylor University

Baylor University is a private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas, United States, chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas and affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.贝勒大学（Baylor University）是美国得克萨斯州韦科市的一所私立浸信会研究型大学，1845 年由得克萨斯共和国末届国会颁发特许状设立，隶属于得克萨斯州浸信会总会。

Its campus stands on the banks of the Brazos River beside Interstate 35, roughly midway between the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Austin, in the centre of the state.校园坐落在布拉索斯河畔、紧邻 35 号州际公路，大致位于达拉斯-沃斯堡都会区与奥斯汀之间，处于得州中部。

In fall 2024 Baylor enrolled 20,626 students, of whom 14,915 were undergraduates and 5,711 graduate or professional students, and it is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity.2024 年秋季，贝勒大学共有 20,626 名学生注册，其中本科生 14,915 人，研究生与专业学位学生 5,711 人，并被评为研究活动极高的 R1 级博士大学。

History

• In 1841 thirty-five delegates to a meeting of the Union Baptist Association voted to adopt a proposal by William Milton Tryon and R. E. B. Baylor to establish a Baptist university in the Republic of Texas.1841 年，联合浸信会协会会议的 35 名代表表决通过了威廉·米尔顿·特赖恩与 R. E. B. 贝勒的提议，决定在得克萨斯共和国创办一所浸信会大学。
• Baylor, a district judge and a former congressman and soldier from Alabama, gave the institution its name, although some early supporters wanted it called San Jacinto after the battle that secured Texan independence.贝勒曾任地区法官，也是来自亚拉巴马的国会议员与军人，大学以他命名；不过早期有支持者主张以奠定得州独立的圣哈辛托战役为名，称其为圣哈辛托大学。
• In fall 1844 the Texas Baptist Education Society petitioned the Congress of the Republic of Texas, and President Anson Jones signed the charter on 1 February 1845, formally establishing the university.1844 年秋，得克萨斯浸信会教育协会向得克萨斯共和国国会请愿，共和国总统安森·琼斯于 1845 年 2 月 1 日签署特许状，大学由此正式成立。
• The founders built the first campus at Independence, Texas, where James Huckins, the first Southern Baptist missionary to Texas, acted as the university's first full-time fundraiser and is counted as its third founding father.创办者在得克萨斯州独立镇建起最初的校园，首位赴得州的南方浸信会传教士詹姆斯·哈金斯担任学校第一位全职募款人，被视为第三位创校元老。
• Sam Houston, commander of the revolutionary army and later president of the republic, made the first donation of 5,000 dollars, and in 1854 he was baptized in the Brazos River by Rufus Columbus Burleson, a future Baylor president.革命军统帅、后来的共和国总统萨姆·休斯敦捐出第一笔 5,000 美元；1854 年，他在布拉索斯河中由后来的贝勒校长鲁弗斯·哥伦布·伯利森施洗。
• From the 1846 school year Baylor made chapel part of its educational programme, and the practice has remained a feature of student life for more than 160 years.自 1846 学年起，贝勒把礼拜纳入教育安排，这一做法在此后 160 余年间始终是学生生活的一部分。
• In 1849 R. E. B. Baylor and Abner S. Lipscomb of the Texas Supreme Court began teaching the science of law, making Baylor the first institution in Texas and the second west of the Mississippi to offer legal instruction.1849 年，R. E. B. 贝勒与得克萨斯州最高法院的艾布纳·S·利普斯科姆开始讲授法学，使贝勒成为得州第一所、密西西比河以西第二所开设法律课程的学府。
• Stephen Decatur Rowe received the first degree awarded by Baylor, and Mary Kavanaugh Gentry became its first female graduate in 1855, a decade before the university suspended coeducation.斯蒂芬·迪凯特·罗获得贝勒颁授的第一个学位，玛丽·卡瓦诺·金特里于 1855 年成为该校首位女毕业生，此时距学校中止男女同校尚有十年。
• In 1851 the second president, Rufus Columbus Burleson, separated the sexes and made the Baylor Female College an independent institution, leaving Baylor University an all-male school where tuition cost about 8 to 15 dollars a term.1851 年，第二任校长鲁弗斯·哥伦布·伯利森实行男女分校，将贝勒女子学院分立为独立机构，贝勒大学自此成为男校，当时每学期学费约为 8 至 15 美元。
