About
The Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is a private medical school in Houston, Texas, United States. The school was originally a college of Baylor University and was known as the Baylor University College of Medicine, but it separated from Baylor in 1969 and became an independent institution. The college consists of four schools: the School of Medicine, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Health Professions, and the National School of Tropical Medicine.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 23 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 19 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing4 · 17.4%
- No Data19 · 82.6%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 18
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- May 2024Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs · Nurse Anesthesia (ANEST) - Institutions and programs at the master's degree, post master's certificate or doctoral degree levels
- Dec 2022Removal of Monitoring StatusSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $26.5M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 160 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Baylor College of Medicine
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
- Public property1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Baylor College of Medicine vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Baylor College of Medicine selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectBaylor College of Medicine | — | — | 1,774 | — | — |
Albert Einstein College of Medicine | — | — | 1,424 | — | — |
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | — | — | 1,261 | — | — |
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science | — | 39.0% | 1,439 | — | — |
Medical College of Wisconsin | — | — | 1,677 | — | — |
Weill Medical College of Cornell University | — | — | 1,474 | — | — |
| Peer group median | — | 39.0% | 1,457 | — |
Baylor College of Medicine Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Accreditation and Education Effectiveness utilizes Institutional Research to support excellence and continuous improvement across the College. The office gathers, analyzes, interprets, and presents institutional data and information for accreditation, program evaluation and review, state and federal reporting, and strategic decision-making.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DashboardDashboardbcm.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planStrategic Plan 2020-20302020The Baylor College of Medicine's Strategic Plan for 2020-2030 outlines a decade-long roadmap for institutional growth and improvement. It focuses on creating, discovering, educating, investing, reaching, sustaining, and translating as key themes to guide progress. The plan is managed by the Office of Strategic and Institutional Planning, which ensures alignment and integration across the College's various functions and evaluates institutional performance.bcm.edu
Notable alumni of Baylor College of Medicine (30)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Anurag AgrawalMedical Science
- Sharmila Anandasabapathy
- Lauren Averett Byers
- Nilofer Azad
- Leslie Baumann
- Christine Beeton
- Kathleen H. Burns
- Janet S. Butel
- Carrie L. Byington
- Selma Calmes
- Bechara Choucair
- Clay J. Cockerell
Frequently asked questions about Baylor College of Medicine
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