Enrollment Trends at Wayland Baptist

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,996 where 2,809 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

74.30% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.70% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,741 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 681 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.05 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Wayland Baptist.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wayland Baptist University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,231	3,828	2,001	1,827	1,403	658	745
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
2023-24	2,861 -117	2,162 -113	1,060 -26	1,102 -87	699 -4	302 3	397 -7
2024-25	2,809 -52	2,087 -75	1,040 -20	1,047 -55	722 23	330 28	392 -5
Average	3,996	2,977	1,470	1,507	1,019	467	551

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,977 where 2,087 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wayland Baptist University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,162	1,375	687	688	787	373	414
2024-25	2,087	1,426	736	690	661	304	357
Average	2,977	2,977	642	558	2,977	828	949

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,019 where 722 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wayland Baptist University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	699	286	125	161	413	177	236
2024-25	722	267	117	150	455	213	242
Average	1,019	1,019	86	114	1,019	382	438

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.95% and the percentage of black students is 17.98% at Wayland Baptist University. 2.35% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 26.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.35% to 27.95%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.10% to 2.35%. Black student enrollment increased from 17.42% to 17.98%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 25.73% to 26.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8184 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7046 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wayland Baptist University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	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
2023-24	26	93	530	880	79	902	85
2024-25	29	66	505	736	77	785	96
Average	34	92	704	1,208	85	1,469	167