Speech Pathology & Audiology at Western Michigan University

Every speech pathology and audiology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the audiology program at Western Michigan University stacks up to those at other schools.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 students attend the school each year. Of the 432 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 2021, 33 of them were speech pathology and audiology majors.

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

WMU Speech Pathology & Audiology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Audiology

WMU Speech Pathology & Audiology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks audiology programs across the country. The following shows how WMU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The audiology major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Speech Pathology & Audiology. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	45
	75
Most Focused Speech Pathology & Audiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76

Audiology Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Speech Pathology & Audiology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in audiology from WMU in 2021, 3% were men and 97% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in audiology 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 audiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	28
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WMU also has a doctoral program available in audiology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Audiology/Audiologist
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

Careers That Audiology Grads May Go Into

A degree in audiology 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
Health Specialties Professors	5,440	$131,020
Speech-Language Pathologists	3,950	$78,220
Audiologists	450	$71,250

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
• Image Credit: By TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.