unitid 172644 · Detroit, MI · public 4-year · city (large)
Wayne State University
- enrollment 2023
- 27,127
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
81%
46th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
15,587
82nd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
46%
undergrads on Pell grants
82nd pctl among public 4-years
completion
58%
finish within 150% time
77th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$27,350
77th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$12,766
after aid, aided students
50th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$53,493
after entry, Title IV students
58th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,250
66th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $11,090 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k40%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k12%
- 110k+15%
- Median family income
- $28,606
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $15,190
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General. | 338 | $53,572 | $26,087 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 328 | $118,670 | — |
| Medicine. | 268 | $176,598 | — |
| Public Health. | 248 | — | $20,500 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 203 | — | — |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | 192 | $67,393 | $24,213 |
| Marketing. | 183 | $58,487 | $24,382 |
| Social Work. | 182 | $59,639 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 174 | $75,621 | $30,165 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 157 | $102,611 | $20,672 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 155 | $73,338 | $21,500 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 141 | $73,718 | $21,504 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.