Key Facts
General information
Among the nation's 50 largest public universities with nearly 29,000 students.
More than 370 undergraduate, post-bachelor's, master's, doctoral, professional, specialist and certificate programs in 13 schools and colleges.
Nearly $430 million in financial aid and scholarships awarded annually; lowest undergraduate resident tuition of Michigan's three research universities.
Students from every U.S. state and more than 65 countries; most diverse university student body in Michigan.
Study-abroad opportunities in 20 countries on five continents.
Affiliations with more than 100 institutions around the world.
One of only six Michigan universities selected for the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship program, designed to address a significant shortage of math and science teachers.
More than 1,800 faculty members, many of whom make a major contribution to research in engineering, science and medicine, arts and humanities and the social sciences. From 2000 to 2009, WSU faculty members were authors and co-authors of more than 20,000 journal articles.
Opened 11 new buildings since 2000, including three residence halls.
Five satellite centers throughout Southeast Michigan.
The School of Medicine, with more than 1,000 students, is the largest single-campus medical school in the nation.
Nearly 400 student organizations.
Aim Higher for Students campaign rasied more than $13.6 million toward scholarships and other student support.
The Law School was selected a Best Value Law School for 2010 by The National Jurist Magazine.
The national magazine Campus Technology has recognized WSU twice for innovation and best IT practices.
The School of Business Administration was named in "The Best 300 Business Schools" published by the Princeton Review in 2011.
Survey results in The Scientist magazine and the Chronicle of Higher Education consistently place WSU among the best academic research institutions at which to work.
The School of Medicine, with more than 1,000 students, is the largest single-campus medical school in the nation.
Impact on Michigan
75 percent of WSU's 245,000 alumni live in Michigan, providing leadership for the state's economic renewal.
WSU is Detroit's sixth-largest employer.
About 40 percent of all the doctors who practice in Michigan received all or part of their medical training at Wayne State.
75 percent of the Law School's graduates live and work in Michigan; Wayne Law alumni make up about one-quarter of the lawyers practicing here. Eighteen percent of the judges on the Michigan Court of Appeals and six judges on the U.S. Eastern and Western District Courts are Wayne Law alumni.
TechTown, the Wayne State research and technology park, serves nearly 120 tenant companies.
WSU is a partner with the University Research Corridor, helping create a vibrant Michigan economy by leveraging the intellectual capital of the state's three public research universities to nurture new enterprises, prepare a workforce skilled in the latest technology, and plant the seeds for tomorrow's industries.
Competing nationally in research
WSU ranks among the nation's top universities for research expenditures according to the National Science Foundation, with nearly $260 million annually.
Among only 2.3 percent of U.S. colleges and universities with a Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classification of RU/VH (Research Universities, Very High research activity).
(Updated Oct. 30, 2012)
