by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #241 spot.
Central Michigan also ranked #7 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Michigan.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Central Michigan took the #396 spot on the list.
In addition, Central Michigan took the #12 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Michigan.
Women make up 60.0% of the total graduate student body at Central Michigan while men make you 40.0%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 22.7% of the graduate student population at Central Michigan. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Central Michigan. Around 6.5% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $15,194 | $15,194 |
| Fees | $450 | $450 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Central Michigan is $60,645. That's about 4% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from Central Michigan is $68,066. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 10% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Central Michigan University.
Contact details for Central Michigan are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 106 Warriner Hall, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 |
| Phone: | 989-774-4000 |
| Website: | https://www.cmich.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/cmich |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/CMUniversity |
About 59.8% of the graduate students at Central Michigan University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 54.4% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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