Wayne State University
Location: Detroit, MI (Urban)
School Type: Public Institution
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Historical applications
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Wayne State University
1,187 historical application reports
2000-2022 reported application submission years
See application reports by year
| Year | Application reports |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | 9 |
| 2002 | 29 |
| 2003 | 44 |
| 2004 | 64 |
| 2005 | 98 |
| 2006 | 126 |
| 2007 | 141 |
| 2008 | 150 |
| 2009 | 104 |
| 2010 | 80 |
| 2011 | 79 |
| 2012 | 63 |
| 2013 | 51 |
| 2014 | 37 |
| 2015 | 40 |
| 2016 | 13 |
| 2017 | 20 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2022 | 3 |
Some reports have missing or unclear dates, or too few applicants to display by year.
Reported outcomes
Recorded application steps and outcomes.
- Primary submitted
- 1,150
- Secondary completed
- 729
- Interview invitation
- 505
- Interview attended
- 451
- Waitlisted
- 130
- Accepted
- 282
- Withdrawn
- 220
- Rejected
- 289
One report may include several outcomes. Earlier steps may be inferred from later outcomes. Missing outcomes do not mean an applicant was rejected. These counts are not school acceptance rates.
Reported GPA
Median scores on a 4.0 scale.
- Overall GPA
- 3.631,095 applicants
- Science GPA
- 3.601,090 applicants
Each applicant counts once per score.
Stored MCAT totals
- Old MCAT (3-45)
- 31median · 1,083 applicants
- Modern MCAT (472-528)
- 511median · 1,114 applicants
Old and modern scales stay separate. Totals are used as stored and may include legacy MDApplicants conversions.
Who shared their experience?
Original public profile information, counted once per applicant in each category. Groups with fewer than 3 applicants are not shown. Lists show up to 8 reported categories.
37 median age at the profile snapshot · 455 applicants. This is not age at application.
Gender
- Male
- 718
- Female
- 428
Ethnicity
- Caucasian
- 600
- East Asian
- 177
- South Asian
- 130
- African
- 59
- Hispanic
- 29
- Arabic
- 22
Home state
- Michigan
- 439
- California
- 183
- Ontario
- 52
- Illinois
- 51
- New York
- 41
- Ohio
- 36
- Florida
- 35
- Texas
- 24
Undergraduate colleges
- University of Michigan
- 129
- Michigan State University
- 65
- University of Toronto
- 24
- UCLA
- 21
- Wayne State University
- 19
- UC
- 15
- UC Berkeley
- 14
- UCSD
- 13
Undergraduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 650
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 91
- Engineering/Technology
- 80
- Physical Sciences
- 80
- Premedical Studies
- 41
- Computing and Information Science
- 34
- History/Humanities
- 30
- Foreign Language/International Studies
- 15
Graduate institutions
- University of Michigan
- 13
- Wayne State University
- 9
- Boston University
- 8
- Georgetown University
- 6
- Columbia University
- 5
- Michigan State University
- 5
- Oakland University
- 5
- University of Toronto
- 4
Graduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 108
- Computing and Information Science
- 52
- Other
- 35
- Premedical Studies
- 34
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 27
- Engineering/Technology
- 20
- Physical Sciences
- 13
- Foreign Language/International Studies
- 12
Graduate degrees
- MS
- 33
- BS
- 23
- BA
- 18
- M.S.
- 18
- MPH
- 17
- B.S.
- 9
- MA
- 9
- none
- 9
An applicant may report more than one area of study or graduate school. Profile snapshot: 2026-10-26.
Figures need at least 3 reporting applicants. Missing or conflicting values are left out.