Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Location Ann Arbor, MI
Population 1,500,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,435 (28%)
Days Without Precipitation 231 (19%)

Honors College

Name LSA Honors Program
Students 1,400 (4%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 33,768
Men / Women 46% / 54%
From State 52%
From Region 9%
Athletes 3.3%

Racial/Ethnic

White 46%
Asian 18%
Hispanic 12%
International 8%
Mixed 6%
Black 5%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 1,257 68% / 32% 11% $103,301 93 96%
Aerospace Engineering 151 86% / 14% 3% $112,454 97 94%
Biomedical Engineering 164 46% / 54% 8% $85,040 79 96%
Chemical Engineering 93 53% / 47% 8% $99,495 91 96%
Civil Engineering 30 50% / 50% 0% $88,421 83 93%
Computer Engineering 131 79% / 21% 27% $122,499 98 96%
Electrical Engineering 118 75% / 25% 14% $108,556 95 99%
Engineering Physics 16 94% / 6% 12% $114,420 97 96%
Environmental Engineering 35 37% / 63% 0% $88,541 83 100%
Industrial and Operations Engineering 153 64% / 36% 15% $108,688 95 98%
Materials Science and Engineering 31 58% / 42% 6% $94,989 88 96%
Mechanical Engineering 254 74% / 26% 11% $101,002 92 97%
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 17 65% / 35% 0% $92,383 86 87%
Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences 22 82% / 18% 5% $99,061 91 97%
Robotics 42 71% / 29% 12% $101,233 92
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts 5,601 46% / 54% 12% $92,039 86 94%
Computer Science 1,216 +101 74% / 26% 18% $149,173 100 98%
Data Science 153 +48 63% / 37% 44% $113,684 97
Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 +2 55% / 45% 10% $79,157 71
Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences 8 38% / 62% 25% $63,260 31
Chemistry 42 +5 40% / 60% 7% $75,697 64 100%
Earth and Environmental Sciences 63 +5 33% / 67% 6% $55,702 12 91%
Mathematics 201 +42 65% / 35% 50% $106,674 95 91%
Physics 40 +23 82% / 18% 35% $75,549 64 96%
Statistics 84 +41 49% / 51% 46% $104,786 94 100%
Biochemistry 61 +4 38% / 62% 5% $65,948 39 94%
Biology 350 +26 23% / 77% 2% $61,994 27 91%
Biophysics 6 +8 50% / 50% 0% $65,948 39 94%
Cell and Molecular Biology 9 33% / 67% 11% $67,888 45 83%
Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity 47 +13 40% / 60% 2% $37,423 2 92%
Microbiology 22 +1 45% / 55% 9% $56,968 15 96%
Molecular Biology 186 +13 40% / 60% 4% $65,948 39 94%
Neuroscience 184 +10 29% / 71% 4% $69,047 48 96%
Plant Biology 2 0% / 100% 0% $50,635 6
Environment 118 +27 15% / 85% 1% $59,488 20 92%
Economics 608 +95 65% / 35% 13% $107,930 95 90%
Organizational Studies 40 +12 32% / 68% 5% $98,595 90 96%
Afroamerican and African Studies 5 +2 60% / 40% 0% $59,305 20 94%
American Culture 2 +8 0% / 100% 0% $62,500 28 88%
Ancient Studies/Civilization 2 +4 50% / 50% 0% $70,762 53
Anthropology 9 +4 11% / 89% 0% $65,154 36 84%
Anthropology 30 +9 27% / 73% 3% $65,154 36 84%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies 12 +3 0% / 100% 0% $60,706 23
Asian Studies 21 +6 48% / 52% 14% $62,500 28 88%
Behavioral Neuroscience 327 +19 19% / 81% 4% $63,373 31 95%
Classical Civilization 5 +1 40% / 60% 0% $70,718 53
Classics $62,101 27
Cognitive Science 113 +36 31% / 69% 12% $76,985 67 100%
Communication and Media 216 +24 21% / 79% 5% $80,532 73 96%
Communication and Media $80,532 73 96%
Comparative Literature 2 +2 50% / 50% 50% $53,494 9
Creative Writing and Literature 19 +8 26% / 74% 0% $50,433 6 100%
English 76 +25 25% / 75% 1% $56,738 14 95%
French 8 +10 25% / 75% 12% $64,161 33 96%
General Studies 36 78% / 22% 3% $52,265 8 88%
German 34 +9 38% / 62% 0% $55,165 12 86%
History 73 +32 48% / 52% 5% $65,470 37 94%
Humanities 6 +2 17% / 83% 0% $52,265 8 88%
Interdisciplinary Studies 5 60% / 40% 0% $105,998 94 93%
International Studies 119 +25 29% / 71% 5% $71,671 55 91%
Italian 4 +4 75% / 25% 0% $64,161 33 96%
Jewish Studies 3 +1 33% / 67% 0% $65,085 36
Latin 1 100% / 0% 0%
Latin $63,594 32
Latin American and Caribbean Studies +2 $62,500 28
Latina/o Studies +1 $59,305 20 94%
Linguistics 28 +18 46% / 54% 7% $53,494 9 88%
Modern Greek 2 +2 0% / 100% 0% $63,264 31
Near East Studies 2 +3 50% / 50% 0% $61,771 26
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 1 0% / 100% 0% $62,500 28 88%
Philosophy 32 +22 50% / 50% 3% $74,127 61 91%
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 31 +5 58% / 42% 3% $76,951 67
Polish $63,361 31
Political Science 222 +59 43% / 57% 3% $77,899 68 93%
Psychology 407 +47 18% / 82% 8% $63,373 31 95%
Romance Languages 3 0% / 100% 0% $64,161 33 96%
Russian 3 67% / 33% 0% $63,051 30
Russian and Slavic Studies +1 $62,500 28
Social Sciences 8 +3 25% / 75% 0% $64,795 35
Sociology 113 +34 21% / 79% 7% $64,507 35 93%
Spanish 47 +63 19% / 81% 0% $64,161 33 96%
Women's and Gender Studies 15 +9 0% / 100% 0% $59,305 20 94%
Film, Television, and Media 90 +10 50% / 50% 3% $49,112 5 94%
History of Art 9 +10 11% / 89% 0% $50,885 7 97%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Pharmacy 40 25% / 75% 5% $144,263 100 95%
Pharmaceutical Sciences 40 25% / 75% 5% $144,263 100 95%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 83 34% / 66% 2% $85,612 80 97%
Public Policy 83 34% / 66% 2% $85,612 80 97%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Marsal Family School of Education 48 23% / 77% 2% $53,701 10 94%
Elementary Education 20 10% / 90% 0% $53,701 10 94%
Secondary Education 28 32% / 68% 4% $53,701 10 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design 184 15% / 85% 9% $50,885 7 97%
Art and Design 184 15% / 85% 9% $50,885 7 97%
Industrial and Product Design $71,134 54
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Ross School of Business 635 55% / 45% 4% $138,596 99 94%
Business Administration 635 55% / 45% 4% $138,596 99 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Information 249 31% / 69% 12% $122,596 98 94%
Human Computer Interaction 18 50% / 50% 17%
Informatics 6 17% / 83% 0% $149,173 100 98%
Information 225 29% / 71% 12% $121,888 98 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Kinesiology 347 46% / 54% 5% $73,308 59 96%
Kinesiology 41 27% / 73% 5% $73,308 59 96%
Movement Science 135 +1 28% / 72% 1% $73,308 59 96%
Sport Management 171 64% / 36% 8% $73,308 59 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Music, Theatre & Dance 206 39% / 61% 10% $33,775 1 93%
Audio Engineering Technology/Technician 5 80% / 20% 20% $58,133 17
Composition 7 86% / 14% 14% $31,469 1 92%
Dance 17 6% / 94% 0% $32,780 1
Jazz Studies 8 62% / 38% 0% $31,469 1 92%
Music 8 38% / 62% 12% $31,469 1 92%
Music Education 13 46% / 54% 0% $54,514 11
Music Technology 1 0% / 100% 0% $31,469 1
Musical Theatre 21 48% / 52% 10% $28,776 1 94%
Musicology 3 67% / 33% 33% $31,469 1 92%
Organ 73 37% / 63% 11% $31,469 1 92%
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 5 0% / 100% 20% $28,776 1 94%
Theatre and Drama 30 +1 33% / 67% 10% $28,776 1 94%
Visual and Performing Arts 15 47% / 53% 13% $42,857 2
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Nursing 170 9% / 91% 0% $82,722 76 98%
Nursing 170 9% / 91% 0% $82,722 76 98%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Public Health 144 14% / 86% 1% $72,424 57 99%
Athletic Training $69,186 48
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 33 0% / 100% 0% $52,130 8 97%
Public Health 111 18% / 82% 1% $78,458 70 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning 83 29% / 71% 16% $64,650 35 98%
Architecture 83 29% / 71% 16% $64,650 35 98%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $19,977
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $69,918
Est. In-State Cost $25,842
Est. Out-of-State Cost $90,446
ROI Percentile 87th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 98%
4-Year Graduation Rate 82%
6-Year Graduation Rate 93%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 23.5% 2,125 28% / 72% 5% $68,466 46 94%
Computer Science 17.9% 1,618 66% / 34% 20% $141,942 100 97%
Business & Economics 16.1% 1,454 59% / 41% 8% $116,994 98 93%
Engineering 13.9% 1,257 68% / 32% 11% $103,301 93 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 9.6% 867 31% / 69% 3% $63,220 30 93%
Arts 6.3% 572 31% / 69% 9% $46,442 4 95%
Health Sciences 5.9% 530 18% / 82% 1% $81,443 75 98%
Physical Sciences & Math 5.1% 458 56% / 44% 36% $91,797 85 94%
Agriculture & Food Science 1.3% 118 15% / 85% 1% $59,488 20 92%
Education 0.5% 48 23% / 77% 2% $53,701 10 94%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Health Sciences $819M #10 53% $70.8M 62 #29 344 437
Engineering $371M #8 65% $23.4M 309 #3 1,842 265
Life & Natural Sciences $367M #11 68% $6.5M 169 #3 1,037 289
Humanities & Social Sciences $275M #1 42% $0.4M 188 #6 532 70
Physical Sciences & Math $117M #25 55% $2.2M 156 #2 934 195
Business & Economics $58.8M #5 50% $0.3M 27 #39 166 2
Agriculture & Food Science $29.7M #46 39% $0.2M 9 #56 74 27
Computer Science $20.9M #50 40% $0.2M 16 #63 121 45
Education $11.9M #49 49% $0.5M 13 #286
Total $2,073M #3 56% $104M 949 #2 5,050 1,330

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 16%
Yield (Unbound) 45%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 11% 10% 6%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 73%
SAT Range 1370 – 1530
SAT Math Range 680 – 780
SAT RW Range 690 – 750

Rankings

Politically Incorrect

Equal Opportunity Objectification Most Attractive Men
Gym Selfie Central

My Tribe

Call Your Mother! Most Jewish
Huge Community
Little Meca Most Muslim
Strongest MSA

Engineering

It Actually IS Rocket Science Aerospace Engineering
To Infinity and Beyond
Pre-Med Hidding in Plain Sight Biomedical Engineering
Cutting Edge
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
Polymer Whisperers & Battery Bros
Playing House Civil Engineering
Infrastructure Elite
Resistance Is Futile Computer Engineering
FPGA Whisperers & Bit-Twiddling Demigods
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Shockingly Elite
Hugging Trees with Calculus Environmental Engineering
Watershed Wizards
Making Spreadsheets Go Brrrr Industrial Engineering
The Classics
Naval Gazing Marine & Ocean Engineering
Sea Worthy
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Atomic Architects
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Mad Scientists' Machine Shop
We Glow In The Dark Nuclear Engineering
Reactor Masters

Computer Science

Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better. Artificial Intelligence
Sticking to the CS Guns (For Now)
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science (Eng)
The Waitlist Kings
import pandas as pd Data Science
The Tech Bro Pipeline
Pixels, Psychology, and Post-its Human-Computer Interaction
Silicon Valley UX Factories
Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again? Information Technology
Tech Support Savants

Physical Sciences & Math

Quants, Proofs & p < 0.05 Applied Mathematics & Statistics
The Public Data Powerhouses
Breaking Bad Chemistry
Mega-Lab Multiverse
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Ocean Explorers
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
The Heavyweight Builders (Applied Physics)
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Theorem Crafters

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Lab Gods
Photosynthesis Fan Club Ecology & Plant Biology
Tree-Hugger Royalty
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
The Cadaver Club
Lord of the Petri Dish Microbiology & Immunology
Pathogen Punishers
Staring at a Gel Electrophoresis Until Our Eyes Bleed Molecular Biology & Genomics
Sequencing Squad
Action Potentials Neuroscience
Pre-Meds in Disguise
X-Ray Vision Required Clinical Diagnostics
Imaging Innovators

Agriculture & Food Science

Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Planet Savers

Health Sciences

Open Wide Dentistry & Oral Health
Plaque Attackers
Behind Every Doctor Health Services
Hospital VIPs
Where Diagnoses Begin Laboratory Sciences
Pipette Pioneers
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts) Nursing
Florence Nightingale's Heirs
Legal Drug Dealers Pharmacy
Prescription Perfectionists
Talk About a Career Phonoaudiology
Hearing Heroes
Saving Lives One Spreadsheet At a Time Public Health
Pandemic Predictors
Walk It Off Rehabilitation
Cleared to Play
Sweat Equity Sports & Fitness
ESPN Scholars

Business & Economics

LIFO the Party Accounting
GAAP Gatekeepers
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Suit & Tie on a Tuesday Pre-Professionals
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
VLOOKUP Virtuosos
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
Mega-Macro State Factories
Move Fast, Break Tuition Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Future Founders
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Show Me The Money!
The Spreadsheet Doctors Healthcare Administration
The Hospital C-Suite Pipeline
Office Politics 101 Human Resources
Org Chart Architects
Tik-Tok Generation Marketing
Brand Builders

Humanities & Social Sciences

I Think, Therefore I Major Cognitive Science
The Qualia Quibblers
Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
Ink & Quill
Saving the Planet, One Policy at a Time Environmental Policy & Sustainability
Sustainability Wonks
Smashing the Patriarchy 101 Gender Studies
Activist Academics
Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Policy Wonks
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary) History & Archaeology
The Archivists
I'll Figure Out the Career Later Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary
Major Mashup
Professional Yapping Media & Communication Studies
State-Funded Media Monoliths
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
The Questioners
Feelings, But With Error Bars Research & Experimental Psychology
Textbook Authors' Legacy
Decolonizing the Curriculum Regional & Ethnic Studies
Area Experts
Arguing with God for a Grade Religion
The Seekers
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
Social Theorists
Grammar Police Academy World Languages & Linguistics
Syntax Scholars

Education

No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers Early Education
Sandbox Specialists
Surviving PTA Karens General Education
Shaping the Shapers
Hablas Pedagogy? Languages Education
Polyglot Professors
History Repeats Itself Social Sciences Education
Civics Class Stars
Everyone Gets a Medal Special Education
IEP Architects
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers Specific Subjects Education
Specialty Stars
Show Your Work, Then Teach It STEM Education
Future Khan Academies

Arts

Sleep Deprivation by Design Architecture
Studio Culture
Lights, Camera, Tuition Film
Streaming Service Bound
Eight Hours of Scales Music
The Maestros' Lounge
Theatre Kid Generation Performing Arts
Standing Ovation

Professional

Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety) Law
Mock Trial Champs