Wright State University-Main Campus
Dayton, OH3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435-0001
937-775-1000
Wright State University is a public research university in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It is one of the largest universities in Ohio and is part of the University System of Ohio. The university comprises eight colleges: Business, Education and Human Services, Engineering and Computer Science, Liberal Arts, Nursing and Health, Graduate School, and Wright State Physicians. The university offers over 200 undergraduate degrees and 100 graduate degrees.
Wright State University was founded in 1964 as a branch campus of Miami University and Ohio State University. The school was named after the Wright brothers, who invented the airplane. The campus was built on the site of the former Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The university opened in 1967 with an enrollment of 2,000 students.
The university has grown steadily over the years and now has an enrollment of over 18,000 students. The school has a strong commitment to research and has been designated as a research university by the Carnegie Foundation. The university is home to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, which is the primary intelligence center for the United States Air Force.
Wright State University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The university is a member of the Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and the Ohio Board of Regents.
Quick Facts
Enrollment: 10936
Acceptance Rate: 95.64%
Type: Public, 4-year or above
Main Website: https://www.wright.edu/
Financial Aid: https://www.wright.edu/raiderconnect/financial-aid
Annual Costs
Total Cost In-State On-Campus: $26019
Total Cost Out-State On-Campus: $35437
Return on Investment Rating
The estimated cost for four years as an undergraduate at Wright State University-Main Campus is $103649.74. This includes the average cost of attendance for four years plus the interest on the average loan over a ten year repayment minus the average of grants and scholarships per student.
We then contrast this figure with average early-career and mid-career average incomes of graduates of four year programs at Wright State University-Main Campus. For graduates of Wright State University-Main Campus, we saw an average early-career income of $54700.00 and mid-career income of $91300.00. We then ranked the school's value based on how many years of mid-career income it takes to repay the educational costs.