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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?

3,762 Undergraduate Awards
$36,082 Avg Cost After Aid
69% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Wayne State.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 56% of the faculty were full-time.

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Wayne State University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank Ranking Name Share
#2 Most Popular International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#4 Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#12 Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#13 Best Electronics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#21 Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#35 Most Popular Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#74 Most Popular Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#81 Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#95 Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#106 Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Funeral Direction/Service Schools College Factual
#2 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools College Factual
#4 Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools College Factual
#10 Best General Engineering Technology Schools College Factual
#28 Best Electronics Engineering Technology Schools College Factual
#75 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools College Factual

Where Is Wayne State University?

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Contact details for Wayne State are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 656 West Kirby Street, Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: 313-577-2424
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/waynestateuniversity
Twitter: http://twitter.com/waynestate

How Do I Get Into Wayne State?

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

Admission Requirements for Wayne State

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Wayne State?

69% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
91% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 69%, Wayne State does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 70%, and the acceptance rate for women is 69%.

Average Test Scores

About 91% 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 500 and 600. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Wayne State University  ( 500 to 600 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Wayne State University  ( 500 to 600 )
200
800
Wayne State received ACT scores from 19% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 27. Math scores were between 18 and 27. Composite scores were between 20 and 27.

ACT English Scores for Wayne State University  ( 19 to 27 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Wayne State University  ( 18 to 27 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Wayne State University  ( 20 to 27 )
1
36

Can I Afford Wayne State University?

$36,082 Net Price
47% Take Out Loans
6.8% Loan Default Rate
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 47% of students took out student loans averaging $6,197 a year. That adds up to $24,788 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Wayne State is 6.8%. 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 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.

Online Learning at Wayne State University

18,883 Took All Classes Online
24,018 Took At Least One Class Online
227.2% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 24,018 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 4th most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Wayne State

The following table shows how Wayne State 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
Drama & Theater Arts #7 #10
Management Information Systems #52 #82
Information Science #59 #70
Social Work #64 #58
Visual & Performing Arts #70 #91

Online Growth Rankings of Wayne State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Wayne State University was 227.2%. This is the #259 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Wayne State regardless of major.

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 University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Social Work 122 1 322 2 447
Business Administration & Management 0 28 365 0 393
General Psychology 316 0 20 17 353
Medicine 0 0 0 272 272
Nursing 147 6 74 32 259
Public Health 169 6 51 5 231
Computer Information Systems 156 0 43 17 216
International Business 186 0 4 0 190
General Biology 170 0 5 7 182
Teacher Education Subject Specific 129 1 40 3 173
Human Resource Management 155 0 6 0 161
Library & Information Science 0 31 126 0 157
Mechanical Engineering 84 0 70 2 156
Accounting 116 2 23 0 141
Marketing 141 0 0 0 141
Finance & Financial Management 140 0 0 0 140
Law 0 0 0 140 140
Teacher Education Grade Specific 81 0 58 0 139
Criminal Justice & Corrections 99 0 17 0 116
Other Health Professions 105 0 0 0 105
Electrical Engineering 64 0 32 5 101
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 1 100 101
Industrial Engineering 26 0 66 8 100
General English Literature 59 0 18 13 90
Communication Sciences 39 0 40 10 89
Political Science & Government 74 0 12 3 89
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 77 0 5 2 84
Management Information Systems 78 1 0 0 79
Textile & Apparel Studies 79 0 0 0 79
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 15 63 0 78
Communication & Media Studies 48 0 23 5 76
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 2 37 37 76
Chemistry 55 0 7 12 74
Allied Health Professions 20 0 53 0 73
Civil Engineering 37 0 28 5 70
Sociology 55 0 7 6 68
Biomedical Engineering 21 2 32 9 64
Economics 36 3 16 7 62
Educational Administration 0 22 29 7 58
Student Counseling 0 1 53 1 55
Chemical Engineering 37 0 9 5 51
Drama & Theater Arts 30 0 16 1 47
Music 42 0 5 0 47
Fine & Studio Arts 39 0 6 0 45
Instructional Media Design 3 5 29 7 44
Health & Physical Education 4 0 40 0 44
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 39 0 39
Anthropology 27 0 11 1 39
Public Administration 24 0 14 0 38
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 35 0 35
Journalism 35 0 0 0 35
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 22 0 10 3 35
Special Education 22 3 8 1 34
Public Relations & Advertising 28 1 0 0 29
Physics 13 0 7 9 29
History 21 0 4 3 28
Mathematics 21 0 3 4 28
Funeral & Mortuary Science 24 0 0 0 24
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 24 0 0 0 24
Philosophy 17 0 5 1 23
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 21 0 21
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 21 0 0 0 21
Dance 21 0 0 0 21
Mental & Social Health Services 0 4 14 2 20
Other Engineering 0 1 18 0 19
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 12 7 0 0 19
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 18 0 0 0 18
Mechanical Engineering Technology 16 0 0 0 16
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 3 12 15
Construction Engineering Technology 15 0 0 0 15
Electronics Engineering Technology 15 0 0 0 15
Curriculum & Instruction 0 8 0 6 14
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6 8 0 0 14
Natural Resources Conservation 13 0 0 0 13
Geological & Earth Sciences 9 0 4 0 13
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 0 0 12 0 12
Liberal Arts General Studies 12 0 0 0 12
Urban Studies 12 0 0 0 12
Ethnic Studies 11 0 0 0 11
Other Physical Science 11 0 0 0 11
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 6 4 10
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 8 0 0 1 9
Area Studies 9 0 0 0 9
Germanic Languages 9 0 0 0 9
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 8 0 8
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 8 0 0 8
Information Science 0 5 3 0 8
Computer Engineering Technology 8 0 0 0 8
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 4 0 4 0 8
Applied Mathematics 5 0 3 0 8
Materials Sciences 0 0 6 2 8
General Engineering Technology 0 0 7 0 7
Manufacturing Engineering 0 0 7 0 7
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 6 6
Legal Research 0 0 6 0 6
Teaching English or French 0 5 0 0 5
Gerontology 0 5 0 0 5
Multilingual Education 0 0 4 0 4
Computer Engineering 0 0 2 2 4
Classical Languages & Literature 3 0 1 0 4
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 4 0 0 0 4
Legal Professions (Other) 0 0 0 4 4
Taxation 0 0 3 0 3
Dispute Resolution 0 1 2 0 3
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution 0 3 0 0 3
Arts & Media Management 0 0 3 0 3
Genetics 0 0 2 0 2
Systems Engineering 0 2 0 0 2
Statistics 0 0 2 0 2
Astronomy & Astrophysics 2 0 0 0 2
Biotechnology 0 0 1 0 1
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 0 1 1
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 1 0 0 0 1
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 0 1 0 0 1
Medical Science 0 0 1 0 1
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0 0
Other Education 0 0 0 0 0
Industrial Production Technology 0 0 0 0 0
Nanotechnology 0 0 0 0 0
General Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
Romance Languages 0 0 0 0 0
Alternative Medicine & Systems 0 0 0 0 0
Computational Science 0 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Other Social Sciences 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3,762 188 2,130 802 6,882

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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