Wayland Baptist University Overview

Wayland Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Plainview, Texas. Plainview is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Wayland Baptist University Known For?

• Students at Wayland Baptist University may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 9 to 1.
• Students at Wayland Baptist University have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Wayland Baptist University is the doctor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Wayland Baptist University with a bachelor's degree make about $48,992 a year. That's 20% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Wayland Baptist University?

Contact details for Wayland Baptist University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1900 W. 7Th Street, Plainview, TX 79072
Phone:	806-291-1000
Website:	www.wbu.edu

How Do I Get Into Wayland Baptist University?

You can apply to Wayland Baptist University online at: https://apply.wbu.edu/

Admission Requirements for Wayland Baptist University

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Recommended
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Wayland Baptist University?

Wayland Baptist University has an acceptance rate of 81%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 58% of accepted students are men and 39% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Can I Afford Wayland Baptist University?

The overall average net price of Wayland Baptist University is $32,118. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Wayland Baptist University, approximately 95% of students took out student loans averaging $5,431 a year. That adds up to $21,724 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Wayland Baptist University is 1.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Wayland Baptist University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,690 undergraduate students at Wayland Baptist University, with 1,385 being full-time and 1,305 being part-time.

There are also 818 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,385 full-time undergraduates at Wayland Baptist University, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Wayland Baptist University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	16
Black or African American	217
Hispanic or Latino	515
White	426
International Students	48
Other Races/Ethnicities	163

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Wayland Baptist University. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 37 countries are represented at Wayland Baptist University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, United Kingdom, and Canada.

Online Learning at Wayland Baptist University

There are 45 bachelor’s degree and 60 master’s degree programs available online at Wayland Baptist University. In 2020-2021, 2,413 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Wayland Baptist University has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 10th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Wayland Baptist University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Wayland Baptist University was 4.0%. This is the #1,578 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Wayland Baptist University regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.