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Wiley University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation United Methodist
Population 60,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Marshall, TX

Weather

Comfortable Days 90 (14%)
Sunshine Hours 2,825 (78%)
Days Without Precipitation 280 (89%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 832
Men / Women 48% / 52%
From State 68%
From Region 14%
Athletes 277 (40.0%)

Racial/Ethnic

Black 74%
Hispanic 14%
White 6%
International 3%
Native American 2%
Asian 1%
Mixed 1%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 49.1% 49.1% 2012 Men: 49.2% 49.2% 2013 Men: 50.3% 50.3% 2014 Men: 43.2% 43.2% 2015 Men: 47.7% 47.7% 2016 Men: 53.6% 53.6% 2017 Men: 44.6% 44.6% 2018 Men: 39.8% 39.8% 2019 Men: 41.9% 41.9% 2020 Men: 43.3% 43.3% 2021 Men: 37.6% 37.6% 2022 Men: 58.5% 58.5% 2023 Men: 56.5% 56.5% 2024 Men: 46.3% 46.3% 2025 Men: 52.0% 52.0%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 2.6% 2.6% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Native: 2.8% 2.8% 2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2020 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2021 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Black: 89.5% 89.5% 2012 Black: 89.3% 89.3% 2013 Black: 78.0% 78.0% 2014 Black: 78.6% 78.6% 2015 Black: 86.8% 86.8% 2016 Black: 83.3% 83.3% 2017 Black: 74.9% 74.9% 2018 Black: 83.7% 83.7% 2019 Black: 79.7% 79.7% 2020 Black: 85.8% 85.8% 2021 Black: 90.0% 90.0% 2022 Black: 86.6% 86.6% 2023 Black: 73.5% 73.5% 2024 Black: 86.8% 86.8% 2025 Black: 73.2% 73.2% 2011 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2012 Hispanic: 8.4% 8.4% 2013 Hispanic: 11.2% 11.2% 2014 Hispanic: 10.5% 10.5% 2015 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2016 Hispanic: 8.6% 8.6% 2017 Hispanic: 12.0% 12.0% 2018 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9% 2019 Hispanic: 8.1% 8.1% 2020 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2021 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2022 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2023 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4% 2024 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Hispanic: 19.6% 19.6% 2011 White: 0.7% 0.7% 2012 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 White: 2.4% 2.4% 2014 White: 1.3% 1.3% 2015 White: 2.0% 2.0% 2016 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2017 White: 4.6% 4.6% 2018 White: 2.4% 2.4% 2019 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 White: 2.2% 2.2% 2021 White: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 White: 7.7% 7.7% 2023 White: 14.5% 14.5% 2024 White: 5.9% 5.9% 2025 White: 3.9% 3.9% 2011 International: 4.2% 4.2% 2012 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 International: 8.0% 8.0% 2014 International: 9.6% 9.6% 2015 International: 5.3% 5.3% 2016 International: 4.3% 4.3% 2017 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2018 International: 4.1% 4.1% 2019 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2020 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2021 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 International: 2.5% 2.5% 2024 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2025 International: 1.1% 1.1%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 1,218 1,218 2012 Total: 1,300 1,300 2013 Total: 1,326 1,326 2014 Total: 1,259 1,259 2015 Total: 1,105 1,105 2016 Total: 1,152 1,152 2017 Total: 1,188 1,188 2018 Total: 877 877 2019 Total: 671 671 2020 Total: 815 815 2021 Total: 668 668 2022 Total: 730 730 2023 Total: 746 746 2024 Total: 721 721 2025 Total: 832 832 2011 Men: 486 486 2012 Men: 562 562 2013 Men: 588 588 2014 Men: 553 553 2015 Men: 461 461 2016 Men: 472 472 2017 Men: 466 466 2018 Men: 371 371 2019 Men: 295 295 2020 Men: 362 362 2021 Men: 288 288 2022 Men: 349 349 2023 Men: 377 377 2024 Men: 327 327 2025 Men: 400 400 2011 Women: 732 732 2012 Women: 738 738 2013 Women: 738 738 2014 Women: 706 706 2015 Women: 644 644 2016 Women: 680 680 2017 Women: 722 722 2018 Women: 506 506 2019 Women: 376 376 2020 Women: 453 453 2021 Women: 380 380 2022 Women: 381 381 2023 Women: 369 369 2024 Women: 394 394 2025 Women: 432 432

