Master's · Plainview, Texas
Is Curriculum and Instruction at Wayland Baptist University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 12.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $58,402
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $66,986
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $36,900
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $39k (likely $39k – $39k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 12.2 years (likely 6.5–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$157k (likely −$239k – −$79k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$65k (likely −$231k – $139k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Wayland Baptist University
- Public Administration (Master's)$85,003
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$84,425
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$67,250
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$66,843
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$57,805
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$53,900
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$52,052
- Human Services, General (Bachelor's)$48,921
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$47,700
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$46,932
Curriculum and Instruction at other schools in Texas
- Texas A & M International University$67,935
- University of Houston-Clear Lake$65,747
- Texas Tech University$65,068
- The University of Texas at Arlington$64,929
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$64,700
- University of Houston$64,349
- University of North Texas$63,684
- The University of Texas at Austin$63,172
- University of Houston-Downtown$63,052
- The University of Texas at El Paso$62,807