• During the first half of the Civil War the presidency was held by George Washington Baines, maternal great-grandfather of President Lyndon B. Johnson, who struggled to keep the university running as male students left to enlist.内战前半期，校务由乔治·华盛顿·贝恩斯主持，他是后来美国总统林登·B·约翰逊的外曾祖父；男生纷纷离校从军，他竭力维持学校运转。
• After the war Independence declined because it had no railway, and in 1885 Baylor was rechartered and moved to Waco, where it absorbed the local Waco University then led by Burleson.战后，独立镇因不通铁路而衰落；1885 年贝勒重新申领特许状并迁往韦科，并入当时由伯利森执掌的本地韦科大学。
• The Baylor Female College also moved in 1885, to Belton, and later became the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, while Baylor readmitted women and became coeducational again around 1887.贝勒女子学院同年迁往贝尔顿，后来发展为玛丽·哈丁-贝勒大学；贝勒大学则于 1887 年前后重新招收女生，恢复男女同校。
• In the 1890s William Cowper Brann published the Iconoclast in Waco and exposed that Baylor officials had imported South American children recruited by missionaries and used them as house servants, a scandal that ended when Brann was shot by a Baylor supporter.1890 年代，威廉·考珀·布兰在韦科发行《偶像破坏者》报，揭露贝勒管理层把传教士招募的南美儿童运来充当家仆；这场丑闻以布兰被一名贝勒支持者枪击而告终。
• In 1900 three physicians founded the University of Dallas Medical Department, which Baylor acquired in 1903 as the Baylor College of Medicine and which moved to Houston in 1943 with backing from the M. D. Anderson Foundation.1900 年，三位医生创办达拉斯大学医学部；贝勒于 1903 年将其收归旗下，定名贝勒医学院，该院又在安德森基金会等支持下于 1943 年迁往休斯敦。
• The medical school became technically independent in 1969, yet Baylor still elects about 25 percent of its regents, and the two institutions continue to share academic and research links.医学院于 1969 年在法律上独立，但贝勒仍推选其约 25% 的校董，两校在学术与研究上继续保持合作。
• During the Second World War Baylor was one of 131 American colleges and universities that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a route to a naval commission.第二次世界大战期间，贝勒是全美 131 所参与 V-12 海军学院训练计划的院校之一，该计划为学生提供取得海军军官委任的途径。
• Baylor admitted its first black students in 1964, and Robert Gilbert of Waco became its first black graduate in the following years.贝勒于 1964 年录取首批黑人学生，来自韦科的罗伯特·吉尔伯特在此后数年间成为该校首位黑人毕业生。
• In 1991 the university began appointing the majority of its own board, gaining partial independence from the Baptist General Convention of Texas while retaining its Baptist identity.1991 年，学校开始自行任命董事会多数席位，在保持浸信会身份的同时，取得相对于得克萨斯州浸信会总会的部分独立。
• In 2015 the board hired the law firm Pepper Hamilton to review Baylor's handling of sexual assault, and the findings led to the dismissal of President Ken Starr and head football coach Art Briles.2015 年，董事会聘请佩珀·汉密尔顿律师事务所审查贝勒对性侵事件的处理，调查结论导致校长肯·斯塔尔与橄榄球主教练阿特·布赖尔斯被解职。
• Baylor settled Briles's wrongful termination suit for 15.1 million dollars in 2018, and in 2021 it published an independent historical report acknowledging that R. E. B. Baylor and two other founders had owned slaves and supported the Confederacy.2018 年，贝勒以 1,510 万美元了结布赖尔斯的不当解雇诉讼；2021 年又发布独立历史调查报告，承认 R. E. B. 贝勒及另外两位创校人曾蓄奴并支持南方邦联。
• A ban on various forms of sexual conduct, including homosexual acts, stayed in force until 2015, and in 2023 President Linda Livingstone obtained a partial Title IX exemption covering provisions on LGBTQ discrimination and sexual harassment.禁止包括同性性行为在内的多种性行为的校规一直施行至 2015 年；2023 年，校长琳达·利文斯通就涉及 LGBTQ 歧视与性骚扰的条款取得第九条的局部豁免。

