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Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, Texas·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Southwest·wbu.edu
6-yr Graduation
19%
-38.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
2,809
peer median 2,451
Avg net price
$20,590
-$1.7k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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About

Wayland Baptist University (WBU) is a private Baptist university based in Plainview, Texas. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Wayland Baptist has 11 campuses in five Texas cities, six states, American Samoa, and Kenya. Chartered in 1908, it had about 4,000 students in 2021, including about 900 students on its main campus.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
1,939
1,939 candidates competed
Admitted
1,085
56.0% acceptance rate
Enrolled
347
32.0% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
19%-38.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
9%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
19%
Full-time retention
45%

Pell equity

11.8pp gap
Pell recipients
14%21 of 152
Non-Pell (all)
26%33 of 128
Subsidized loan, no Pell
25%21 of 83
No Federal Aid
27%12 of 45

Non-Pell students graduate at a 11.8-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 165 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 156 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
165
Passing
8
4.8% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
0.6% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.6%
vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

165programs
  • Passing8 · 4.8%
  • No Data156 · 94.5%
  • Failing1 · 0.6%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
1
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
8
No data
156

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.

9
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
-3.5%
$46,932 vs $48,653
Curriculum and Instruction
Master's Degree · Education
+34.4%
$62,364 vs $46,391
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+38.8%
$84,425 vs $60,823
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+43.3%
$47,700 vs $33,298
Human Services General
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+46.9%
$48,921 vs $33,298
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+61.9%
$53,900 vs $33,298
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+73.6%
$57,805 vs $33,298
Public Administration
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+92.8%
$85,003 vs $44,091

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
-3.5%
−$1,721

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

8
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
90%
$42,120 debt · $46,932 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
47%
$22,174 debt · $47,700 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
45%
$38,230 debt · $84,425 earn
Public Administration
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
43%
$36,705 debt · $85,003 earn
Human Services General
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
40%
$19,559 debt · $48,921 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
39%
$25,925 debt · $67,250 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
33%
$17,734 debt · $53,900 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
29%
$16,481 debt · $57,805 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1956Next review Jun 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 11

  1. Jun 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Apr 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Nov 2023Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. May 2023Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (MNUR) - Master's program
  5. Apr 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (MNUR) - Master's program

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$20,070
$30–48k$16,344
$48–75k$19,949
$75–110k$21,542
$110k+$25,435

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$20,590
-$1,740vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $22,330
Federal loans
50.0%
In-state tuition
$23,782
Out-of-state
$23,782

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,256 students received $6.6M in Pell grants, alongside $15.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,256
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$6.6M
$6,618,088 total
Direct Loans
$15.2M
2,549 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.7M
1,019 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$4.6M
1,050 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$5.6M
368 loan awards
Parent PLUS$1.2M
92 loan awards
Grad PLUS$209K
20 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,390 borrowers who entered repayment, 20 (1.4%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.4%
-0.9pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,390
Defaulted
20
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
7.0%
2017
6.4%
2018
6.8%
2019
1.4%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Wayland Baptist

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs86
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

780 total completions
01Business
31340.1%
02Security/Protective
8711.2%
03Public Admin
8611.0%
04Liberal Arts
7810.0%
05Education
769.7%
06Health Professions
415.3%
07Philosophy/Religion
405.1%
08Psychology
324.1%
09Parks/Recreation
182.3%
10Military Tech
91.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
2,809
12-mo unduplicated
3,618
Undergraduate
2,616
Graduate
1,002

Gender split

Men
49%1,769
Women
51%1,849

Race / ethnicity composition

White
28.7%
Hispanic
28.2%
Black
18.6%
Unknown
12.1%
Two or more
3.3%
Non-resident
2.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
2.6%
Asian
2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.3%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
628
439 M · 189 W
Women athletes
30.1%
Athletic aid
$3.6M
Total student aid
Budget
$7.9M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$2.1M
$1.4M
Recruiting expense
$25K
$21K
Head-coach salaries
$45K
$33K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 10

