by our College Data Analytics Team
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Wayne State College was awarded 59 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is physical education teaching & coaching.
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WSC is ranked #998 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
WSC is also ranked #9 out of 19 schools in Nebraska.
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.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Wayne State College, this rate is 22 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
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 49%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
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%.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from WSC have a four-year graduation rate of 32%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,440 undergraduates at WSC with 2,822 being full-time and 618 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,091 | $11,070 | $13,480 | $15,990 | $16,607 |
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.
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 $5,749 a year. That adds up to $22,996 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 191 | $43,490 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 82 | NA |
| Educational Administration | 81 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 63 | $41,869 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 58 | $41,322 |
| Special Education | 48 | NA |
| Industrial Production Technology | 40 | $54,600 |
| Human Resource Management | 36 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 33 | $35,028 |
| Student Counseling | 29 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 1,984 students took at least one online class at Wayne State College. This is an increase from the 1,959 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,984 | 845 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,959 | 845 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,714 | 785 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,118 | 556 |
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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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