Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Western Michigan University

What traits are you looking for in a area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies school? To help you decide if Western Michigan University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies 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 Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies section at the bottom of this page.

WMU Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

WMU Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies. 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.

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Student Demographics at WMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies majors at Western Michigan University.

WMU Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender 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 area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

If you plan to be a area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Ethnic Studies	11

Related Majors

• History
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• English Language & Literature
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

Careers That Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender 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
Interpreters and Translators	870	$41,450

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.