Academic programs

Wayne State University is a comprehensive university with 13 schools and colleges. Here, you can explore a range of fields of study, with more than 370 academic programs to choose from, including 126 bachelor’s programs; 139 master's programs; 60 doctoral programs; and 30 certificate, specialist and professional programs.

Not ready to declare a major upon admission? You can pursue an exploratory track designed to help incoming first-year students find the right program.

  • Anthropology (MA) (PhD)
  • Audiology (AuD)
  • Biological Sciences (MA) (MS) (PhD)
  • Biological Sciences and Urban Sustainability (PhD)
  • Chemistry (MA) (MS) (PhD)
  • Classics (MA)
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders (PhD)
  • Criminal Justice (online) (MS)
  • Dietetics (MS)
  • Economic Development (GC)
  • Economics (MA) (PhD) (JD/MA)
  • Employment & Labor Relations (MAELR)
  • English (MA) (PhD)
  • Environmental Science (MA)
  • French (Modern Languages) (PhD)
  • French (Romance Languages) (MA)
  • Geographic Information Sciences (GC)
  • Geology (MS) (MA)
  • German (MA) (PhD)
  • Health Care Ethics (online) (GC)
  • History (MA) (MAPH) (MAPH/MLIS) (MLIS/MA) (PhD) (JD/MA)
  • Industrial/Organizational Psychology (MA)
  • Italian (Romance Languages) (MA)
  • Linguistics (MA) (GC)
  • Mathematical Statistics (MA)
  • Mathematics (MS) (PhD)
  • Mathematics, Applied (MA)
  • Molecular Biotechnology (MS)
  • Museum Practice (GC)
  • Near Eastern Languages (MA)
  • Nonprofit Management (GC)
  • Nutrition & Food Science (MA/MPH) (MA) (MS) (PhD)
  • Peace and Security Studies (GC)
  • Philosophy (MA) (PhD)
  • Physics (MA) (MS) (PhD)
  • Political Science (MA) (PhD) (JD/MA)
  • Psychology (MA) (PhD)
  • Public Administration (MPA)
  • Public Health (MSW/MPH) (MA-NFS/MPH) (MPH) (MD/MPH) (BGC)
  • Social Work and Anthropology (PhD)
  • Sociology (MA) (PhD)
  • Spanish (Modern Languages) (PhD)
  • Spanish (Romance Languages) (MA)
  • Speech Language Pathology (MA)
  • Urban Planning (MUP)
  • Urban Sustainability (GC)
  • Urban Sustainability (Dual title) (PhD)
  • World History (BGC)