Kalamazoo, MI (population: 71,826) has one banking school within its city limits. Western Michigan University has a total student population of 24,576. It is the 1285th highest ranked school in the USA and the 19th highest in the state of Michigan (#1 is Kalamazoo College).
Banking students from Kalamazoo schools who go on to become bankers, tellers, investment bankers, financial managers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 153,720 people working as financial specialists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $64,810. Also, Business and financial operations employees make on average $65,900 per year and there are about 6,063,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Kalamazoo-Portage area alone, there are 5,050 employed business and financial operations employees earning an average salary of $59,100. Financial specialists in this area earn $54,970/yr and there are ** employed.
Kalamazoo lies in Kalamazoo county, which is one of the 62 counties in Michigan. Overall, the Kalamazoo-Portage area has 134,190 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.9% unemployment rate, $18.50/hr average worker wage, and a $38,480 average annual salary. Thus, about ** out of every 1000 jobs in Kalamazoo are held by financial specialists, and 37.654/1000 are held by business and financial operations employees.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Western Michigan University ends up costing a student $15,285/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Kalamazoo |
Portage | MI | 46,404 | 1 | 28.2817 | 4 | 4.8 miles |
Battle Creek | MI | 51,817 | 3 | 15.2077 | 137 | 18.5 miles |
Elkhart | IN | 52,987 | 2 | 5.92537 | 11 | 44.6 miles |
Grand Rapids | MI | 193,337 | 12 | 26.8368 | 469 | 47.9 miles |
Goshen | IN | - | 1 | 67.9828 | 54 | 49.2 miles |
Mishawaka | IN | 51,149 | 2 | 17.1791 | 86 | 51.1 miles |
Notre Dame | IN | - | 1 | 49.129 | 10 | 51.5 miles |
Spring Arbor | MI | - | 1 | 60.8655 | 91 | 53.3 miles |
South Bend | IN | 103,173 | 4 | 21.2634 | 164 | 53.7 miles |
Lansing | MI | 112,579 | 5 | 18.9833 | 209 | 61.2 miles |
East Lansing | MI | 45,575 | 2 | 19.4594 | 4 | 65.3 miles |
Muskegon | MI | - | 2 | 11.4257 | 169 | 74.6 miles |
Donaldson | IN | - | 1 | 12.0497 | 39 | 76.8 miles |
Michigan City | IN | - | 1 | 15.3669 | 17 | 77.6 miles |
Fort Wayne | IN | 253,250 | 14 | 20.2986 | 342 | 86.2 miles |
North Manchester | IN | - | 1 | 55.0629 | 70 | 88.3 miles |
Alma | MI | - | 1 | 68.5081 | 54 | 90.1 miles |
Valparaiso | IN | - | 2 | 49.1256 | 121 | 93.7 miles |
Ann Arbor | MI | 113,880 | 5 | 27.5859 | 183 | 95.2 miles |
Hobart | IN | - | 1 | 7.66406 | 4 | 99.8 miles |