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Detroit, MI 48202
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Wayne State University

Detroit, MI - Enrollment, Demographics, Student Costs

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Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)
UndergraduateProfessions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence
GraduateComprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary
Undergraduate PopulationHigher part-time four-year
EnrollmentMajority undergraduate
Size & SettingLarge four-year, primarily nonresidential

General Characteristics

Title IV EligibilityParticipates in Title IV federal financial aid programs
Highest offeringDoctoral degree
Calendar SystemSemester
Years of college work requiredN/A
Variable Tuition
Religious AffiliationN/A
Congressional District2613

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force  —   /   / 
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Wayne State University?
1096th for total cost of attendance
  In District In State Out of State
Effective as of 2010-08-04
FT Undergraduate Tuition $8,247 $8,247 $18,931
FT Undergraduate Required Fees $1,072 $1,072 $1,072
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour $275 $275 $631
FT Graduate Tuition $10,956 $10,956 $24,196
FT Graduate Required Fees $1,178 $1,178 $1,178
PT Graduate per Credit Hour $457 $457 $1,008
Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus $19,115 $19,115 $28,884
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $19,699 $19,699 $29,468
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family $13,025 $13,025 $22,794

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Prior year comparison and trends on the cost of attending / attendance cost.
  In District In State Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees $7,649 $8,109 $8,255 $8,109 $17,825 $18,888
  Cost (regardless of residency)
Effective as of 2010-08-04
Books & Supplies $885 $950
On-Campus – Room & Board $6,702 $6,932
On-Campus – Other Expenses $2,015 $1,800
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board $6,702 $6,932
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses $3,764 $3,330
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board $3,764 $3,330

Admission Details

Effective as of 2010-08-05
Application Fee RequiredN/A
Undergraduate Application Fee$30
Graduate Application Fee$50
First Professional Application FeeN/A
Applicants 9,743 (3,728 male / 6,015 female)
Admitted 7,690 (2,874 male / 4,816 female)
Admission rate 79%
First-time Enrollment 2,917 (1,159 male / 1,758 female)
FT Enrollment 2,625 (1,050 male / 1,575 female)
PT Enrollment 292 (109 male / 183 female)
Total Enrollment31,786

Admission Criteria

What criteria does Wayne State University use for admissions?  = Required,   = Recommended,   = Neither required nor recommended
Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record  /  N/A / 
College Prep. Completion
RecommendationsN/A
Formal competency demoN/A
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other testsN/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does Wayne State University accept?
Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
NCAA Football Conference Great Lakes Intercollegiate Ath Conf
NCAA Basketball Conference Great Lakes Intercollegiate Ath Conf
NCAA Baseball Conference Great Lakes Intercollegiate Ath Conf
NCAA Track & Field Conference Great Lakes Intercollegiate Ath Conf

ACT Test Admission

930th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting ACT results 93%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 16 / 23
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 16 / 23
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 17 / 23

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity2,863
Meals per Week19
Room Fee$4,630
Board Fee$2,580

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?
 