Academics

• Baylor is organised into twelve degree-granting academic units, three of them designated colleges, eight designated schools and one a seminary, all coordinated by a single provost.贝勒大学设有十二个可授予学位的学术单位，其中三个称学院、八个称学校、一个为神学院，均由一位教务长统一协调。
• The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest unit and supplies the core curriculum in the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and mathematics for most undergraduates.文理学院是规模最大的学术单位，为多数本科生提供人文、自然科学、社会科学与数学方面的核心课程。
• The Hankamer School of Business awards bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in accounting, finance, marketing, management and information systems, and it attracts a large share of the university's professional students.汉卡默商学院在会计、金融、市场营销、管理与信息系统等领域授予学士、硕士与博士学位，吸纳了该校相当一部分专业学位学生。
• The Law School carries on the legal instruction begun in 1849 and offers the Juris Doctor together with joint degrees that pair law with business and other fields.法学院延续 1849 年开创的法学教育，开设法律博士学位项目，并与商科等领域合办联合学位。
• George W. Truett Theological Seminary, named for the long-serving pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, is the only seminary among the twelve units and trains ministers for Baptist and other congregations.乔治·W·特鲁特神学院以长期主持达拉斯第一浸信会堂的牧师命名，是十二个单位中唯一的神学院，为浸信会及其他教会培养牧职人才。
• The Louise Herrington School of Nursing offers undergraduate and graduate nursing degrees, including preparation for advanced practice, and is one of the university's named professional schools.路易丝·赫林顿护理学院开设本科与研究生护理学位，其中包括高级执业护理的培养，是该校以捐赠人命名的专业学院之一。
• The Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences groups programmes in health studies, human performance, nutrition and family and consumer sciences under one administrative roof.罗宾斯健康与人类科学学院把健康研究、人体运动、营养学以及家庭与消费科学等专业集中于同一管理架构之下。
• The Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, named for a former dean, offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and places students in field agencies across central Texas.黛安娜·R·加兰社会工作学院以前任院长命名，开设学士、硕士与博士学位项目，并把学生派往得州中部的实习机构。
• The School of Education prepares teachers, counsellors and administrators, and its initial certification programmes are recognised for state licensure in Texas.教育学院培养教师、辅导员与学校管理者，其初始认证项目可获得得州州级教师资格。
• The School of Engineering and Computer Science and the School of Music complete the professional units, the latter training performers, composers, teachers and church musicians.工程与计算机科学学院与音乐学院构成其余专业单位，后者培养演奏者、作曲家、教师与教会音乐人才。
• The Honors College enrols selected undergraduates in interdisciplinary seminars and a thesis track, while the Graduate School administers master's and doctoral study across the units.荣誉学院选拔本科生修读跨学科研讨课与学位论文方向，研究生院则统筹各单位的硕士与博士培养。
• In fall 2024 the university recorded 20,626 students, comprising 14,915 undergraduates and 5,711 graduate and professional students, a rise from the 16,000 reported in earlier years.2024 年秋季，全校注册学生 20,626 人，其中本科生 14,915 人、研究生与专业学位学生 5,711 人，较早年约 1.6 万人的规模明显增长。
• Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, and several professional programmes hold separate specialised accreditation.贝勒大学获南方院校协会高校委员会认证，多个专业项目另持有各自的专业认证。
• The Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, established by a bequest from a 1929 graduate, is given biennially, with three finalists each receiving 15,000 dollars and the winner an additional 250,000 dollars.罗伯特·福斯特·切里杰出教学奖由一位 1929 届毕业生的遗赠设立，每两年颁发一次，三名入围者各得 15,000 美元，最终获奖者另获 250,000 美元。
• Recent Cherry Award recipients include Hollylynne S. Lee of North Carolina State University in 2022, Jennifer Cognard-Black of St. Mary's College of Maryland in 2020 and Neil Garg of UCLA in 2018.近年获奖者包括 2022 年北卡罗来纳州立大学的霍莉琳·S·李、2020 年马里兰圣玛丽学院的珍妮弗·科格纳德-布莱克以及 2018 年加州大学洛杉矶分校的尼尔·加格。
• The National Research Council rated Baylor's graduate programme in English first nationally for student support and outcomes and its doctoral programme in sociology third, while the law school, business school and science programmes are regularly listed in national rankings.美国国家研究委员会曾把贝勒的英语研究生项目评为全美学生支持与培养成效第一、社会学博士项目第三，其法学院、商学院与理科项目也常年进入全国排名榜。

