Wiley College Wildcats

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Wiley College is one of the first and oldest historically black college west of the Mississippi River and is located on the west side of Marshall, Texas. The college was founded in 1873 by the Methodist Episcopal Church's Bishop Isaac Wiley and was certified in 1882 by the Freedman's Aid Society. Melvin B. Tolson, a contemporary of the Harlem Renaissance, was an English professor at the college. James L. Farmer, Sr., the first black Texan to hold a doctorate, was a professor at Wiley.

Wiley College is a four-year liberal arts college, offering bachelor's and associate degrees in several fields. About 96 percent of students receive some amount of financial aid.

Wiley College is an Open-Admissions college.

In 2005-2006, on-campus enrollment approached 450, while an off-campus program in Shreveport, Louisiana, for students with some prior college credit who seek to finish a degree, was about 250. That made for a total enrollment near 700, as of fall 2005. In Fall 2006, total enrollment was about 750.