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Engineering at Wayne State University

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Wayne State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and has a total student population of 26,241. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 193 students received their master's degree in engineering.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Wayne State Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Wayne State Engineering Rankings

There were 31 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #100 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Wayne State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Wayne State University.

Wayne State Engineering Master’s Program

23% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 193 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Wayne State, about 77% were men and 23% were women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wayne State University with a master's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 18
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 80
International Students 74
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wayne State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering 49
Industrial Engineering 41
Electrical Engineering 39
Biomedical Engineering 37
Civil Engineering 27
Other Engineering 13
Chemical Engineering 8
Computer Engineering 6
Manufacturing Engineering 5
General Engineering 1

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Mechanical Engineers 43,890 $91,100
Industrial Engineers 31,520 $89,330
Software Applications Developers 29,540 $92,260
Industrial Production Managers 13,110 $118,760
Architectural and Engineering Managers 10,460 $132,810

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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