Campus

• Baylor's main campus lies in Waco on the banks of the Brazos River, immediately beside Interstate 35, the corridor that links the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex with Austin and San Antonio.贝勒主校区位于韦科的布拉索斯河畔，紧贴连接达拉斯-沃斯堡都会区与奥斯汀、圣安东尼奥的 35 号州际公路走廊。
• The original campus at Independence survives as Baylor College Park, a memorial site that keeps the layout and memory of the university's first home in the Republic of Texas era.独立镇的原始校园以「贝勒学院公园」的形式保留下来，这处纪念地留存着学校在得克萨斯共和国时期最初校址的格局与记忆。
• McLane Stadium, announced in July 2012 at a cost of 260 million dollars, opened in fall 2014 with 45,000 seats on 93 acres beside the Brazos River and Interstate 35.麦克莱恩体育场于 2012 年 7 月宣布兴建，造价 2.6 亿美元，2014 年秋季启用，设 45,000 个座位，占地 93 英亩，毗邻布拉索斯河与 35 号州际公路。
• The stadium was designed by the architecture firm Populous, known for Yankee Stadium in New York, and built by a partnership of Austin Commercial and Flintco.该体育场由以纽约洋基体育场闻名的 Populous 建筑事务所设计，由奥斯汀商业公司与弗林特科公司组成的联合体承建。
• From 1950 Baylor played football at Floyd Casey Stadium, originally Baylor Stadium, which stood four miles from campus and seated up to 50,000 spectators after renovations in 1998 and 2005.1950 年起，贝勒的橄榄球赛在弗洛伊德·凯西体育场举行，该场原名贝勒体育场，距校园四英里，经 1998 年与 2005 年两次翻修后可容纳约 5 万名观众。
• Between 1936 and 1949 the Bears played at Waco Municipal Stadium, the period in which the programme moved from regional fixtures toward national prominence.1936 年至 1949 年间，贝勒熊队的主场设在韦科市立体育场，这一时期球队由地区赛事逐步走向全国舞台。
• Waco Hall hosts the freshman Mass Meeting each homecoming week, Fountain Mall carries the bonfire built by the first-year class, and Traditions Square holds the Immortal Ten statue dedicated on 2 November 2007.韦科礼堂每年返校节周承办新生大会，喷泉广场上燃起一年级新生堆起的篝火，传统广场则安放着 2007 年 11 月 2 日落成的「不朽十人」纪念雕像。
• The Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative opened in the former General Tire factory on South Loop Drive, a facility donated by regent Clifton Robinson and funded by the state of Texas and the university.贝勒研究与创新协作中心设于南环大道原通用轮胎厂厂房内，该设施由校董克利夫顿·罗宾逊捐出，并由得州政府与学校共同出资。
• The Armstrong Browning Library, opened in 1951, houses the world's largest collection of manuscripts and memorabilia relating to the Victorian poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.阿姆斯特朗·布朗宁图书馆于 1951 年启用，收藏维多利亚时代诗人罗伯特·布朗宁与伊丽莎白·巴雷特·布朗宁相关的手稿与文物，规模为全球之最。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Baylor is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a tied range rather than a single position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，贝勒大学位列第 1201-1400 位，这是一个并列区间而非单一的名次。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place Baylor in the 801-1000 band, its strongest showing among the four major global tables.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把贝勒列入 801-1000 区间，这是该校在四大全球榜单中的最好表现。
• U.S. News and World Report ranks Baylor 451st in its 2026-2027 Best Global Universities list, placing it in the upper third of the American institutions surveyed.在《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学榜单中，贝勒大学名列第 451 位，位居受评美国院校的前三分之一。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026, compiled by ShanghaiRanking, places Baylor in the 601-700 band, its first appearance in that range.由软科编制的 2026 年世界大学学术排名把贝勒列入 601-700 区间。
• OpenAlex records 53,662 works and 2,048,345 citations for Baylor, a research output concentrated in the biomedical sciences, physics and the social sciences.OpenAlex 数据库收录贝勒大学 53,662 项成果与 2,048,345 次引用，科研产出集中于生物医学、物理学与社会科学。
• In the 2025 U.S. News Best Colleges table Baylor was ranked tied for 88th among national universities, tied 27th for best undergraduate teaching and tied 38th for most innovative.在 2025 年《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳大学榜中，贝勒大学与其它院校并列全美综合性大学第 88 位、最佳本科教学第 27 位、最具创新力第 38 位。
• Forbes placed Baylor 188th among 500 rated American colleges in its 2025 report, 109th among private institutions and 42nd in the southern region.《福布斯》2025 年榜单把贝勒列为全美 500 所受评院校第 188 位、私立院校第 109 位、南部地区第 42 位。
• Baylor was classified as an R1 doctoral university in 2021, one of 146 American institutions in that category, and its endowment passed one billion dollars in 2007 and 1.1 billion by May 2013.贝勒于 2021 年被归为 R1 级博士大学，是当时全美 146 所同类院校之一；其捐赠基金在 2007 年突破 10 亿美元，至 2013 年 5 月已超过 11 亿美元。
• Membership of the Big 12 Conference and NCAA team titles in 2004, 2005, 2012, 2019 and 2021 give Baylor a national visibility that outweighs its position in the global research tables.作为大十二联盟成员，并在 2004、2005、2012、2019 与 2021 年五度夺得全美大学生体育协会团体冠军，贝勒的全国知名度远超其在全球科研榜单上的位次。

