Business Administration & Management at Wayland Baptist University

If you plan to study business administration and management, take a look at what Wayland Baptist University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and has a total student population of 4,062. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 289 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Wayland Baptist University.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

Wayland Baptist University Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Business Administration
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration
• Doctorate Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at Wayland Baptist University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Wayland Baptist University does offer online education options in business administration for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Wayland Baptist University Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how Wayland Baptist University performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at Wayland Baptist University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	32
	32
	32
	50
	78
	82
	85
	94
	118
	125
	125
	130
	146
	155
	157
	163
	169
	198
	199
	211
	394
	427
	430
	450
	508
	587
	592
	636
	646

In 2021, 188 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Wayland Baptist University. This makes it the #156 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #164 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Wayland Baptist University Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wayland Baptist University is $49,879. This is 21% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Wayland Baptist University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Wayland Baptist University.

Wayland Baptist University Business Administration & Management Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of business administration associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Wayland Baptist University does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in business administration graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wayland Baptist University with a associate's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Wayland Baptist University Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 289 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration & Management from Wayland Baptist University in 2020-2021, 55% were men and 45% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business administration bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wayland Baptist University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	66
Hispanic or Latino	62
White	107
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	40

Wayland Baptist University Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at Wayland Baptist University awarded 188 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women.

In the business administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 25% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wayland Baptist University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	49
Hispanic or Latino	51
White	62
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Wayland Baptist University also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

If you plan to be a business administration major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wayland Baptist University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	499
Organizational Leadership	7

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Wayland Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	117,010	$59,580
Retail Sales Supervisors	96,740	$45,570
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	48,880	$70,580
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	40,420	$68,350

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.