- The Inkwell
- Texas
- Wiley University
Marshall, TXTown: distantZIP 75670Founded 1873
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1873
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- wileyc.edu
TexasHBCUReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Wiley University
Wiley University is a private nonprofit university in Marshall, Texas, with 712 undergraduates. It graduates 40% within six years and costs $6,125 a year after aid.
40%graduate
Retention50%
4-year graduation34%
Pell Grant share82%
Federal loans73%
$6,125net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
40%graduate in 6 years
$37,604median earnings, 10 yrs
$20,050median debt
#1,620 of 1,704 for earnings#56 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,365 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $19,319tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $12,500
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $12,500
- Average net price
- $6,125national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$5,259
$30,001–48,000$3,318
$48,001–75,000$7,185
$75,001–110,000$9,353
$110,001+$14,784
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college50%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college40%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college82%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 40%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 34%
- First-year retention
- 50%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 28%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $34,198
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $37,604middle 50%: $21,342–$56,409
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,050
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$56,409
Median, Wiley University$37,604
Lower quarter$21,342
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 712
- Part-time
- 2.8%
- Women / men
- 52% / 48%
- Average age at entry
- 25.1
- First-generation students
- 42%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 82%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 18 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 51%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,212 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $3,644
- Endowment, end of year
- $7,554,612
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White6.7%
Black84%
Asian0.8%
U.S. nonresident2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
Unknown3.4%
7 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting26%
Business & management25%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies22%
Education8.4%
Biological & biomedical sciences8.4%
Social sciences5.3%
Communication & journalism4.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 229887. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4019812.