Graduate Programs at Western Michigan University

Graduate School Overview

Western Michigan University (referred to as WMU) is a Public, 4 years school located in Kalamazoo, MI.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1915 - Current[Estimated Date]).

WMU Directory Information
School Name	Western Michigan University (WMU)
Address	1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5200
Phone	269-387-1000
Web	https://wmich.edu
Online Application	https://wmich.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://wmich.edu/finaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of WMU is $19,277 for Michigan residents and $28,454 for out-of-state students. The school has 3,411 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 17,000 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 359 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 25 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$28,454 $19,277 for Michigan Residents
Student Population	3,411
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	359 graduate programs (25 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at WMU is $19,277 for Michigan residents and $28,454 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $731 for Michigan residents and $1,096 for out-of-state students.

WMU offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Michigan Residents	$19,277
Out-of-State	$28,454
Tuition per Credit Hour
Michigan Residents	$731
Out-of-State	$1,096

WMU offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	25 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Western Michigan University is $19,277 for Michigan residents and $28,454 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 4.49% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Michigan Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$15,638	$923	$29,569	$923
2019-2020	$16,360	$923	$30,432	$923
2020-2021	$16,360	$923	$30,432	$923
2021-2022	$16,884	$923	$25,325	$923
2022-2023	$17,539	$923	$26,308	$923
2023-2024	$18,354	$923	$27,531	$923

The graduate school tuition & fees of WMU is average compared to public graduate schools in Michigan. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Michigan graduate tuition is $26,596 (public) / $19,803 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Western Michigan University	$19,277	$28,454
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Michigan Graduate Schools	$18,425	$21,516
Public	$17,995	$26,596
Private	$19,803

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $14,344 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at WMU.

On-campus living costs are increased by 4.89% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $14,344. Off-campus living costs are increased by 4.89% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$10,143	$2,415	$10,143	$2,415
2019-2020	$10,567	$2,500	$10,567	$2,500
2020-2021	$10,567	$2,500	$10,567	$2,500
2021-2022	$10,884	$2,523	$10,884	$2,523
2022-2023	$11,102	$2,573	$11,102	$2,573
2023-2024	$11,713	$2,631	$11,713	$2,631

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $763 for Michigan residents and $1,145 for other students at Western Michigan University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 4.47% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Michigan Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$652	$1,232
2019-2020	$682	$1,268
2020-2021	$682	$1,268
2021-2022	$703	$1,055
2022-2023	$731	$1,096
2023-2024	$763	$1,145

Graduate Programs at WMU

Western Michigan University offers 178 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 1,249 students have completed their study at Western Michigan University.

Offered Degrees at Western Michigan University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	103	11	1,015
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	43	0	126
Doctor's degree - other	2	0	33
Post Bachelor's Degree	29	11	75
Post Master's Degree	1	0	0
Total	178	22	1,249

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Western Michigan University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor program with 12 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Clinical/Medical Social Work program with 96 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Physical Therapy/Therapist program with 29 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Western Michigan University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	12	-
Biostatistics	✔	9	-
Statistics	✔	8	-
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	✔	7	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✔	6	$41,700

Popular Master's Programs at Western Michigan University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Clinical/Medical Social Work	✕	96	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	81	$71,500
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	71	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness	✕	43	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	39	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Western Michigan University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	29	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	8	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	8	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	8	-
Civil Engineering	✕	7	-

