Wayland Baptist University

Private · Moderately Selective · TX

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School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationTX · South

SettingRural

Undergrads2,041

Student:faculty10:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate9.3%

6-yr grad rate19.3%

Drop-out rate55.5%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$24k

Out-of-state tuition$24k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity71.3%

Gender diversity50.2%

International2.8%

IdentitySouthern Baptist

Overview

Wayland Baptist University is a Baptist-affiliated university based in Plainview, in the Texas Panhandle, with a distinctive structure built around a network of satellite campuses serving military installations and working adults across several states, alongside its traditional residential campus in Plainview.

Academics

The university's core offerings are career-oriented and serve both traditional undergraduates in Plainview and adult and military students at its external campus sites, with programs designed to accommodate nontraditional schedules alongside the standard four-year track.

Campus & student life

The Plainview campus carries Wayland's Baptist identity and a small-town Panhandle character, while much of the broader student population is scattered across satellite locations tied to military bases rather than concentrated in one traditional college-town setting.

Worth knowing

Wayland's women's basketball history is a genuinely notable piece of institutional identity — the Flying Queens' long winning streak predates the NCAA's governance of women's basketball and remains a point of pride tied to the university's name, and the multi-state satellite-campus model is unusual among Baptist-affiliated schools of its size.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate56%

Enrolled mid-50%—

Test policynot used

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

AdmissionRolling

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