Wiley University
Private College in Marshall, TX. Six-year graduation rate 24%. Median 10-year earnings $33,159.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $33,159, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 24% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $24,989, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.75 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 24% — below national average
Academics
Only 24% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. Just 50% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 636 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,149 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($6,137 versus $14,097), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 93% receive grants worth $11,626 on average. 71% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 241 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $6,137 |
| $30–48k | $6,098 |
| $48–75k | $8,776 |
| $75–110k | $12,251 |
| $110k+ | $14,097 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 449 of these 636 students, totalling $2,366,843 — an average of $5,271 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Harrison County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)