Business Administration & Management at Western Michigan University

If you are interested in studying business administration and management, 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 19,887 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 220 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from WMU.

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

WMU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

WMU Business Administration & Management Rankings

The business administration major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. 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.

In 2021, 94 students received their master’s degree in business administration from WMU. This makes it the #311 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of WMU Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at WMU is $49,945. This is 21% higher than $41,334, which is the national average for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 220 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration & Management from WMU in 2020-2021, 73% were men and 27% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration 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 business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	140
International Students	43
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

WMU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 94 students who earned a master's degree in Business Administration & Management from WMU in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from WMU, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	67
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Human Resource Management

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration 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
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	33,490	$57,530
Retail Sales Supervisors	33,330	$45,300
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	30,490	$65,500
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	15,040	$68,990

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.