Wayne State University

Also known as

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment

8,908

61.0% Female

39.0% Male

Institution Overview

System

-2

School Type

Public

Academic Calendar

Semester

Setting

City: Large

Academics

Graduate Assistantships

Yes

Full Time Graduate Enrolled

Yes

Part Time Graduate Enrolled

Yes

Total # of Programs

332

Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)

Master's

116

Doctoral Research

Doctoral Professional

Distance

Degrees Offered

Master's

Doctor's (Research)

Doctor's (Professional)

Certificate Offered

Post-master's

Postbaccalaureate

Student Body

Demographics

0.16%

American Indian or Alaska Native

7.64%

Asian

13.33%

Black or African American

4.38%

Hispanic or Latino

0.08%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

56.84%

White

3.21%

Two or more races

2.40%

Unknown

11.97%

Non-resident Alien

Admissions

Admissions Office Web Address

https://wayne.edu/admissions

Tuition & Aid

Average In-State Tuition

$15,937

Average Out-Of-State Tuition

$34,519

Academics: Programs - Overview

Academic

Yes

Occupational

Continuing Professional

Yes

Recreational or avocational

Highest Degree offered

Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice

Distance Learning Options

Grad programs or courses

Yes

Degree Programs Offered (in Category Selected Above)

Master's

116

Master's (Distance)

Doctor's Degree Research

Doctor's Degree Professional

Postbaccalaureate Certificate

Postbaccalaureate Certificate (Distance)

Post Master's Certificate

Post Master's Certificate (Distance)

Program Area	Program Type	Program Format
Program Area	Program Type	Campus	Distance
Accounting	Master's Degree Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes	No No
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Anatomy	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Anthropology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Applied and Professional Ethics	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	Yes
Applied Behavior Analysis	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Applied Mathematics, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Archives/Archival Administration	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	Yes
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Art Teacher Education	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Art/Art Studies, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Artificial Intelligence	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Athletic Training/Trainer	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Audiology/Audiologist	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Automation Engineer Technology/Technician	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Behavioral Aspects of Health	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes	No
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes Yes	Yes No Yes
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Biotechnology	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Business Administration and Management, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes	Yes No No
Chemical Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Chemistry, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Civil Engineering, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist	Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes	No
Communication Sciences and Disorders, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Computer and Information Sciences, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes No
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Computer Engineering, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes	No No No
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Curriculum and Instruction	Doctoral – Research Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Dietetics/Dietitian	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	Yes
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Economics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes	No No No
Education/Teaching of Individuals Who are Developmentally Delayed	Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes	No
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes	No
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities	Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes	No
Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Educational Evaluation and Research	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	Doctoral – Research Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Educational Psychology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Educational/Instructional Technology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes	No No No
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes No
Elementary Education and Teaching	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Engineering Technology, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Engineering, General	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	No
Engineering, Other	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Engineering/Industrial Management	Master's Degree	Yes	No
English Language and Literature, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	No
Environmental Science	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Finance, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Genetic Counseling/Counselor	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Genome Sciences/Genomics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	No
Geology/Earth Science, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
German Language and Literature	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Gerontology	Doctoral – Research Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Health Communication	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	No
Health Teacher Education	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Health/Medical Physics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Doctoral – Professional Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes Yes	No No No No
History, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes Yes	Yes No No
Immunology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Industrial Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Information Science/Studies	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Labor and Industrial Relations	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Law	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Library and Information Science	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Linguistics	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Management Information Systems, General	Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes	No
Management Science	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Manufacturing Engineering	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Materials Science	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing	Master's Degree Doctoral – Professional	Yes Yes	No No
Mathematical Statistics and Probability	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Mathematics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes No
Medical Scientist	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes Yes	No No No
Medicine	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Museology/Museum Studies	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	No
Music, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Neuroscience	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Nurse Anesthetist	Doctoral – Professional Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Nursing Practice	Doctoral – Professional Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Nursing Science	Doctoral – Research Doctoral – Professional	Yes Yes	No No
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	Master's Degree Doctoral – Professional	Yes Yes	No No
Oncology and Cancer Biology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Organizational Behavior Studies	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Pathology/Pathologist Assistant	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	No
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing	Master's Degree Doctoral – Professional Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes	No No No
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Pharmacy	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Philosophy	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Physical Therapy/Therapist	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Physician Assistant	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Physics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Physiology, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Political Science and Government, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Doctoral – Professional	Yes Yes Yes	No No No
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	No
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	Yes
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	Master's Degree Doctoral – Professional Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes	No No No
Psychology, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Public Administration	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No Yes
Public Health, General	Master's Degree Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes	No No
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	Master's Degree Doctoral – Professional	Yes Yes	No No
Public Relations/Image Management	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	Yes
Public/Applied History	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Reading Teacher Education	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	No
Robotics Technology/Technician	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
School Psychology	Master's Degree Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Secondary Education and Teaching	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Social Sciences, Other	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Social Work	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes	Yes No No
Sociology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Special Education and Teaching, General	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes No
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Statistics, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	No
Sustainability Studies	Doctoral – Research Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes	No No
Systems Engineering	Master's Degree Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Tax Law/Taxation	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes	No
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Youth Services/Administration	Post Master's Certificate	Yes	No

