by our College Data Analytics TeamNursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Wayne State University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in nursing, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at Wayne State paid an average of $1,470 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $679 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $16,285 | $35,274 |
| Fees | $1,941 | $1,941 |
nursing who receive their master’s degree from Wayne State make an average of $109,345 a year during the early days of their career. That is 12% higher than the national average of $97,473.
Wayne State does not offer an online option for its nursing master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Wayne State Online Learning page.
About 87.8% of the students who received their Master’s in nursing in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 86.9%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in nursing at Wayne State in 2019-2020, 21.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 11 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 56 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nurse Anesthetist | 22 |
| Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing | 9 |
| Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery | 7 |
| School Nursing | 17 |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | 15 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 40 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 12 |
| Allied Health Professions | 53 |
| Medical Science | 1 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 14 |
*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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