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Fine Arts at Western Michigan University

Fine Arts at Western Michigan University

If you plan to study fine arts, 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 Fine Arts section at the bottom of this page.

WMU Fine Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts

WMU Fine Arts Rankings

The fine arts major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Fine Arts. 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.

Fine Arts Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Fine Arts Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of fine arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in fine arts 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 fine arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Fine Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in fine arts 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
Fine Artists 520 $55,340

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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