Baylor University is in a state.
Baylor University . Chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas , it is the oldest continuously-operating university in Texas and one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River in the United States . Texas ( [ ˈtɛksəs ] , [ localˈtɛksᵻz ] Texas or Tejas [ ˈtexas ] ) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population .