unitid 229780 · Plainview, TX · private nonprofit 4-year · town (remote)
Wayland Baptist University
- enrollment 2023
- 3,823
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
56%
24th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
2,041
75th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
46%
undergrads on Pell grants
73rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
19%
finish within 150% time
6th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$36,323
32nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$20,590
after aid, aided students
40th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$51,838
after entry, Title IV students
47th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$23,106
39th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $20,070 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k37%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110k15%
- 110k+12%
- Median family income
- $32,295
- First-generation students
- 45%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $23,782
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 202 | $56,287 | $28,022 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 97 | $81,702 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 96 | $62,255 | $24,258 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 72 | $54,933 | $25,000 |
| Human Services, General. | 48 | $42,812 | $27,258 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 46 | — | — |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 40 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 35 | $42,735 | $31,694 |
| Education, Other. | 34 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 23 | — | — |
| Religion/Religious Studies. | 18 | — | — |
| Human Services, General. | 18 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.