Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan · Public

Of 99 assessed programs, 97 leave graduates out-earning a typical Michigan high-school graduate (about $34,809/yr) and 2 fall short. Another 185 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$11,090
$30k to $48k	$10,721
$48k to $75k	$12,068
$75k to $110k	$14,828
$110k and up	$19,862
All families (average)	$12,766

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

99 of 284 programs could be assessed 35% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Michigan high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$116,326	+$81,517	clears the bar	$36,424	0.4 yrs	368
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$52,435	+$17,626	clears the bar	$23,250	1.3 yrs	331
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$106,280	+$71,471	clears the bar	$165,514	2.3 yrs	307
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$55,302	+$20,493	clears the bar	$18,750	0.9 yrs	258
Social Work	Master's Degree	$61,914	+$27,105	clears the bar	$39,500	1.5 yrs	253
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$79,882	+$45,073	clears the bar	$18,750	0.4 yrs	212
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$67,504	+$32,695	clears the bar	$20,125	0.6 yrs	209
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	$61,121	+$26,312	clears the bar	$20,375	0.8 yrs	186
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$84,405	+$49,596	clears the bar	$24,468	0.5 yrs	178
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$74,703	+$39,894	clears the bar	$18,507	0.5 yrs	168
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$104,630	+$69,821	clears the bar	$18,750	0.3 yrs	164
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$50,811	+$16,002	clears the bar	$19,384	1.2 yrs	157
Management Information Systems	Bachelor's Degree	$80,630	+$45,821	clears the bar	$21,542	0.5 yrs	136
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$73,940	+$39,131	clears the bar	$19,735	0.5 yrs	131
Library Science and Administration	Master's Degree	$54,979	+$20,170	clears the bar	$38,546	1.9 yrs	122
Law	First Professional Degree	$96,763	+$61,954	clears the bar	$61,466	1.0 yrs	118
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$56,423	+$21,614	clears the bar	$25,500	1.2 yrs	111
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$48,506	+$13,697	clears the bar	$30,953	2.3 yrs	107
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$92,707	+$57,898	clears the bar	$13,750	0.2 yrs	104
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$56,152	+$21,343	clears the bar	$23,000	1.1 yrs	96
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$61,466	+$26,657	clears the bar	$22,250	0.8 yrs	96
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$58,743	+$23,934	clears the bar	$21,250	0.9 yrs	86
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$94,869	+$60,060	clears the bar	$22,500	0.4 yrs	69
Apparel and Textiles	Bachelor's Degree	$46,737	+$11,928	clears the bar	$22,441	1.9 yrs	69
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$100,944	+$66,135	clears the bar	$23,182	0.4 yrs	65
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Bachelor's Degree	$58,871	+$24,062	clears the bar	$20,568	0.9 yrs	64
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	$76,420	+$41,611	clears the bar	$40,245	1.0 yrs	62
Nursing	Master's Degree	$137,480	+$102,671	clears the bar	$50,500	0.5 yrs	60
Public Health	Master's Degree	$84,780	+$49,971	clears the bar	$37,639	0.8 yrs	59
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$57,335	+$22,526	clears the bar	$25,000	1.1 yrs	58
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$66,774	+$31,965	clears the bar	$30,750	1.0 yrs	58
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	$130,548	+$95,739	clears the bar	$70,614	0.7 yrs	55
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$39,271	+$4,462	clears the bar	$29,617	6.6 yrs	53
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$66,118	+$31,309	clears the bar	$41,009	1.3 yrs	51
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$63,079	+$28,270	clears the bar	$21,054	0.7 yrs	50
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$62,891	+$28,082	clears the bar	$80,955	2.9 yrs	47
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$50,340	+$15,531	clears the bar	$22,452	1.4 yrs	47
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$55,499	+$20,690	clears the bar	$26,811	1.3 yrs	45
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	Master's Degree	$68,987	+$34,178	clears the bar	$41,000	1.2 yrs	43
Public Relations and Advertising	Bachelor's Degree	$59,025	+$24,216	clears the bar	$24,055	1.0 yrs	39
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$63,124	+$28,315	clears the bar	$46,173	1.6 yrs	39
English	Bachelor's Degree	$42,585	+$7,776	clears the bar	$24,113	3.1 yrs	34
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$32,525	-$2,284	falls short	$21,853	insufficient data	34
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	$72,004	+$37,195	clears the bar	$35,500	1.0 yrs	34
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$84,157	+$49,348	clears the bar	$27,500	0.6 yrs	33
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	Bachelor's Degree	$62,954	+$28,145	clears the bar	$15,011	0.5 yrs	31
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	$61,791	+$26,982	clears the bar	$40,500	1.5 yrs	31
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$54,188	+$19,379	clears the bar	$27,725	1.4 yrs	29
Library Science and Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$53,742	+$18,933	clears the bar	$44,655	2.4 yrs	29
Industrial Engineering	Master's Degree	$112,213	+$77,404	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$64,547	+$29,738	clears the bar	$27,000	0.9 yrs	28
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	$23,626 1-year earnings	-$11,183	falls short	$24,750	insufficient data	28
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	$35,157	+$348	clears the bar	$21,400	61.5 yrs	28
