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Wayland Baptist University

Wayland Baptist University
1900 West Seventh Street
Plainview, TX 79072-6998


Fax number: (806) 291-1960
Website: https://www.wbu.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 2,275
Full-time undergraduates: 1,303
Part-time undergraduates: 972
Total graduate students: 703
Full-time graduate students: 283
Part-time graduate students: 420
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.4% American Indian or Alaskan Native
2.0% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
16.2% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
35.7% Hispanic/Latino
3.7% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
31.3% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.8% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
2.6% Nonresident Alien
4.2% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 80 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 60%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 16%
Percent of students who live off campus: 84%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 840
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, resumé assistance, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Student Government; Wayland Singers; Baptist Student Ministries; International Choir; President's Ambassadors

ATHLETICS

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

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

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Lubbock International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 51% within six months of graduation

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