Engineering at Western Michigan University

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

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 Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

WMU Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

WMU Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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.

There were 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #131 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	167
International Students	64
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

WMU Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Michigan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	103
Civil Engineering	63
Industrial Engineering	61
Chemical Engineering	56
Electrical Engineering	53
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	21
Computer Engineering	18
Paper Science & Engineering	5
Other Engineering	2

Related Majors

• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Mechanical Engineers	43,890	$91,100
Industrial Engineers	31,520	$89,330
Software Applications Developers	29,540	$92,260
Industrial Production Managers	13,110	$118,760
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810

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.