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Wright State University

School info
3.4
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.3
Food
3.1
Clubs
3.1
Facilities
3.5
Internet
3.3
Location
3.6
Opportunities
3.4
Safety
3.6
Social
2.8
Happiness
3.5

Basic Information

Location

  • Dayton, OH

Institution Overview

  • Public/Private: Public research university
  • Established: 1967; 57 years ago (1967)
  • Founder: Robert S. Oelman, Stanley Allyn

Academic information

Degree Courses

  • 315 (160 undergraduate + 155 graduate)

Key Area

  • Mechanical and Materials Engineering
  • Renewable and Clean Energy Engineering
  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Student and Staff Numbers

  • Students: 10,264 (Dayton)11,469 (all campuses)
  • Undergraduates: 7,415 (Dayton)8,619 (all campuses)
  • Postgraduates: 2,849 (Dayton)2,850 (all campuses)
  • Academic Staff: 1,139
  • Administrative Staff: 1,108

Notable Alumni

  • Nicole Scherzinger
  • David Albright
  • Joe Smith
  • Brad Sherwood
  • Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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Students talk about this school

Good reviews
Overall 5
ok
Overall 5
Folks this the best. Ive been to the expensive schools. No thanks. Ive done community college. No no thanks. WSU makes me smile.
Overall 5
Nice campus, and most of the teachers care. Most of these kids are lazy and expect the world. College is on you, suck it up and learn.
Overall 4.9
A best you can get in an very affordable price
Overall 4.8
I love it here. I have made plenty of friends through intramural sports and activities. Most Professors are caring and genuine. The new president is helping Wright State, which will help WSUs reputation for the long run. Not a very large campus, but it is honestly just the right size. Dorms are better than UC and Ohio state. Overall, I Like WSU!!!
Overall 4.7
WSU is small, but that is a good thing!
Overall 4.7
I would advise you to keep track of your own progress through the UAchieve application. I had multiple advisors who advised me wrong. I ended up taking classes that I did not need for my degree, so I had to spend an extra semester taking the classes that I needed. Advisors can take a little minute to reply to your email, but that is to be expected
Overall 4.6
after being in couple of other campuses I can say WSU is one of the best schools i have been to.
Overall 4.5
Has tunnel facilities to get from point to point during the winter!
Overall 4.4
Affordable and the staff are great.
Bad reviews
Overall 1
Low quality education
Overall 1
Not that many classes available if you're in the liberal arts field. One of the worst colleges and not enough help
Overall 1
This school sucks
Overall 1
Wright State sucks. The FA department is a joke. The professors don't teach. This whole campus is a literal joke.
Overall 1.3
Wright State has a lot of problems. Students are treated like garbage. Professors went on strike in Spring 2019, and students had to play catch up on class work. Now it is time for Wright State to play catch up and start investing in their students more. This school is a poor investment. The quality of education sucks too.
Overall 1.3
Budget crisis, lacking social groups, cutting teachers, cutting classes, low graduation rate I graduated with my undergrad in 2016 and am working on my masters
Overall 1.5
Extreme difficulty transferring courses, lackadaisical staff that couldn't/wouldn't answer questions (spoke to 10 different people, none could help), and department heads literally yelling at me over the phone because I dared to escalate the issue to them and ask for answers. Found a better, easier process at a different University; much happier.
Overall 1.6
I hate this school!!!!!
Overall 1.6
For people in the area, if you value a good education you go to a different school, WSU is picked for financial reasons. The truth is Wright State is a terrible place to go to college. I graduated undergrad in 2016, currently doing a grad degree. Lack of care by the faculty in the business school, not invested in you. Seems to be getting worse.
Overall 1.7
Wright State is not a great school. There isn't much to do here either. The food options are limited to pizza hut, Denny's and Tim Hortons. The hours that the restaurants are open are just as bad. Don't expect to eat after 6. The campus is okay, but most of the professors are horrible. If you are a STEM major go to UC instead.