By the numbers

Undergraduate Enrollment	843
In-state Tuition (per semester hour, unless noted)	$215.73
Out-of-state Tuition (per semester hour, unless noted)	$215.73
Yearly Room and Board	$3,000-5,000
% of Students on Financial Aid	N/A
Median ACT	15
% of African American Students	87
% of Asian American Students	0
% of Hispanic Students	5
% of International Students	3.3
Student/Teacher Ratio	17:1
Number of Full-time Faculty	59
Student Male/Female Ratio	40/60
Greek System?	Yes
% of Students Who Live on Campus?	50
% of Students Who Graduate in Four Years	11.3
% Who Graduate Overall	22
% of Freshmen Who Return	51
% Of Alumni Who Give $$ to School	N/A

Wiley College

Team Name:

Wildcats

Address:

711 Wiley Avenue
Marshall, TX 75670

Web:

wileyc.edu

Phone:

903-927-3300

Undergraduate Enrollment

843

Points of Distinction

Popular business degree that has an entrepreneurial focus
Upward Bound Math and Science summer residential program for high school students “simulates” a college experience and helps increase the number of students pursuing undergraduate degrees in math and science
First historically black college west of the Mississippi
Weekly chapel and Sunday vespers services offered

Wiley College was founded by the Freedman’s Aid Society in 1873 with the intent of training teachers for careers in black elementary and secondary schools. Today Wiley’s education programs are just a part of its focused curriculum, which includes 13 distinct degree programs. The business degree cultivates students’ entrepreneurial skills and has become one of the college’s most notable programs.

Located in historic Marshall, Wiley’s intimate campus covers 63 acres, with the student union functioning as the college’s social hub. Fraternities and sororities are part of campus life. In the early 1900s Wiley College was one of the first schools in the region to form a band, and its musical groups and ensembles still attract many students. Wiley’s football and basketball teams, which compete in the NAIA and the Red River Athletic Conference, have won multiple national championships between them.

Marshall is a relatively small but vibrant city where local potters have studio space in a refurbished industrial building on the downtown square. Nearly all of Wiley’s students bring cars to campus, and a lot of them head to nearby Lake O’ the Pines and Caddo Lake recreational areas on the weekend. Dallas is about 150 miles west of the university.