Student life

• More than 16,000 students attend Baylor from all fifty states, the District of Columbia and about 89 foreign countries, and roughly 36 percent live in university-owned or affiliated housing while 64 percent live off campus.贝勒的学生逾 1.6 万人，来自全美五十个州、哥伦比亚特区以及约 89 个国家；约 36% 住在学校拥有或关联的宿舍，64% 住在校外。
• About 14 percent of undergraduate men belong to fraternities and 21 percent of undergraduate women to sororities, supervised by four councils, the Interfraternity, Unified Greek, National Pan-Hellenic and Panhellenic councils.约 14% 的本科男生加入兄弟会、21% 的本科女生加入姐妹会，这些组织由校际兄弟会理事会、联合希腊理事会、全国泛希腊理事会与泛希腊理事会四个机构管理。
• Baylor refused recognition to an LGBTQ student group in 2013, an unofficial group called Gamma Alpha Upsilon appeared in 2021, and in 2022 the university chartered an official organisation named Prism under its statement on human sexuality.贝勒 2013 年拒绝承认 LGBTQ 学生组织，2021 年校内出现名为 Gamma Alpha Upsilon 的非官方团体，2022 年学校依其人类性行为声明正式注册了名为 Prism 的学生组织。
• The 340-member Golden Wave Band plays at every home football game and sometimes travels to away games, its name dating from a 1928 tour of West Texas when observers likened the gold uniforms to a wave sweeping the landscape.拥有 340 名成员的金浪乐队在每场主场橄榄球赛上演出，有时也随队出征客场；其名称源自 1928 年西得州巡演，当时观众把金色制服比作掠过原野的浪潮。
• The Noble NoZe Brotherhood, an unofficial fraternal society founded in 1924, publishes satirical writing in its newspaper The Rope and keeps members' identities hidden.贵族诺兹兄弟会是一个 1924 年成立的非官方社团，在其报纸《绳索》上发表讽刺文字，并始终隐匿成员身份。
• The Baylor Chamber of Commerce, a coeducational spirit organisation founded in 1919, plans Homecoming, Family Weekend and Diadeloso, and cares for the university's live bear mascots.贝勒商会是一个 1919 年成立的男女混合精神团体，负责筹办返校节、家庭周末与「美好一日」活动，并照管学校的活体熊吉祥物。
• The Baylor Line, begun in 1970, sends first-year students in personalised jerseys onto the field before home football games, a tradition restricted to men until 1994.「贝勒列队」始于 1970 年，新生身穿印有个人绰号的球衣在主场橄榄球赛前冲入球场，这一传统在 1994 年之前仅限男生参加。
• Each homecoming week freshmen attend a Mass Meeting in Waco Hall commemorating the Immortal Ten, the ten students and staff killed on 22 January 1927 when a bus carrying the basketball team collided with a train at Round Rock.每年返校节周，新生在韦科礼堂参加纪念「不朽十人」的大会，悼念 1927 年 1 月 22 日载有篮球队的巴士在朗德罗克与火车相撞时罹难的十名师生。
• Baylor held what is generally regarded as the nation's first homecoming in November 1909, an event now combining a football game, bonfire, concerts, reunions and a parade described as the oldest collegiate parade in the country.贝勒于 1909 年 11 月举办了通常被视为全美首创的返校节，如今这一活动融合橄榄球赛、篝火、音乐会、同学聚会，以及被称为全美历史最悠久的院校游行。
• Students chose the bear as mascot in 1914, received their first live bear from the 107th Engineers in 1917, and welcomed cubs Indy and Belle in 2023 after the deaths and retirement of Joy and Lady, while Bruiser and Marigold serve as costumed mascots.学生于 1914 年选定熊为吉祥物，1917 年从第 107 工兵团得到第一头活熊；在乔伊与莱迪相继离世和退役后，学校于 2023 年迎来幼熊印迪与贝尔，另有 Bruiser 与 Marigold 担任人偶吉祥物。
• The alma mater, "That Good Ol' Baylor Line", began in 1906 when a student wrote humorous verses to the tune of "In the Good Old Summer Time" and the song was soon adopted as the university's anthem.校歌《那美好的老贝勒列队》始于 1906 年，一名学生依《在那美好的旧夏日时光》曲调填写诙谐歌词，这首歌很快被奉为学校颂歌。

