Humanities at Western Washington University

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying humanities, you may want to check out the program at Western Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and approximately 15,197 students attend the school each year.

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

WWU Humanities Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities

WWU Humanities Rankings

The humanities major at WWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Humanities. 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.

Humanities Student Demographics at WWU

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

WWU Humanities Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of humanities bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical humanities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at WWU since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in humanities at WWU 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in humanities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Humanities Grads May Go Into

A degree in humanities can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Professors	1,060	$74,330

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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