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Germanic Languages at Western Michigan University

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Germanic Languages at Western Michigan University

If you plan to study Germanic languages, 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. Of the 3,747 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 2021, 3 of them were Germanic languages majors.

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

WMU Germanic Languages Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in German

WMU Germanic Languages Rankings

The German major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Germanic Languages. 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.

German Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Program

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 German majors earned their bachelor's degree from WMU. Of these graduates, 100% were men and 0% were women. The typical German bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 57% more men than average.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in German at WMU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its German bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

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

Careers That German Grads May Go Into

A degree in German 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
High School Teachers 24,130 $62,950
Interpreters and Translators 870 $41,450
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 450 $75,020

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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