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Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Western Michigan University is a public institution. The location of WMU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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

Can I Afford WMU?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time WMU students paid $605 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $756 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$14,523	$18,154
Fees	$100	$100
Books and Supplies	$1,128	$1,128
On Campus Room and Board	$11,102	$11,102
On Campus Other Expenses	$2,573	$2,573

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 51% of students took out student loans averaging $7,933 a year. That adds up to $31,732 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WMU is 2.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Western Michigan University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 14,587 undergraduate students at WMU, with 12,149 being full-time and 2,438 being part-time.

There are also 3,679 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,149 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	259
Black or African American	1,045
Hispanic or Latino	1,001
White	8,416
International Students	735
Other Races/Ethnicities	693

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.

Online Learning at Western Michigan University

There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 33 master’s degree programs available online at WMU. In 2020-2021, 13,186 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at WMU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of WMU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Western Michigan University was 112.8%. This is the #316 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at WMU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.