Notable people

• Baylor counts more than 180,000 living alumni, among them figures in music, film, sport, business and public life.贝勒的健在校友超过 18 万人，分布于音乐、影视、体育、商界与公共事务等领域。
• Robert Griffin III, quarterback of the 2011 team, won the Heisman Trophy and was named national player of the year in the same season.2011 年球队的四分卫罗伯特·格里芬三世在同一年赢得海斯曼奖，并当选全美年度最佳球员。
• Basketball centre Brittney Griner, sprinter Michael Johnson, who won four Olympic gold medals, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Mike Singletary and Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Ted Lyons are among its athletic graduates.篮球中锋布兰妮·格里纳、四枚奥运金牌得主短跑名将迈克尔·约翰逊、入选职业橄榄球名人堂的线卫迈克·辛格尔特里以及入选棒球名人堂的投手特德·莱昂斯，都是该校的运动员校友。
• Willie Nelson, the Grammy-winning singer, studied at Baylor, and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky also attended the university without completing a degree there.格莱美奖得主、乡村歌手威利·纳尔逊曾在贝勒就读，肯塔基州联邦参议员兰德·保罗亦曾在此求学但未在母校完成学位。
• The novelist Thomas Harris, author of The Silence of the Lambs, the ventriloquist Jeff Dunham and the Emmy-winning actress Angela Kinsey, known for the NBC comedy The Office, are alumni.《沉默的羔羊》作者托马斯·哈里斯、腹语艺人杰夫·邓纳姆以及因全国广播公司喜剧《办公室》成名的艾美奖得主安吉拉·金西均为校友。
• Screenwriter and director John Lee Hancock, whose The Blind Side was nominated for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Picture, and screenwriter Derek Haas, who worked on 3:10 to Yuma and Wanted, graduated from Baylor.编剧兼导演约翰·李·汉考克与编剧德里克·哈斯都毕业于贝勒，前者的《弱点》获 2009 年奥斯卡最佳影片提名，后者参与创作《决斗犹马镇》与《通缉令》。
• The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky, the Grammy-winning Christian musicians David Crowder and Phil Driscoll and the Gaither Vocal Band tenor David Phelps represent its musical alumni.普利策奖作曲家史蒂文·斯塔基、格莱美奖得主基督教音乐人大卫·克劳德与菲尔·德里斯科尔，以及盖瑟合唱团男高音大卫·菲尔普斯，代表该校的音乐校友群体。
• Chip and Joanna Gaines, graduates of 1998 and 2001, starred in the HGTV series Fixer Upper and launched the Magnolia Network in 2021 within the Discovery family of channels.1998 届与 2001 届毕业生奇普·盖恩斯与乔安娜·盖恩斯主演 HGTV 系列节目《改建家园》，并于 2021 年在探索频道旗下创办木兰电视网。
• Business leaders among the alumni include Oracle chief executive Mark Hurd, American Airlines chief executive Thomas W. Horton, Western Refining chief executive Paul Foster, XTO Energy chief executive Bob R. Simpson and Drayton McLane Jr., former owner of the Houston Astros.校友中的商界领袖包括甲骨文首席执行官马克·赫德、美国航空首席执行官托马斯·W·霍顿、西部炼油首席执行官保罗·福斯特、XTO 能源首席执行官鲍勃·R·辛普森，以及休斯敦太空人队前老板小德雷顿·麦克莱恩。
• Public figures include former Texas governors Ann Richards and Mark White, former FBI director William S. Sessions and former San Antonio mayor Phil Hardberger, while Allen Stanford, later convicted of fraud, also holds a Baylor degree.政界人物包括得州前州长安·理查兹与马克·怀特、联邦调查局前局长威廉·S·塞申斯以及圣安东尼奥前市长菲尔·哈德伯格；后来因欺诈罪被判刑的艾伦·斯坦福同样拥有贝勒学位。