Musical Theater at Western Michigan University

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a musical theatre school? To help you decide if Western Michigan University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's musical theatre 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 Musical Theater section at the bottom of this page.

WMU Musical Theater Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Musical Theatre

WMU Musical Theater Rankings

The musical theatre major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Musical Theater. 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.

Musical Theatre Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Musical Theater Bachelor’s Program

46% Women

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of musical theatre bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical musical theatre bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in musical theatre 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 musical theatre.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Careers That Musical Theatre Grads May Go Into

A degree in musical theatre 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,710	$76,250
Producers and Directors	2,030	$65,910
Music Directors and Composers	440	$51,180

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
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