Wayne State College Overview

Wayne State College is a public institution situated in Wayne, Nebraska. Wayne is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Wayne State College Known For?

• The post-master's certificate is the highest award offered at WSC.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 53% of the faculty were full-time.

Wayne State College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at WSC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Other Family & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Value English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#38	Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#44	Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#52	Best Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#57	Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#64	Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#69	Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#72	Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards WSC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Value Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other)	College Factual
#19	Best Value Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific	College Factual
#37	Best Value Colleges for English Language & Literature	College Factual
#56	Best Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Schools	College Factual
#77	Best Value Colleges for Education	College Factual
#135	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools	College Factual

Where Is Wayne State College?

Contact details for WSC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1111 Main St, Wayne, NE 68787
Phone:	402-375-7000
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/waynestate
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/waynestcollege

How Do I Get Into WSC?

You can apply to WSC online at: https://www.wsc.edu/apply

As long as you submit the requested materials to Wayne State College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Wayne State College?

The overall average net price of WSC is $19,618. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At WSC, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $5,327 a year. That adds up to $21,308 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WSC is 7.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Wayne State College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,440 undergraduate students at WSC, with 2,822 being full-time and 618 being part-time.

There are also 762 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,822 full-time undergraduates at WSC, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Wayne State College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	24
Black or African American	79
Hispanic or Latino	226
White	2,293
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	149

Geographic Diversity

Nebraska students aren't the only ones who study at Wayne State College. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 22 countries are represented at WSC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Curaçao, Canada, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Wayne State College

There are 1 bachelor’s degree and 7 master’s degree programs available online at WSC. In 2019-2020, 1,714 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at WSC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 16th most popular in Nebraska for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of WSC

The following table shows how WSC is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Human Resource Management	#7	#22
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	#10	#4
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	#16	#10
Special Education	#49	#25
Business, Management & Marketing	#60	#55
Business Administration & Management	#69	#68

Online Growth Rankings of WSC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Wayne State College was 19.8%. This is the #1,072 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at WSC regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of WSC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management	13%
Business, Management & Marketing	18%
Education	19%
Educational Administration	38%
Special Education	37%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at WSC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at WSC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Human Resource Management	#179
Special Education	#191
Educational Administration	#238
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#422

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Wayne State College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	110	0	43	153
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	89	89
Teacher Education Grade Specific	70	0	0	70
Teacher Education Subject Specific	56	0	0	56
Educational Administration	0	25	30	55
Criminal Justice & Corrections	51	0	0	51
Special Education	31	0	10	41
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	39	0	0	39
General Biology	38	0	0	38
Health & Physical Education	33	0	0	33
Chemistry	24	0	0	24
Student Counseling	0	0	22	22
Industrial Production Technology	22	0	0	22
Information Science	21	0	0	21
Communication & Media Studies	15	0	0	15
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other)	14	0	0	14
General Psychology	12	0	0	12
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	11	0	0	11
Human Resource Management	0	0	10	10
General English Literature	8	0	0	8
Human Development & Family Studies	6	0	0	6
Computer Information Systems	5	0	0	5
Health Sciences & Services	5	0	0	5
Sociology	5	0	0	5
Design & Applied Arts	5	0	0	5
Fine & Studio Arts	5	0	0	5
Mathematics	4	0	0	4
Romance Languages	3	0	0	3
History	3	0	0	3
Geography & Cartography	3	0	0	3
Political Science & Government	3	0	0	3
Music	3	0	0	3
Drama & Theater Arts	1	0	0	1
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	606	25	204	835

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.