Total 532 1,838 256 1,156 30 6,860 930 11,602
Accounting 18 40 2 44 120 38 262
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2 8 4 44 4 62
African-American/Black Studies 4 2 6
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Anatomy 4 4 8
Anthropology 12 2 2 42 6 64
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management 2 16 8 2 2 40 4 74
Applied Mathematics 2 2 4
Area Studies, Other 2 4 2 8
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 2 10 12
Art Teacher Education 6 30 2 38
Art/Art Studies, General 2 18 14 8 158 14 214
Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law (LL 2 2 4
Bilingual and Multilingual Education 2 6 20 28
Biochemistry 2 2
Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology 4 4 8
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other 2 6 10 42 12 72
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 8 32 6 106 226 54 432
Biomedical/Medical Engineering 28 4 2 26 30 10 100
Biotechnology 6 6 12
Business Administration and Management, General 32 68 12 80 2 358 62 614
Chemical Engineering 6 2 2 10 36 56
Chemistry, General 32 8 42 78 6 166
Chemistry, Other 2 2
Cinematography and Film/Video Production 12 2 14
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning 10 2 2 40 2 56
Civil Engineering, General 14 8 2 12 52 8 96
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 14 14
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist 2 6 44 6 58
Communication Disorders, General 12 6 6 4 70 4 102
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 34 6 6 52 6 104
Comparative Literature
Computer Engineering, General 24 2 14 14 54
Computer Science
Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology 2 2
Computer and Information Sciences, General 30 12 2 58 54 6 162
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 30 2 50 6 88
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies 56 6 8 152 22 244
Curriculum and Instruction 20 4 20 6 50
Dance, General 4 6 4 14
Dietetics/Dietitian (RD) 2 4 2 30 2 40
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 12 2 2 78 94
Early Childhood Education and Teaching 6 12 2 20
East Asian Studies 4 6 10
Economics, General 2 10 14 36 4 66
Educational Evaluation and Research 2 4 2 8
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 42 2 2 44 6 96
Educational Psychology 2 6 10 18
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision 24 34 2 60
Educational/Instructional Media Design 46 4 76 10 136
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician 4 2 2 4 26 6 44
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 48 22 2 68 48 20 208
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology 2 2 2 6
Elementary Education and Teaching 4 96 10 16 274 18 418
Engineering Technology, General 6 4 12 12 34
Engineering, Other
Engineering/Industrial Management 2 4 12 18
English Language and Literature, General 26 6 98 8 138
English/Language Arts Teacher Education 8 18 4 30
Environmental Health 2 2
Environmental Science 4 6 10
Environmental Toxicology 2 2
Film/Cinema Studies 2 2 2 2 8
Finance, General 4 42 2 16 78 12 154
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General 2 8 2 20 50 2 84
Foreign Language Teacher Education 2 14 2 18
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General 8 6 38 52
French Language and Literature
Funeral Direction/Service 6 34 40
Genetic Counseling/Counselor 2 8 10
Geography 2 18 2 22
Geology/Earth Science, General 2 4 6
German Language and Literature 6 6
Gerontology 2 2 4
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician 2 2
Health Communication 2 2
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other 4 2 10 36 6 58
Health Teacher Education 2 2 10 14
Health/Medical Physics 2 12 2 10 4 30
History, General 4 2 2 74 6 88
Human Development and Family Studies, General 4 4
Human Resources Management and Services, Other 4 2 2 8
Immunology 2 4 6
Industrial Engineering 38 4 22 10 6 80
Industrial Technology/Technician 2 2
Industrial and Organizational Psychology 4 2 22 6 34
Information Science/Studies 2 2
International Business/Trade/Commerce 2 6 8 16
International Public Health/International Health 10 2 12
Italian Language and Literature
Journalism 26 4 48 2 80
Labor Studies 8 6 14
Labor and Industrial Relations 10 2 2 14
Law (LL 44 20 12 252 36 364
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other 2 4 6
Library Science/Librarianship 6 26 4 4 326 48 414
Linguistics 4 6 8 4 22
Logistics and Materials Management 6 2 8
Management Information Systems, General 20 2 10 2 30 10 74
Manufacturing Engineering 8 4 8 20
Manufacturing Technology/Technician 20 20
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 2 40 4 10 136 12 204
Materials Science 2 10 2 14
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 26 4 30
Mathematics Teacher Education 4 34 38
Mathematics, General 4 6 6 40 10 66
Mechanical Engineering 50 14 2 64 58 8 196
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician 8 10 2 38 10 68
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist 2 4 22 8 36
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD) 4 4
Medicine (MD) 4 52 90 350 4 500
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Other
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other 14 14
Molecular Biology 2 2 4
Molecular Toxicology 2 4 6
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 48 2 6 58 26 140
Music Performance, General 2 2 4
Music, General 6 64 8 78
Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
Nurse Anesthetist 2 4 26 32
Nursing Science (MS, PhD) 6 6
Nursing, Other 2 2 12 16
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) 6 38 6 34 192 22 298
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 2 2 4 6 14
Occupational Therapy/Therapist 2 8 30 6 46
Oncology and Cancer Biology 2 4 14 20
Organizational Behavior Studies 4 64 8 14 2 140 18 250
Pathology/Experimental Pathology
Pathology/Pathologist Assistant 2 16 18
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution 2 4 8 2 16
Petroleum Engineering 4 2 2 2 18 28
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD) 6 10 4 20
Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada]) 12 2 2 34 98 28 176
Philosophy 2 22 2 26
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 4 12 2 58 8 84
Physical Sciences, Other 2 6 2 2 12
Physical Therapy/Therapist 4 10 42 2 58
Physician Assistant 2 4 4 74 12 96
Physics, General 4 2 10 24 40
Physiology, General 2 6 8
Political Science and Government, General 20 2 4 88 14 128
Polymer/Plastics Engineering 2 2
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2 2
Psychology, General 4 112 16 40 2 264 42 480
Public Administration 28 2 2 36 12 80
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH) 2 4 18 2 26
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 2 2
Public Relations/Image Management 20 4 2 38 2 66
Public/Applied History and Archival Administration 4 2 34 6 46
Radiation Biology/Radiobiology
Radio and Television 10 26 2 38
Reading Teacher Education 6 30 2 38
School Psychology 2 2 26 6 36
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education 4 2 22 4 32
Secondary Education and Teaching 6 46 2 10 128 10 202
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 8 2 10
Social Studies Teacher Education 10 58 14 82
Social Work 18 164 18 12 4 412 52 680
Sociology 46 6 6 40 6 104
Spanish Language and Literature 2 2
Special Education and Teaching, General 38 4 4 4 130 20 200
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management 10 2 32 4 48
Statistics, General 2 4 6
Tax Law/Taxation (LL 8 2 10
Taxation 2 2 4 16 24
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other 2 2
Technical Teacher Education 8 2 10
Urban Studies/Affairs 2 2
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor 10 2 4 16

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

Wayne State University 334th for the average full-time faculty salary.
Effective as of 2010-08-31
Tenure system
Average FT Salary $83,435 ($90,406 male / $73,730 female)
Number of FT Faculty 1,055 (614 male / 441 female)
Number of PT Faculty 1,053
FT Faculty Ratio 1 : 1
Total Benefits $21,449,447

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