Fashion Merchandising at Western Michigan University

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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.

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

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.

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

86% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of fashion merchandising bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical fashion merchandising bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% men. So male students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 71% 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	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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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
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