Faculty

	Total	Instructional Staff	Research
Total	2,110	1,479	631
With faculty status	1,639	1,479	160
Tenured	703	703	0
On tenure track	183	183	0
Not on tenure track	753	593	160
Multi-year contract	584	584	0
Annual contract	16	9	7
Less-than annual contract	153	0	153
Without faculty status	471	0	471

Graduate Assistantships

Yes

Graduate Assistantship

Teaching

Research

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?

Yes

Medical Degree Offered?

Yes

Institution Has a Hospital?

Overview

Average In-State Tuition

$15,937

Average Out-Of-State Tuition

$34,519

Financial aid office web address

https://wayne.edu/financial-aid

Tuition & Fees

	In-state	Out-of-State
Full time Average Tuition	$15,937	$34,519
Full time Fees	$2,023	$2,023
Part time, per credit hour	$797	$1,726

Tuition & Fees By Program

Program	In-state Tuition	In-state Fees	Out-of-State Tuition	Out-of-State Fees
Law	$37,187	$2,662	$40,796	$2,662
Medicine	$39,975	$1,892	$66,998	$1,892
Pharmacy	$28,084	$2,726	$36,509	$2,726

Tuition Plan Options

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment

8,908

61.0% Female

39.0% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics

0.16%

American Indian or Alaska Native

7.64%

Asian

13.33%

Black or African American

4.38%

Hispanic or Latino

0.08%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

56.84%

White

3.21%

Two or more races

2.40%

Unknown

11.97%

Non-resident Alien

Gender

Race / Ethnicity	Men	Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native	3	11
Asian	287	394
Black Or African American	327	860
Hispanic Or Latino	144	246
Native Hawaiian OrOther Pacific Islander	4	3
Non-resident Alien	592	474
White	1,908	3,155
Two Or More Races	107	179
Unknown	104	110

Services offered

Service	Offered
Academic Career Counseling Service	Yes
Employment Services For Students	Yes
Placement Services For Completers	Yes

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

Award: Master's degree

Total

1,627

37.2% Male

62.8% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - research/scholarship

Total

194

44.8% Male

55.2% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - professional practice

Total

564

43.6% Male

56.4% Female

Award: Postbaccalaureate certificate

Total

28.6% Male

71.4% Female

Award: Post-master's certificate

Total

126

19.8% Male

80.2% Female

Overview

Library Facilities at Institution

Services offered

Service	Offered
Remedial services
On-campus day care for student's children	Yes

Admissions Office Contact

Address

42 W. Warren Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202

Phone

313-577-2424

Fax

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Provisional Release as of January 2025. Surveys: Institutional Characteristics (2023), Data File: [HD2023], [IC2023], [IC2023_AY]; Surveys: Completions (2023), Data File: [C2023_A],[C2023DEP]; Surveys: 12-Month Enrollment (2023), Data File: [EFFY2023]; Surveys: Employees by Assigned Position (2023), Data File: [EAP2023]