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Wayne State University Overview

Wayne State University is a public institution situated in Detroit, Michigan. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Wayne State University Known For?

3,927 Undergraduate Awards
$36,082 Avg Cost After Aid
75% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Wayne State.
  • In a recent academic period58% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Wayne State with a bachelor's degree make about $53,493 a year. That's 31% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Wayne State University?

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Contact details for Wayne State are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 42 W. Warren Ave., Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: 313-577-2424
Website: wayne.edu
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/waynestateuniversity
Twitter: http://twitter.com/waynestate

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How Do I Get Into Wayne State?

You can apply to Wayne State online at: https://wayne.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Wayne State

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 5
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Wayne State?

75% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
53% Submit SAT Scores
Wayne State has an acceptance rate of 75%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 76%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 53% of students accepted to Wayne State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 630. Math scores were between 510 and 630.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Wayne State University  ( 530 to 630 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Wayne State University  ( 510 to 630 )
200
800
Wayne State received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 29. Math scores were between 20 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

ACT English Scores for Wayne State University  ( 21 to 29 )
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ACT Composite Scores for Wayne State University  ( 21 to 28 )
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36

Can I Afford Wayne State University?

$36,082 Net Price
32% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Wayne State is $36,082. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Wayne State, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $6,437 a year. That adds up to $25,748 over four years for those students.

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Wayne State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

13,407 Full-Time Undergraduates
60% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 17,503 undergraduate students at Wayne State, with 13,407 being full-time and 4,096 being part-time.

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There are also 8,738 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 13,407 full-time undergraduates at Wayne State, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,743
Black or African American 1,927
Hispanic or Latino 848
White 7,426
International Students 231
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,232

Geographic Diversity

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

Over 75 countries are represented at Wayne State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Canada, and China.

Wayne State University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 203 24 328 3 558
General Psychology 0 338 0 6 15 359
Public Health 0 248 10 47 0 305
Social Work 0 98 3 182 4 287
Medicine 0 0 0 0 268 268
Nursing 0 174 2 39 51 266
Computer Information Systems 0 157 0 38 7 202
Human Resource Management 0 192 0 5 0 197
Marketing 0 183 0 0 0 183
Accounting 0 141 3 22 0 166
Finance & Financial Management 0 155 0 1 0 156
Library & Information Science 0 0 28 124 0 152
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 122 0 9 0 131
Health & Physical Education 0 85 0 44 0 129
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 91 0 36 0 127
General Biology 0 117 0 3 3 123
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 0 3 103 106
Law 0 0 0 0 104 104
Management Information Systems 0 102 0 0 0 102
Mechanical Engineering 0 61 0 26 11 98
Political Science & Government 0 89 0 5 3 97
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 4 0 17 71 1 93
Electrical Engineering 0 70 0 18 4 92
Communication Sciences 0 37 0 38 13 88
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 85 0 0 1 86
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 62 3 15 6 86
Chemistry 0 44 0 12 24 80
Allied Health Professions 0 25 0 49 0 74
Other Health Professions 0 73 0 0 0 73
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 72 0 0 0 72
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 30 41 71
Communication & Media Studies 0 39 0 20 6 65
Student Counseling 0 0 1 61 3 65
General English Literature 0 52 0 11 2 65
Fine & Studio Arts 0 60 0 5 0 65
Educational Administration 0 0 20 25 18 63
Biomedical Engineering 0 32 1 19 10 62
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 49 0 5 1 55
Economics 0 28 2 15 5 50
Sociology 0 40 0 3 3 46
Drama & Theater Arts 0 21 0 24 0 45
Industrial Engineering 0 11 0 24 8 43
Music 0 39 0 4 0 43
Chemical Engineering 0 26 0 9 4 39
Civil Engineering 0 29 0 7 3 39
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 0 35 0 35
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 0 33 0 33
Anthropology 0 22 0 8 2 32
Public Administration 0 7 11 12 0 30
Public Relations & Advertising 0 29 0 0 0 29
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 0 29 0 0 0 29
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 18 0 6 3 27
History 0 20 0 5 1 26
Mathematics 0 17 0 3 4 24
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 22 1 0 0 23
Natural Resources Conservation 0 22 0 0 0 22
Funeral & Mortuary Science 0 22 0 0 0 22
Physics 0 7 0 5 10 22
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 19 2 0 0 21
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 4 17 0 21
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 19 0 2 0 21
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 20 0 0 0 20
Philosophy 0 14 0 4 1 19
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 0 18 0 18
Instructional Media Design 0 1 0 13 4 18
Journalism 0 17 0 0 0 17
Construction Engineering Technology 0 17 0 0 0 17
Mechanical Engineering Technology 0 17 0 0 0 17
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 9 0 7 16
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 0 16 0 16
Special Education 0 11 1 2 1 15
Other Engineering 0 0 0 14 0 14
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 0 0 0 14 0 14
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 14 0 0 0 14
Ethnic Studies 0 13 0 0 0 13
Dance 0 13 0 0 0 13
Computer Engineering Technology 0 8 0 4 0 12
Legal Research 0 0 0 12 0 12
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 7 1 3 0 11
Urban Studies 0 11 0 0 0 11
Information Science 0 4 2 4 0 10
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 0 3 0 7 0 10
Electronics Engineering Technology 0 10 0 0 0 10
Germanic Languages 0 7 0 3 0 10
Applied Mathematics 0 7 0 3 0 10
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 0 3 6 9
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 6 1 7
Genetics 0 0 0 5 2 7
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 0 6 0 1 0 7
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 7 0 0 7
Statistics 0 4 0 3 0 7
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 3 3 6
Area Studies 0 6 0 0 0 6
Other Physical Science 0 6 0 0 0 6
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 0 1 4 5
Environmental Engineering 0 0 0 5 0 5
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 0 2 2 4
Materials Sciences 0 0 0 3 1 4
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 1 2 3
Manufacturing Engineering 0 0 0 3 0 3
Legal Professions (Other) 0 0 0 0 3 3
Entrepreneurial Studies 2 0 0 0 0 2
General Engineering Technology 0 0 0 2 0 2
Gerontology 0 0 2 0 0 2
Sustainability Science 0 0 1 0 1 2
Arts & Media Management 0 0 0 2 0 2
Teaching English or French 0 0 1 0 0 1
Classical Languages & Literature 0 1 0 0 0 1
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 1 0 0 0 1
Medical Science 0 0 0 1 0 1
Biotechnology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multilingual Education 0 0 0 0 0 0
Industrial Production Technology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nanotechnology 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Systems Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0
Museum Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution 0 0 0 0 0 0
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Geography & Cartography 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Social Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 6 3,921 156 1,667 783 6,533

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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