Financial Planning & Services at Western Michigan University

What traits are you looking for in a financial planning school? To help you decide if Western Michigan University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's financial planning program.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 financial planning majors received their bachelor's degree from WMU.

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

WMU Financial Planning & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Planning

WMU Financial Planning & Services Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The financial planning major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Financial Planning & Services. 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
	20
	26
	47

Financial Planning Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in financial planning from WMU. About 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical financial planning bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% women. So female students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in financial planning at WMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its financial planning bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WMU also has a doctoral program available in financial planning. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Finance

Careers That Financial Planning Grads May Go Into

A degree in financial planning 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
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	8,670	$79,320
Personal Financial Advisors	5,210	$102,010
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140
Credit Counselors	920	$48,340

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.