Western Michigan University offers 178 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,249 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,015 students have earned/completed Master's program.
33 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
75 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Communication	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	11 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	7	-
Education [+]	✔ (7 completers)	243 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	16	$48,200
Administration of Special Education	✕	1	-
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	✕	1	-
Secondary School Administration/Principalship	✔	4	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	9	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✔	5	-
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	✕	3	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	9	$49,500
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness	✕	43	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✕	5	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	20	$39,500
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	9	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	18	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	1	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	12	-
Art Teacher Education	✔	2	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Foreign Language Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	✕	9	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	6	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	16	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✔	12	-
Technical Teacher Education	✔	5	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	29	-
Education (other)	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	49 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	4	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	3	-
Civil Engineering	✕	3	-
Computer Engineering	✕	3	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	7	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	17	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	11	-
Manufacturing Engineering	✕	-	-
Operations Research	✕	-	-
Paper Science and Engineering	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✕	10	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Chinese Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Family and Community Services	✕	1	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	9 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Creative Writing	✕	5	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	16	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	4	-
Computational and Applied Mathematics	✕	2	-
Statistics	✕	11	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	16 completers	-
Mathematics and Computer Science	✕	6	-
Medieval and Renaissance Studies	✕	5	-
Data Science, General	✕	-	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✔	5	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	8	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	-	-
Sports Studies	✕	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	6	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	4	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	4	-
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)	✕	5	-
Physics	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	60 completers	-
Psychology	✕	1	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	39	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	2	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	18	-
Human Services [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	25	$48,400
Public Policy Analysis	✕	1	-
Social Work	✕	17	$42,600
Social Sciences [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	1	-
Applied Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	7	-
Geography	✕	9	-
Political Science and Government	✕	2	-
Sociology	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Music	✕	3	$24,800
Music Performance	✕	17	-
Music Theory and Composition	✕	1	-
Conducting	✕	3	-
Music Pedagogy	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	302 completers	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	29	-
Physician Assistant	✕	38	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	6	-
Clinical/Medical Social Work	✕	96	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	5	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	28	-
Public Health	✔	13	-
Music Therapy/Therapist	✕	4	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	71	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	5	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	7	-
Business [+]	✕	139 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	81	$71,500
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	11	-
Accounting	✕	31	$54,900
Human Resources Development	✕	16	-
Construction Management	✕	-	-
History [+]	✕	5 completers	-
History	✕	3	-
Public/Applied History	✕	2	-
	Total	1,015

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	4	$80,000
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	4	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✕	6	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✕	2	-
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other)	✕	1	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	3	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Biology Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Chemistry Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Physics Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Earth Science Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Education (other)	✕	4	-
Engineering [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Civil Engineering	✕	7	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	8	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	3	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	3	-
Paper Science and Engineering	✕	-	-
Engineering (other)	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	2	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	4 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Creative Writing	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	6	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	2	-
Statistics	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	5	-
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)	✕	5	-
Physics	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	4	$65,200
Counseling Psychology	✕	8	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	3	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	4	-
Human Services [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	1	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Applied Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	8	-
Political Science and Government	✕	3	-
Sociology	✕	4	-
History [+]	✕	1 completers	-
History	✕	1	-
	Total	126

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	4	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	29	-
	Total	33

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	1	-
Education [+]	✔ (6 completers)	21 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	1	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	1	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✔	2	-
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other)	✔	2	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	1	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	1	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	12	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Statistics	✕	8	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	1	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)	✕	1	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Geography	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	-	-
Music Performance	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Human Resources Development	✕	2	-
History [+]	✕	3 completers	-
History	✕	3	-
	Total	75

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	-
	Total	-

Graduate Student Population at WMU

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 3,411 students enrolled into Western Michigan University graduate schools where it has total 17,000 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,275 full-time and 2,136 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,286 male and 2,125 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,411	1,286	2,125
Full-time	1,275	419	856
Part-tme	2,136	867	1,269

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 2,048 White (60.04%), 261 Black/African American (7.65%), 201 Hispanic (5.89%), 163 Asian (4.78%), and 738 students with other races. 622 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,411	1,286	2,125
American Indian/Native American	18	5	13
Asian	163	63	100
Black/African American	261	91	170
Hispanic	201	69	132
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	2	1
White	2,048	663	1,385
Two More	71	25	46
Un-Known	24	10	14
Non-resident Alien	622	358	264

Western Michigan University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 928 graduate students (27.21% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 592 graduate students (17.36% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	3,411
Enrolled Online Exclusively	928
Enrolled Some Online Courses	592
Not in Online Courses	1,891

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Western Michigan University. 1,029 students are aged 20 to 24 (30.17% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.03%), 171 students are aged above 50 (5.01%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Western Michigan University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,411	1,286	2,125
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	52	15	37
Age 22-24	977	327	650
Age 25-29	1,064	434	630
Age 30-34	478	206	272
Age 35-39	314	136	178
Age 40-49	354	119	235
Age 50-64	157	46	111
Over 64	14	3	11

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