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Wayland Baptist University

Wayland Baptist University
1900 W. 7th Street
Plainview, TX 79072

Official telephone: (806) 291-1000
Fax number: (806) 291-1960
Website: https://www.wbu.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 2,087
Full-time undergraduates: 1,426
Part-time undergraduates: 661
Total graduate students: 703
Full-time graduate students: 283
Part-time graduate students: 420
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.3% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
13.5% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
20.1% Hispanic/Latino
2.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
20.1% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.8% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
2.9% Nonresident Alien
36.8% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

Wayland Baptist University
LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Percent of students who live in school housing: 53%
Percent of students who live off campus: 47%

STUDY FACILITIES
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service
Counseling services:
career

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
radio station

ATHLETICS

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's cheerleadingyes 
Men's cheerleading  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running  
Men's football  
Men's footballyes 
Men's golf  
Men's golfyes 
Men's soccer  
Men's socceryes 
Men's track and field  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling  
Women's basketball  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cheerleading  
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running  
Women's golf  
Women's golfyes 
Women's soccer  
Women's socceryes 
Women's track and field  
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyball  
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's wrestlingyes 
Women's wrestling  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; football; soccer; volleyball

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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