Textile & Apparel Studies at Wayne State University

Every textile and apparel studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the textile studies program at Wayne State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and has a total student population of 26,241. Of the 4,208 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University in 2021, 84 of them were textile and apparel studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Textile & Apparel Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Wayne State Textile & Apparel Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Textile Studies

Wayne State Textile & Apparel Studies Rankings

The textile studies major at Wayne State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Textile & Apparel Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Earnings of Wayne State Textile Studies Graduates

The median salary of textile studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wayne State is $22,351. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,287 for all textile studies students.

Textile Studies Student Demographics at Wayne State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the textile studies majors at Wayne State University.

Wayne State Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 84 textile studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from Wayne State. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 87% were women. The typical textile studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% men. So male students are more repesented at Wayne State since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in textile studies at Wayne State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wayne State University with a bachelor's in textile studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	52
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Wayne State also has a doctoral program available in textile studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Food, Nutrition & Related Services

Careers That Textile Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in textile studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Marketing Managers	4,310	$137,900
Interior Designers	1,610	$51,030
Farm and Home Management Advisors	520	$49,840
Fashion Designers	210	$62,070
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers	60	$40,120

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Del arte under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.