Baccalaureate degrees are offered in 70 disciplines, with five master degree programs. Popular areas of study include business administration, fine arts, music, criminal justice, medical technology, nursing, interdisciplinary studies, radiological science and social work. Sheppard AFB serves as home to many educational programs. Courses are open to both the civilian and military communities. In addition, Wayland Baptist offers undergraduate degrees in business administration and vocational education and masters degrees in education and management at the base.
School districts are among the area's largest employers.
Enrollment in the metro topped 24,400. The Texas Education Agency reported that the area's school districts employed 2,770. Manufacturing Wichita Falls is more manufacturing intensive that the state as a whole. Manufacturing employment accounted for 14.2 percent of the jobs in the Wichita Falls metro area, compared to 12.8 percent statewide. In July 1995, manufacturing employed 8,000, a 5.3 percent increase over the year.