Entrepreneurship at Western Michigan University

If you are interested in studying entrepreneurship, you may want to check out the program at Western Michigan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 22,562 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,022 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 2019, 7 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

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

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 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
Most Popular Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116
Most Popular Entrepreneurship Schools	214
Most Focused Entrepreneurship Schools	402

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

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in entrepreneurial studies from WMU. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men.

About 86% 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	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WMU also has a doctoral program available in entrepreneurial studies. In 2019, 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.