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Finance & Financial Management at Western Michigan University

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Finance & Financial Management at Western Michigan University

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

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887. Of the 3,747 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 2021, 166 of them were finance and financial management majors.

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

WMU Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

WMU Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The finance major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance & Financial 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.

How Much Do Finance Graduates from WMU Make?

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at WMU is $44,347. This is less than $48,896, which is the national average of all finance majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Finance Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

30% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The finance program at WMU awarded 166 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 70% of these degrees went to men with the other 30% going to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 83
International Students 57
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
Tellers 15,180 $30,150
Financial Managers 14,760 $128,270
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 8,670 $79,320
Financial Analysts 6,090 $84,410

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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