Plainview, Texas · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Remote town
Overview
Wayland Baptist University is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Plainview, Texas. Its campus is in a remote town. It enrolled 2,809 students in fall 2024, including 2,087 undergraduates and 722 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Southern Baptist.
Wayland Baptist University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 86 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration, and Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other. It awarded 832 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 27 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
45% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.
Key figures
2,809
Students enrolled
45%
First-year retention
832
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
86
Programs and majors
10:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhD
Programs and majors offered 86
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
45%
First-year retention, part-time students
37%
Student-to-faculty ratio
10:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
466
Associate degrees
124
Master's degrees
225
Doctoral degrees (research)
17
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
2,809
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,087
Graduate students, fall 2024
722
Full-time, fall 2024
60%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
3,618
Undergraduates, 2024-25
2,616
Graduate students, 2024-25
1,002
Full-time, 2024-25
50%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
51%
Men
49%
White
28%
Hispanic or Latino
26%
Black or African American
18%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
4%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
8%
Race or ethnicity unknown
11%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
27
Programs with a fully online option
12
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
41%
Students taking some online courses
41%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Remote town
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Southern Baptist
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Athletic association
NAIA, NCCAA
Athletic conference
Sooner Athletic Conference
President
Dr. Donna Rice Hedgepath
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization