Wayland Baptist University acceptance rate and admissions profile

Wayland Baptist University, a private college in Texas, reports a 56% acceptance rate and sits in the moderately selective band. In practice that means it admits more applicants than it rejects, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Wayland Baptist University weighs, where it ranks among Texas schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1120, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

The factors that carry the most weight at Wayland Baptist University are academic GPA. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Wayland Baptist University's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Among the 53 Texas schools we track, Wayland Baptist University ranks #13 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Rice University (8%) and Trinity University (TX) (26%) sit nearby, which makes Texas a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

Applicants targeting Wayland Baptist University often weigh Hendrix College, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Olivet Nazarene University, which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets). Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.