Football
142 M · —
$1.3M
Baseball
108 M · —
$922K
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
82 M · 25 W
$696K
Basketball
63 M · 31 W
$1.3M
Soccer
48 M · 32 W
$850K
Wrestling
33 M · 34 W
$653K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
2.10
6 offenses · 2,861 students

3-year trend

0.572 yrs ago0.341 yr ago2.10Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
9
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
17
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
4
Rape
1
Motor vehicle theft
1

By location

6total
  • On campus6

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
8
Stalking
9 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
10.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
91

Wayland Baptist vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Wayland Baptist selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectWayland Baptist University
19%—2,809$20,590Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Alfred University
57%73.8%2,007$25,620Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Bay Path University
44%85.2%2,605$14,271Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Bethel University
17%60.2%2,936$12,595Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Canisius University
66%72.4%2,451$17,940Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Capital University
60%70.2%2,263$22,576Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Concordia University Texas
45%91.3%1,396$23,131Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Hamline University
60%87.6%2,565$20,744Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Holy Family University
60%71.0%3,225$13,143Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Indiana Institute of Technology
47%70.4%2,770$23,206Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
John Carroll University
79%80.9%2,864$28,746Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Lawrence Technological University
60%55.9%3,693$32,918Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Lenoir-Rhyne University
48%84.6%2,256$20,689Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
McDaniel College
63%77.9%2,868$21,916Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Missouri Baptist University
46%68.6%5,699$27,006Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Mount Saint Mary's University
48%73.1%2,312$21,413Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Nazareth University
73%74.7%2,401$29,357Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
North Park University
58%68.5%2,557$16,948Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Northwest Nazarene University
71%64.7%1,635$29,580Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Parker University
50%—2,308$29,135Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Rockhurst University
74%69.6%3,577$25,884Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Saint Francis University
74%76.8%2,963$23,526Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Southern Nazarene University
49%—2,198$22,084Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Southwest Baptist University
53%68.4%2,199$21,677Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Spring Arbor University
63%51.5%2,441$19,353Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
The College of Saint Rose
51%73.4%—$23,819Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Tiffin University
40%80.0%3,831$26,500Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Touro University Worldwide
29%33.8%2,358$19,058Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
University of Dallas
73%53.4%2,078$22,610Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Viterbo University
68%72.4%2,094$21,260Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median57%72.4%2,451$22,330

Institutions like Wayland Baptist

Explore the federal data for institutions in Wayland Baptist's comparison group.

IPEDS

Wayland Baptist Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness
Phone
806-291-3406
Address
Gates Hall, Plainview, Texas

The Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness leads in the collection and analysis of data related to Wayland Baptist University. This office is tasked with the responsibility of providing quality data to support strategic planning, institutional assessment, budgeting, curricular & co-curricular assessment, institutional decision-making and grant funding.

Visit IR office page
Team
2 members
  • Dr. Gregg Greer
    Executive Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
  • Monsa Paul
    Senior Research Analyst

Research funding

External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.

NSF
USA Spending
$3,326,502
All sources
$3,326,502

Reports & documents (1)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Notable alumni of Wayland Baptist (11)

A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

  • Benjamin Akande
  • Janelle Anyanonu
  • Allison Black
  • Matt Brown
    Athletics
  • Nancy Dahlstrom
  • Will Flemons
  • Michael E. Fortney
  • Valerie Goodwin-Colbert
  • Betty J. Ligon
  • Charlotte Mason
    Athletics
  • David R. Wolfe

Frequently asked questions about Wayland Baptist University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Wayland Baptist.

What is the graduation rate at Wayland Baptist University?

Wayland Baptist University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 19% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Wayland Baptist University?

Wayland Baptist University reports a total enrollment of 2,809 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Wayland Baptist University?

The average net price at Wayland Baptist University is $20,590 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Wayland Baptist University?

Wayland Baptist University's yield rate is 32.0%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Wayland Baptist University located?

Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas 79072.

Who runs Institutional Research at Wayland Baptist University?

Wayland Baptist University's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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