University Of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

The University of Michigan Ann Arbor is a top-ranked coeducational public research university – U-M is considered one of the eight original “Public Ivys.” It is the oldest university in Michigan and the main campus for the University of Michigan system, which also has campuses in Flint and Dearborn. U-M has one of the largest research budgets of any American university and has produced seven Nobel prize winners. Its endowment is in the top five for all U.S. public universities.

U-M was founded in 1817 in Detroit and moved to Ann Arbor in 1837. The campus sits on 3,176 acres of land. The school has one of the largest community of living alumni in the U.S. at an estimated 460,000. U-M enrolls students from all 50 U.S. states and over 100 other countries. U-M offers over 500 academic programs that grant graduate, undergraduate, PhD, and post-doctoral degrees.

The university is made up of the following schools and colleges:

• College of Engineering
• College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
• Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
• Law School
• Medical School
• Rackham Graduate School
• Ross School of Business
• School of Art and Design
• School of Kinesiology
• School of Natural Resources and Environment
• School of Nursing
• Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

The university's sports teams are known as the Wolverines. They participate in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. The U-M football program has the best record of wins and winning percentage of any major U.S. university. The Wolverines football team plays in Michigan Stadium, which is the biggest college football-only stadium in the world, holding more than 107,000 spectators. U-M has also seen national level success in ice hockey and basketball.

With U-M's huge number of alumni, the school has a large number of notable alumni. A few of these include: the late U.S. president Gerald Ford, Google co-founder Larry Page, playwright Arthur Miller, actor James Earl Jones, actresses Lucy Liu and Selma Blair, TV journalist Mike Wallace, conservative pundit Ann Coulter, and pop entertainer Madonna.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in engineering, music, mathematics, conservation and resource management, and medicine.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High male/female ratio.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Selective admissions.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Trimester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 41,028 in 2009-2010 (45,885 full-time equivalent).

About 51% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 49% of the class.

Undergrads are 62% of enrolled students and graduate students are 38%.

Students under 25 years old represent 73% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of Michigan provides on-campus housing for 11,664 of its 45,885 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Big Ten Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 268 male students received the aid (men were 56% of those receiving aid) and 213 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 44% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

University Of Michigan offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (265 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (106 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,237 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (390 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (161 awarded)

• Environmental Studies
• Natural Resources Management and Policy
• Natural Resources and Conservation
• Natural Resources/Conservation

DESIGN (0 awarded)

• Graphic Design
• Industrial Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (56 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
• Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (321 awarded)

• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (1,985 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Engineering Physics
• Engineering
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Geological/Geophysical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Materials Science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Polymer/Plastics Engineering
• Structural Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Transportation and Highway Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (472 awarded)

• Community Organization and Advocacy
• Public Administration
• Public Administration and Social Service Professions
• Public Policy Analysis
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (51 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine Arts and Art Studies

LAW (437 awarded)

• Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
• International Business, Trade, and Tax Law (LLM, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (2,390 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Ancient Studies/Civilization
• Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
• Anthropology
• Applied Economics
• Arabic Language and Literature
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classical/Ancient Mediterranean/Near Eastern Studies & Archaeology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• East Asian Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• German Language and Literature
• Hebrew Language and Literature
• Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Italian Language and Literature
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Linguistics
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Middle/Near Eastern/Semitic Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Modern Greek Language and Literature
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Museology/Museum Studies
• Near and Middle Eastern Studies
• Polish Language and Literature
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Russian Language and Literature
• Russian Studies
• Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• South Asian Studies
• Southeast Asian Studies
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (206 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Systems Science and Theory

MEDIA (173 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (231 awarded)

• Environmental Health
• Health and Medical Administrative Services
• Health/Health Care Administration/Management
• Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator
• Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
• Public Health Education and Promotion

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (28 awarded)

• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
• Dental Services and Allied Professions

MEDICINE (593 awarded)

• Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
• Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)
• Dental Materials (MS, PhD)
• Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
• Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
• Medicine (MD)
• Neuroscience
• Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD)
• Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
• Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Public Health

MUSIC (194 awarded)

• Conducting
• Jazz/Jazz Studies
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
• Music Management and Merchandising
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music
• Piano and Organ
• Violin, Viola, Guitar and Other Stringed Instruments

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (258 awarded)

• Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
• Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
• Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (234 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Nutrition Sciences
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (70 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art
• Drawing
• Film/Cinema Studies

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (11 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (50 awarded)

• Islamic Studies
• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (896 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
• Biochemistry
• Bioinformatics
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biophysics
• Biostatistics
• Biotechnology
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Epidemiology
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Geology/Earth Science
• Human/Medical Genetics
• Immunology
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
• Pathology/Experimental Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
• Physics
• Physiology
• Polymer Chemistry
• Science, Technology and Society
• Toxicology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (788 awarded)

• Developmental and Child Psychology
• Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
• Psychology