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Wayne State College Data & Information Overview

431 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
3% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Wayne State College Ranked?

#805 Best Colleges in Nation
#9 Best Colleges in NE
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Highest Ranked Major
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2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Wayne State College was awarded 431 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is physical education teaching & coaching.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, WSC is ranked #805 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when WSC held the #842 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

WSC is also ranked #9 out of 19 schools in Nebraska.

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Is It Hard to Get Into WSC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

If you are worried about getting into Wayne State College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.

Learn more about Wayne State College admissions.

Wayne State College Faculty

20 to 1 Student to Faculty
54% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Wayne State College is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Wayne State College is 54%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  54 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Wayne State College

72% Freshmen Retention
34% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Wayne State College is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  72 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At WSC this rate is 34%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  34 out of 100
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Wayne State College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,822 Full-Time Undergraduates
15.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
57.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,440 undergraduates at WSC with 2,822 being full-time and 618 being part-time.

How Much Does Wayne State College Cost?

$14,141 Net Price
53% Take Out Loans
$22,464 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of WSC is $14,141. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for WSC

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$10,608 $11,672 $14,029 $16,450 $16,451

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of WSC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At WSC, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $5,616 a year. That adds up to $22,464 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WSC is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do WSC Graduates Make?

$43,727 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from WSC make about $43,727 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Wayne State College

Nebraska State
2,822 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Located in Wayne, Nebraska, Wayne State College is a public institution. Wayne is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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Contact details for WSC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1111 Main St, Wayne, NE 68787
Phone: 402-375-7000
Website: https://www.wsc.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/waynestate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/waynestcollege

Wayne State College Majors

34 Majors With Completions
680 Undergraduate Degrees
196 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 34 majors graduated from Wayne State College. Of these students, 680 received undergraduate degrees and 196 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 159 $37,750
Teacher Education Grade Specific 76 $34,683
Criminal Justice & Corrections 58 $33,290
Teacher Education Subject Specific 58 $37,503
Health & Physical Education 32 $31,547
General Biology 32 NA
Special Education 28 NA
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 26 $32,829
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 26 NA
Industrial Production Technology 25 $43,063

Learn more about the majors offered at Wayne State College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at WSC

43% Take At Least One Class Online
18% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 1,959 students took at least one online class at Wayne State College. This is an increase from the 1,714 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,959 845
2019-2020 1,714 785
2018-2019 1,371 661
2017-2018 1,118 556
2016-2017 888 426

Learn more about online learning at Wayne State College.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

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