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Child Development at Western Michigan University

Child Development at Western Michigan University

If you plan to study child development, 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 has a total student population of 19,887.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Child Development section at the bottom of this page.

WMU Child Development Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

WMU Child Development Rankings

The child development major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Child Development. 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.

Child Development Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Child Development Bachelor’s Program

98% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 3% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 98% went to women.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development 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 child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 31
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Child Development Grads May Go Into

A degree in child development 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
Farm and Home Management Advisors 520 $49,840

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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