Geography and Environmental Studies at Western Michigan University

If you plan to study geography and environmental studies, 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 Geography and Environmental Studies section at the bottom of this page.

WMU Geography and Environmental Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geography and Environmental Studies
• Master’s Degree in Geography and Environmental Studies

WMU Geography and Environmental Studies Rankings

The geography and environmental studies major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Geography and Environmental 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.

Geography and Environmental Studies Student Demographics at WMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geography and environmental studies majors at Western Michigan University.

WMU Geography and Environmental Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of geography and environmental studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography and environmental studies 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 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its geography and environmental studies 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 geography and environmental studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WMU Geography and Environmental Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of geography and environmental studies master's degrees went to men and 38% 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 geography and environmental studies.

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

Concentrations Within Geography and Environmental Studies

If you plan to be a geography and environmental 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

Related Majors

• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Gerontology
• Medieval Studies
• Mathematics & Computer Science
• International Studies

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.