Baylor University (Hankamer)

Business School Overview

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Business School Overview

The Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University offers graduate programs in these departments and concentrations: accounting, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, general management, health care administration, international business, marketing, management information systems, tax, and technology. Its tuition is full-time: $30,586 per year. At graduation, 65.7 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

The Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has five full-time master’s programs, and offers advanced degrees in information systems, accountancy, taxation, and economics in addition to its M.B.A. program. Students seeking an M.B.A. can specialize in entrepreneurship or healthcare administration, and applicants with significant professional experience can enroll in Hankamer’s executive M.B.A. programs in either Austin or Dallas. Dual-degree offerings include a joint M.B.A./J.D. with the Baylor Law School, and an M.B.A./M.E. combo from the school of engineering and computer science.

Several community-focused initiatives are available to M.B.A. student at Baylor. Through the school’s Prison Entrepreneurship program graduate students at the Hankamer School of Business teach business basics to inmates, prepping them for employment success when they’re released, and helping prevent inmates from returning to prison.

Alumni from the Hankamer School of Business include Valari Dobson Staab, president of NBC Local Media; Mike Singletary, former head coach of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers; and Mark Hurd, former president and CEO of the Hewlett-Packard Company.

 

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	June 15
Application deadline (international students)	April 15
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)	N/A

Academics

Departments/concentrations

accounting international business economics marketing entrepreneurship management information systems finance tax general management technology health care administration

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	100
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $30,586 per year
Required fees (full-time and part-time)	$3,530 per year
Required fees (executive degree program)	N/A

Salary

Average base salary	$66,426
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	65.7%

* Business School Overview details based on 2012 data