Entrepreneurship at Western Kentucky University

If you plan to study entrepreneurship, take a look at what Western Kentucky University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a total student population of 17,517. In 2021, 7 entrepreneurial studies majors received their bachelor's degree from WKU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Entrepreneurship section at the bottom of this page.

WKU Entrepreneurship Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurial Studies

WKU Entrepreneurship Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the entrepreneurial studies progam at WKU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The entrepreneurial studies major at WKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Entrepreneurship. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	152
	156
	169
	312
	321

Entrepreneurial Studies Student Demographics at WKU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the entrepreneurial studies majors at Western Kentucky University.

WKU Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Entrepreneurship from WKU in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in entrepreneurial studies at WKU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in entrepreneurial studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WKU also has a doctoral program available in entrepreneurial studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Entrepreneurial Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in entrepreneurial studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
General and Operations Managers	30,240	$89,750
Chief Executives	3,300	$152,670
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Business Professors	630	$85,970

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.