Western Michigan University Healthcare Programs

Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Western Michigan University is a public institution. Kalamazoo is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Western Michigan University?

Contact details for WMU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5200
Phone:	269-387-1000
Website:	wmich.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/wmich
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/wmunews

How Do I Get Into WMU?

You can apply to WMU online at: https://wmich.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for WMU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into WMU?

With an acceptance rate of 85%, WMU may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 46% of students accepted to WMU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 610. Math scores were between 490 and 610.

WMU received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 26. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 19 and 27.

Can I Afford Western Michigan University?

The overall average net price of WMU is $23,926. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At WMU, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $8,367 a year. That adds up to $33,468 over four years for those students.

Western Michigan University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,969 undergraduate students at WMU, with 13,296 being full-time and 2,673 being part-time.

There are also 3,918 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 13,296 full-time undergraduates at WMU, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Western Michigan University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	298
Black or African American	1,305
Hispanic or Latino	1,027
White	9,121
International Students	790
Other Races/Ethnicities	755

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Western Michigan University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 94 countries are represented at WMU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, India, and China.

Western Michigan University Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Clinical/Medical Social Work	0	0	0	112	0	112
Occupational Therapy	0	40	0	24	47	111
Registered Nursing	0	96	0	4	0	100
Physician Assistant	0	11	0	40	0	51
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	0	38	0	0	2	40
Speech Pathology & Audiology	0	36	0	0	0	36
Dietetics/Dietitian	0	28	0	6	0	34
Physical Therapy/Therapist	0	0	0	0	30	30
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	0	0	0	28	0	28
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	0	0	0	20	0	20
General Public Health	0	12	0	7	0	19
Music Therapy	1	13	0	1	0	15
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	0	0	0	14	0	14
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	7	0	0	0	7
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	0	0	6	0	0	6
Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering	0	0	5	0	0	5
Audiology/Audiologist	0	0	0	0	4	4
Medical Informatics	0	3	0	0	0	3
Other Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	0	2	0	0	0	2
Holistic/Integrative Health	0	0	1	0	0	1
Athletic Training	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health Care Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	286	12	256	83	638

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
• Image Credit: By TheKuLeR under License

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