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Wiley University

School colors: Purple, Black, White & Gray

Thirkield Hall, Wiley College, Marshall, TX
Billy Hathorn, 2009-12-15, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Marshall, Texas · Founded 1873 · Wildcat Marching Band

Private · Four-year · ~640 students

wileyc.edu · official site

Founding

Wiley University was founded in 1873 by the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It is a four-year liberal arts institution.

Source: Admissions and Aid, Wiley University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

On the official record

Campus address
711 Wiley Ave, Marshall, TX 75670
Control
Private not-for-profit
Students
~640 students
Directory id
229887
OPE id
00366900
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
711 Wiley Ave, Marshall, TX. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 32.537641, -94.376814 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder also matched this address exactly on 2026-09-14.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 229887. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. Admissions and Aid, Wiley University. https://www.wileyc.edu/admissions-aid. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 636 total, Fall 2023 (636 undergraduate, 0 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  5. Home, Wiley University. https://www.wileyc.edu/. Read 2026-09-17.
  6. School colors: Purple, Black, White & Gray. Values as stated. Wiley University, Wikipedia (revision 1374941678). Read 2026-09-16.
  7. Photograph: Billy Hathorn, 2009-12-15, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thirkield_Hall,_Wiley_College,_Marshall,_TX_IMG_2359.JPG. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

Enrollment is the official 2023 count, rounded. Tap a school for its source.

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