unitid 181783 · Wayne, NE · public 4-year · town (distant)
Wayne State College
- enrollment 2023
- 5,944
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
3,010
36th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
26%
undergrads on Pell grants
30th pctl among public 4-years
completion
52%
finish within 150% time
63rd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$22,565
51st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,360
after aid, aided students
68th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$47,075
after entry, Title IV students
41st pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$19,000
44th 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 $12,844 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
- 0-30k19%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $56,926
- First-generation students
- 34%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,216
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 155 | $53,578 | $18,250 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 84 | $46,674 | $19,500 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 77 | $45,111 | $25,000 |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 70 | $57,153 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 63 | $49,237 | $25,957 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 58 | $66,147 | — |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians. | 43 | — | $25,000 |
| Biology, General. | 39 | — | $18,761 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 39 | — | — |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | 38 | — | — |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 31 | $39,036 | $23,659 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 29 | $42,138 | $25,043 |
— 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
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- 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.