Enrollment Trends at Wayland Baptist

The student population at Wayland Baptist University is 2,978 (2,275 undergraduate and 703 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,873 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Wayland Baptist is 76.39% which is decreased by 2,783 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,090 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.15 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,212 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -20.37% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,809 where 2,978 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.39% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.61% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,783 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,090 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.15 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Wayland Baptist than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wayland Baptist University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,851	5,058	2,595	2,463	1,793	853	940
2013-14	6,222 -629	4,515 -543	2,280 -315	2,235 -228	1,707 -86	806 -47	901 -39
2014-15	5,536 -686	3,981 -534	2,069 -211	1,912 -323	1,555 -152	711 -95	844 -57
2015-16	5,231 -305	3,828 -153	2,001 -68	1,827 -85	1,403 -152	658 -53	745 -99
2016-17	5,077 -154	3,788 -40	1,926 -75	1,862 35	1,289 -114	622 -36	667 -78
2017-18	4,847 -230	3,561 -227	1,770 -156	1,791 -71	1,286 -3	611 -11	675 8
2018-19	4,504 -343	3,356 -205	1,648 -122	1,708 -83	1,148 -138	528 -83	620 -55
2019-20	4,084 -420	3,012 -344	1,482 -166	1,530 -178	1,072 -76	499 -29	573 -47
2020-21	4,062 -22	3,015 3	1,433 -49	1,582 52	1,047 -25	476 -23	571 -2
2021-22	3,508 -554	2,690 -325	1,254 -179	1,436 -146	818 -229	348 -128	470 -101
2022-23	2,978 -530	2,275 -415	1,086 -168	1,189 -247	703 -115	299 -49	404 -66
Average	4,809	3,553	1,777	1,776	1,256	583	674

Wayland Baptist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,553 where 2,275 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wayland Baptist University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,058	1,211	663	548	3,847	1,932	1,915
2013-14	4,515	1,143	624	519	3,372	1,656	1,716
2014-15	3,981	1,069	593	476	2,912	1,476	1,436
2015-16	3,828	1,049	594	455	2,779	1,407	1,372
2016-17	3,788	1,073	620	453	2,715	1,306	1,409
2017-18	3,561	990	584	406	2,571	1,186	1,385
2018-19	3,356	946	564	382	2,410	1,084	1,326
2019-20	3,012	869	516	353	2,143	966	1,177
2020-21	3,015	1,590	799	791	1,425	634	791
2021-22	2,690	1,385	675	710	1,305	579	726
2022-23	2,275	1,303	647	656	972	439	533
Average	3,553	3,553	625	523	3,553	1,151	1,253

Wayland Baptist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,256 where 703 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wayland Baptist University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,793	71	37	34	1,722	816	906
2013-14	1,707	92	44	48	1,615	762	853
2014-15	1,555	82	36	46	1,473	675	798
2015-16	1,403	75	33	42	1,328	625	703
2016-17	1,289	77	29	48	1,212	593	619
2017-18	1,286	78	34	44	1,208	577	631
2018-19	1,148	68	32	36	1,080	496	584
2019-20	1,072	71	30	41	1,001	469	532
2020-21	1,047	450	205	245	597	271	326
2021-22	818	336	136	200	482	212	270
2022-23	703	283	115	168	420	184	236
Average	1,256	1,256	66	87	1,256	516	587

Wayland Baptist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.71% and the percentage of black students is 16.99% at Wayland Baptist University. 2.12% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wayland Baptist University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	47	149	1,180	1,627	63	3,231	197
2013-14	47	151	1,046	1,505	61	2,900	218
2014-15	50	117	888	1,415	44	2,557	213
2015-16	42	110	911	1,346	49	2,320	206
2016-17	57	111	858	1,425	63	2,115	224
2017-18	43	110	851	1,424	52	1,925	221
2018-19	48	95	813	1,374	58	1,705	211
2019-20	30	92	738	1,275	114	1,466	189
2020-21	27	103	726	1,366	123	1,370	178
2021-22	22	74	600	1,253	126	1,123	135
2022-23	12	63	506	999	107	974	120
Average	39	107	829	1,364	78	1,971	192

Wayland Baptist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,212 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 41% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -20.37% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wayland Baptist University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,536	1,522	1,119	2,895
2015-16	5,231	1,366	1,213	2,652
2016-17	5,077	1,368	1,141	2,568
2017-18	4,847	1,411	1,178	2,258
2018-19	4,504	1,400	1,139	1,965
2019-20	4,084	1,274	1,211	1,599
2020-21	4,062	1,564	1,271	1,227
2021-22	3,508	1,319	1,094	1,095
2022-23	2,978	1,212	1,013	753
Average	4,425	1,382	1,153	1,890

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