History	Bachelor's Degree	$50,251	+$15,442	clears the bar	$25,000	1.6 yrs	28
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$73,978	+$39,169	clears the bar	$41,000	1.0 yrs	27
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$58,291	+$23,482	clears the bar	$20,500	0.9 yrs	27
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$63,972	+$29,163	clears the bar	$19,374	0.7 yrs	26
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$78,391	+$43,582	clears the bar	$23,695	0.5 yrs	25
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	$81,363	+$46,554	clears the bar	$51,250	1.1 yrs	24
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	$114,758	+$79,949	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$93,047	+$58,238	clears the bar	$26,500	0.5 yrs	23
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	Bachelor's Degree	$84,695	+$49,886	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	$38,926	+$4,117	clears the bar	$20,195	4.9 yrs	23
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$101,268	+$66,459	clears the bar	$47,671	0.7 yrs	22
Business Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$118,387 1-year earnings	+$83,578	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Accounting	Master's Degree	$97,023	+$62,214	clears the bar	$25,500	0.4 yrs	21
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Bachelor's Degree	$42,551	+$7,742	clears the bar	$30,500	3.9 yrs	20
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$48,230	+$13,421	clears the bar	$25,486	1.9 yrs	20
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	$79,789	+$44,980	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$106,048	+$71,239	clears the bar	$19,395	0.3 yrs	18
Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree	$103,906	+$69,097	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$96,821	+$62,012	clears the bar	$23,167	0.4 yrs	18
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$62,310 1-year earnings	+$27,501	clears the bar	$41,000	1.5 yrs	18
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$63,408	+$28,599	clears the bar	$37,604	1.3 yrs	17
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$97,257	+$62,448	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	$58,182	+$23,373	clears the bar	$35,750	1.5 yrs	16
Industrial Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$101,990	+$67,181	clears the bar	$21,126	0.3 yrs	16
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	$57,203	+$22,394	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Counseling Psychology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$65,420	+$30,611	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	$115,160	+$80,351	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$60,674	+$25,865	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	$87,918	+$53,109	clears the bar	$33,381	0.6 yrs	12
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	$128,271 1-year earnings	+$93,462	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$66,426	+$31,617	clears the bar	$18,028	0.6 yrs	12
Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$120,901	+$86,092	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$108,995	+$74,186	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
English	Master's Degree	$76,201	+$41,392	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	$69,900	+$35,091	clears the bar	$32,746	0.9 yrs	10
Urban Studies/Affairs	Bachelor's Degree	$58,915	+$24,106	clears the bar	$25,205	1.0 yrs	10
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$67,284	+$32,475	clears the bar	$25,000	0.8 yrs	8
English	Doctoral Degree	$61,599 1-year earnings	+$26,790	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Public Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$66,396	+$31,587	clears the bar	$23,086	0.7 yrs	6
Pharmacy	Doctoral Degree	$130,642	+$95,833	clears the bar	$117,691	1.2 yrs	6
Theatre	Master's Degree	$49,640	+$14,831	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$108,567 1-year earnings	+$73,758	clears the bar	$63,837	0.9 yrs	4
Special Education	Master's Degree	$66,099	+$31,290	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education	Master's Degree	$76,774	+$41,965	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Medical Assisting	Bachelor's Degree	$99,777	+$64,968	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Doctoral Degree	$86,415	+$51,606	clears the bar	$87,014	1.7 yrs	insufficient data
Pharmacy	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	98
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	69
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	44
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	42
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	38
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	35
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$23,074	insufficient data	20
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$23,922	insufficient data	20
Medical Assisting	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Public Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$25,750	insufficient data	14
Engineering, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Public Health	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Computer and Information Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Industrial Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Curriculum and Instruction	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Biomedical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Counseling Psychology	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$37,152	insufficient data	7
Communications and Media	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Teacher Education (by subject)	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Electrical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Applied Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($34,809/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.