Does it field a women’s basketball team?
Yes. Wayne County Community College District reported 12 women’s basketball participants in the Equity in Athletics return it filed for 2025-26. That is the institution’s own count of the squad, not a roster page Athlavia has read, and it is the figure the United States Department of Education publishes.
It competes in NJCAA (junior college), and no conference affiliation is recorded here. It is one of 24 NJCAA women's basketball programmes in Michigan, out of 59 programmes there in total.
Can it award a basketball scholarship?
NJCAA Divisions I and II permit athletically-related student aid; Division III does not. The federal return records the association but not the division, so this page does not state which applies here.
Wayne County Community College District reported athletically-related student aid awarded to women in its most recent federal return. The amount is the total across every women’s sport at the institution — basketball, and also volleyball, soccer, track, swimming and the rest. It is not a basketball budget, and it is not what one player receives.
Read alone it is routinely mistaken for a per-player offer. Inside Athlavia it sits next to the squad size, the division's own limits and the published cost, which is the only way it means anything.
It is one of 48 institutions in Michigan whose return reports athletic aid awarded to women, out of 59 that field women’s basketball at all.
What it costs and what it is like
No cost snapshot is held for Wayne County Community College District. Athlavia will not print an estimate in its place — tuition varies by residency, by course and by year, and a made-up number is worse than an empty one. The institution’s own admissions pages carry the published figures.
- Type
- Public
- Enrolment
- 1,779
- Selectivity
- Not recorded
- City
- Detroit
- State or region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States
- Campus setting
- city
- Climate
- Not recorded
- International share
- 2%
Degrees recorded here
Only the courses Athlavia has read and tagged. It is not the institution’s full prospectus.
- Accounting and Related Services.
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.
- American Sign Language.
- Apparel and Textiles.
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.
- Computer Programming.
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.
- Design and Applied Arts.
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians.
- Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians.
- Engineering, General.
- Fire Protection.
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services.
- Funeral Service and Mortuary Science.
- Health and Medical Administrative Services.
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.
- Legal Support Services.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering.
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.
- Precision Metal Working.
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.
- Security Science and Technology.
- Social Work.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians.
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.
How it compares
Across the 346 NJCAA women’s basketball programmes in this database, the average listed squad is 13 players. Wayne County Community College District lists 12, almost exactly the divisional average. Among the 24 NJCAA programmes in Michigan, it has the 13th largest listed squad.
Squad size is a fact about the return, not a judgement about the programme. A large squad can mean depth or it can mean a long bench; a small one can mean minutes are available or that the roster is already settled. It is a question to ask a coach, not an answer.
Where these figures came from
| Field | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squad size | 122025-26 | ope.ed.govEADA 2025-26 schools.xlsx, PARTIC_WOMEN for Basketball | 12 Aug 2026 | 96% |
| recruitingBand | 38-582025-26 | ope.ed.govInferred from EADA operating expense per women's basketball participant ($3,911/player), ranked on a log scale against all 1857 programmes (percentile 48). Division is not used as an input. | 12 Aug 2026 | 55% |
| Degrees | 34 undergraduate degrees listed, including Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians., Radio, Television, and Digital Communication., Computer Programming. | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.programs.cip_4_digit, undergraduate credentials only | 12 Aug 2026 | 90% |
| institutionProfile | held — free account | api.data.govCollege Scorecard v1 /schools, fields school.locale, location.lat, location.lon, latest.student.demographics.race_ethnicity.non_resident_alien, school.school_url read verbatim | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
Every stored fact carries the source it came from, the date it was read and how it was extracted. Figures shown on this page without a row above are recorded with the source on the record itself — the athletic aid figure, for instance, carries the Department of Education’s athletics site as its source. Check it at the source.