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2014 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2019 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2025 Native: 1.6% 1.6% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2016 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2011 Black: 92.0% 92.0% 2012 Black: 85.1% 85.1% 2013 Black: 85.1% 85.1% 2014 Black: 84.3% 84.3% 2015 Black: 83.0% 83.0% 2016 Black: 81.7% 81.7% 2017 Black: 80.0% 80.0% 2018 Black: 76.2% 76.2% 2019 Black: 80.0% 80.0% 2020 Black: 81.2% 81.2% 2021 Black: 90.3% 90.3% 2022 Black: 90.5% 90.5% 2023 Black: 83.1% 83.1% 2024 Black: 82.8% 82.8% 2025 Black: 74.3% 74.3% 2011 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2012 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5% 2013 Hispanic: 7.4% 7.4% 2014 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2015 Hispanic: 3.9% 3.9% 2016 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2017 Hispanic: 5.4% 5.4% 2018 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2019 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2020 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2021 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2022 Hispanic: 2.1% 2.1% 2023 Hispanic: 4.0% 4.0% 2024 Hispanic: 3.5% 3.5% 2025 Hispanic: 14.1% 14.1% 2011 White: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 White: 1.7% 1.7% 2013 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2014 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2015 White: 2.2% 2.2% 2016 White: 2.3% 2.3% 2017 White: 2.4% 2.4% 2018 White: 3.8% 3.8% 2019 White: 3.7% 3.7% 2020 White: 4.0% 4.0% 2021 White: 3.7% 3.7% 2022 White: 5.9% 5.9% 2023 White: 9.2% 9.2% 2024 White: 6.5% 6.5% 2025 White: 5.8% 5.8% 2011 International: 4.8% 4.8% 2012 International: 6.9% 6.9% 2013 International: 5.4% 5.4% 2014 International: 7.1% 7.1% 2015 International: 10.0% 10.0% 2016 International: 10.2% 10.2% 2017 International: 8.8% 8.8% 2018 International: 8.3% 8.3% 2019 International: 3.6% 3.6% 2020 International: 4.2% 4.2% 2021 International: 3.0% 3.0% 2022 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2023 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2024 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2025 International: 2.5% 2.5%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Wiley University 95 43% 7% 1% 81% 5% 2% $44,219 0 -1.83 30 95% 9.9%
Biology 8 — 62% 0% 0% 75% 12% 0% $44,105 1 -2.59 30 — — — — —
Accounting 1 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $56,064 0 -2.00 61 — — — — —
Business Administration 17 — 65% 12% 6% 71% 12% 0% $47,213 1 -1.58 38 93% 8.1% — — —
Management Information Systems 2 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $57,301 0 -2.01 63 — — — — —
Organizational Management 4 — 0% 0% 0% 75% 0% 0% $47,213 0 -2.07 38 93% 8.1% — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 21 — 33% 10% 0% 90% 0% 0% $40,440 1 -1.62 20 92% 12.0% — — —
Mass Communication 4 — 50% 0% 0% 75% 0% 25% $35,756 0 -2.44 11 97% — — — —
Sociology 5 — 40% 0% 0% 80% 0% 20% $41,240 1 -1.42 22 96% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 5 — 0% 0% 0% 80% 20% 0% $40,553 2 -1.74 21 — — — — —
Physical Education 3 — 67% 0% 0% 67% 0% 0% $40,764 0 -2.09 21 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 8 — 25% 0% 0% 88% 12% 0% $46,493 1 -1.85 36 99% 9.7% — — —
