Fashion Merchandising at Western Michigan University

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

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 27 fashion merchandising majors received their bachelor's degree from WMU.

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

WMU Fashion Merchandising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Merchandising

WMU Fashion Merchandising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks fashion merchandising programs across the country. The following shows how WMU performed in these rankings.

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 fashion merchandising major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Fashion Merchandising. 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
	19
	28
	46

Fashion Merchandising Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in fashion merchandising from WMU in 2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in fashion merchandising 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 fashion merchandising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations

Careers That Fashion Merchandising Grads May Go Into

A degree in fashion merchandising 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
Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives	47,860	$75,130

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.