The Urban Folklore Archive, the Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs, and neighboring institutions, such as the Detroit Public Library and the Detroit Institute of Arts, provide additional research opportunities. Financial Aid University graduate fellowships, graduate-professional scholarships, and teaching assistantships are available to qualified graduate students. This includes housing, food, supplies, and modest entertainment. Wayne State has completed construction of an extensive number of housing units for graduate students located at the north end of campus. There is a diverse graduate student population in the English Department at Wayne State.
Women slightly outnumber men, and various ethnic groups are well represented.
Many graduate students come from the Detroit metropolitan area, but about half of the students supported by assistantships and fellowships come from outside the metropolitan area. Part-time teaching is readily available to students with an M.A., as are jobs in such downtown institutions as Gale Research. Location Wayne State University is centrally located in the city of Detroit. Its immediate environment is the Cultural Center, which is made up of the University, the Detroit Art Institute, the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Museum of African-American History, a number of other institutions of higher education, and museums. Close by is the Medical Center, which is composed of a number of hospitals, nationally ranked research centers, the University Medical School and other medical facilities.