With the inauguration in 1978 of its first graduate program, a master of education, the college achieved status as a university with five schools: Arts and Sciences, Creative Arts, Business, Education, and Nursing. At that same time, it was renamed the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor.
== Academics ==
The school has 119 undergraduate majors and 13 graduate degree programs, including several master's degrees and two doctoral programs. Qualified students can participate in engaged learning through internships with businesses and industries. Study abroad programs are offered on three continents.
UMHB comprises eight colleges: The McLane College of Business, College of Christian Studies, College of Education, College of Humanities and Sciences, Scott and White College of Nursing, College of Visual and Performing Arts, and the Graduate School.
== Notable alumni ==
Miriam 'Ma' Ferguson, Texas' first female governor and the second woman to be inaugurated governor of any state in the U.S.
Jerrell Freeman, Canadian …
