Entrepreneurship at Western Michigan University

Every entrepreneurship school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the entrepreneurial studies program at Western Michigan University stacks up to those at other schools.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887. Of the 971 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 2021, 16 of them were entrepreneurship majors.

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

WMU Entrepreneurship Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurial Studies

WMU Entrepreneurship Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The entrepreneurial studies major at WMU 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
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Entrepreneurial Studies Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in entrepreneurial studies from WMU. About 88% were men and 13% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in entrepreneurial studies at WMU 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 Michigan University with a bachelor's in entrepreneurial studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WMU 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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
General and Operations Managers	58,140	$122,160
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Chief Executives	2,620	$206,660
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.