Police Science 17 — 41% 18% 0% 82% 0% 0% $46,493 1 -1.85 36 99% 9.7% — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $13,325
ROI Percentile 30th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 50%
4-Year Graduation Rate 14%
6-Year Graduation Rate 24%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 17.8% 17.8% 2012 Graduated: 25.2% 25.2% 2013 Graduated: 22.0% 22.0% 2014 Graduated: 20.0% 20.0% 2015 Graduated: 19.0% 19.0% 2016 Graduated: 19.0% 19.0% 2017 Graduated: 20.9% 20.9% 2018 Graduated: 37.6% 37.6% 2019 Graduated: 35.7% 35.7% 2020 Graduated: 31.0% 31.0% 2021 Graduated: 27.2% 27.2% 2022 Graduated: 23.9% 23.9% 2023 Graduated: 20.0% 20.0% 2024 Graduated: 24.2% 24.2%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 12.3% 2012 Men: 34.9% 2013 Men: 14.0% 2014 Men: 16.7% 2015 Men: 16.3% 2016 Men: 14.9% 2017 Men: 17.0% 2018 Men: 24.2% 2019 Men: 29.9% 2020 Men: 27.3% 2021 Men: 23.6% 2022 Men: 22.3% 2023 Men: 17.9% 2024 Men: 25.0% 2011 Women: 23.9% 2012 Women: 16.7% 2013 Women: 29.0% 2014 Women: 23.2% 2015 Women: 21.4% 2016 Women: 22.9% 2017 Women: 24.7% 2018 Women: 50.6% 2019 Women: 42.1% 2020 Women: 33.8% 2021 Women: 30.4% 2022 Women: 25.8% 2023 Women: 21.6% 2024 Women: 23.7%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 16.9% 2012 Black: 25.8% 2013 Black: 22.3% 2014 Black: 19.6% 2015 Black: 18.2% 2016 Black: 17.6% 2017 Black: 19.1% 2018 Black: 38.6% 2019 Black: 31.5% 2020 Black: 28.3% 2021 Black: 27.4% 2022 Black: 23.4% 2023 Black: 18.3% 2024 Black: 27.3% 2011 Hispanic: 25.0% 2012 Hispanic: 23.1% 2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 2014 Hispanic: 0.0% 2015 Hispanic: 20.0% 2016 Hispanic: 36.4% 2017 Hispanic: 56.2% 2018 Hispanic: 33.3% 2019 Hispanic: 14.8% 2020 Hispanic: 33.3% 2021 Hispanic: 0.0% 2022 Hispanic: 17.6% 2023 Hispanic: 28.6% 2011 International: 40.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 2013 International: 100.0% 2014 International: 83.3% 2015 International: 100.0% 2016 International: 50.0% 2017 International: 8.3% 2018 International: 0.0% 2019 International: 100.0% 2020 International: 54.5% 2021 International: 50.0% 2022 International: 33.3% 2023 International: 20.0% 2024 International: 0.0%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Professional 26.3% 25 36% 12% 0% 84% 4% 0% $46,493 1 -1.85 36 99% 9.7%
Business & Economics 25.3% 24 58% 8% 4% 75% 8% 0% $48,422 0 -1.72 41 93% 8.1%
Humanities 22.1% 21 33% 10% 0% 90% 0% 0% $40,440 1 -1.62 20 92% 12.0%
Social Sciences 9.5% 9 44% 0% 0% 78% 0% 22% $38,803 0 -1.87 17 96% —
Education 8.4% 8 25% 0% 0% 75% 12% 0% $40,632 1 -1.88 21 — —
Life & Natural Sciences 8.4% 8 62% 0% 0% 75% 12% 0% $44,105 0 -2.59 30 — —

Sports

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Baseball 75 $476K $476K $0
Soccer 47 $202K $202K $0
Track & Field (combined) 45 $162K $162K $0
Basketball 19 $435K $435K $0
Total 186 $1.3M $1.3M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 36 $136K $136K $0
Soccer 21 $106K $106K $0
Volleyball 18 $286K $286K $0
Basketball 16 $439K $439K $0
Total 91 $968K $968K $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 81 $298K $298K $0
Baseball 75 $476K $476K $0
Soccer 68 $308K $308K $0
Basketball 35 $875K $875K $0
Volleyball 18 $286K $286K $0
Total 277 $2.4M $2.4M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 100%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 100% 100% 100%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional