by our College Data Analytics Team
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor was awarded 124 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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College Factual ranked U-M as #22 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! This is an improvement over the previous year, when U-M held the #29 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 56 colleges in Michigan, U-M is ranked at #1.
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Even if you have the best grades and high test scores, that may not be enough to get into U-M since the school has one of the most selective in the country. Its acceptance rate is a mere 18%, so there's no shame if you don't get in. Be sure to apply to other schools just in case.
About 54% of students accepted to U-M submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 670 and 750. Math scores were between 680 and 780.
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The student to faculty ratio at U-M is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is 82%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 97% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Michigan - Ann Arbor enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At U-M the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 81%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 31,329 undergraduates at U-M with 29,851 being full-time and 1,478 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,713 | $7,376 | $11,621 | $17,865 | $27,711 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of U-M, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 U-M, approximately 25% of students took out student loans averaging $8,470 a year. That adds up to $33,880 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for U-M are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
| Phone: | 734-764-1817 |
| Website: | https://umich.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/universityofmichigan |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/umich |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 1,419 | $93,674 |
| Computer Information Systems | 1,264 | $113,634 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 773 | $31,568 |
| Economics | 690 | $68,416 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 461 | $82,823 |
| Information Science | 374 | $88,515 |
| Social Work | 369 | NA |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 345 | $29,264 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 342 | $26,151 |
| Nursing | 331 | $75,458 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 6,936 students took at least one online class at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. This is a decrease from the 17,329 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,936 | 1,525 |
| 2021-2022 | 17,329 | 1,592 |
| 2020-2021 | 43,478 | 16,017 |
| 2018-2019 | 743 | 256 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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