Data
Wayne State U.
| All races | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 949 | 857 | 939 | 1,050 | 1,073 | 986 | 1,040 | 993 | 1,056 | 1,004 | ||||||||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 52 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 39 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 870 | 803 | 878 | 979 | 996 | 902 | 978 | 877 | 988 | 875 | ||||||||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Asian | 81 | 83 | 82 | 98 | 102 | 86 | 112 | 107 | 106 | 91 | ||||||||||
| Black or African American | 112 | 89 | 98 | 91 | 76 | 76 | 72 | 63 | 83 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| White | 633 | 586 | 640 | 725 | 763 | 701 | 748 | 673 | 766 | 673 | ||||||||||
| More than one race | 42 | 42 | 55 | 60 | 49 | 35 | 43 | 30 | 30 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Unknown ethnicity and race | 27 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 32 | 44 | 27 | 84 | 29 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Temporary visa holders | 583 | 608 | 550 | 496 | 535 | 703 | 816 | 1,028 | 1,393 | 1,259 | ||||||||||
| Science and engineering | 1,220 | 1,190 | 1,243 | 1,255 | 1,340 | 1,448 | 1,620 | 1,832 | 2,222 | 2,045 | ||||||||||
| Science | 973 | 956 | 1,004 | 988 | 1,015 | 1,008 | 1,054 | 1,056 | 1,170 | 1,155 | ||||||||||
| Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 303 | 255 | 338 | 324 | 355 | 326 | 395 | 400 | 385 | 332 | ||||||||||
| Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 145 | 154 | 114 | 101 | 90 | 99 | 110 | 96 | 117 | 134 | ||||||||||
| Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 29 | 31 | 36 | 31 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences | 190 | 187 | 195 | 196 | 203 | 218 | 182 | 209 | 192 | 202 | ||||||||||
| Psychology | 156 | 168 | 183 | 184 | 198 | 180 | 159 | 169 | 177 | 183 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences | 138 | 153 | 133 | 144 | 136 | 150 | 173 | 148 | 196 | 180 | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 247 | 234 | 239 | 267 | 325 | 440 | 566 | 776 | 1,052 | 890 | ||||||||||
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 42 | 29 | 28 | 39 | 55 | 58 | 66 | 79 | 84 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 16 | 16 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 29 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 31 | 33 | 28 | 32 | 34 | 38 | 37 | 46 | 61 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 59 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 63 | 84 | 107 | 164 | 247 | 194 | ||||||||||
| Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 49 | 51 | 53 | 50 | 63 | 105 | 156 | 211 | 286 | 242 | ||||||||||
| Mechanical engineering | 39 | 43 | 52 | 53 | 68 | 110 | 157 | 228 | 308 | 264 | ||||||||||
| Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Other engineering | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Health | 312 | 275 | 246 | 291 | 268 | 241 | 236 | 189 | 227 | 218 | ||||||||||
| Clinical medicine | 132 | 102 | 77 | 121 | 114 | 60 | 63 | 55 | 56 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Other health | 180 | 173 | 169 | 170 | 154 | 181 | 173 | 134 | 171 | 160 | ||||||||||
NOTES:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

