by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Central Michigan University was awarded 117 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & physical education.
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Central Michigan landed the #346 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Central Michigan held the #402 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Central Michigan is also ranked #6 out of 56 schools in Michigan.
When it comes to admittance, Central Michigan University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 79%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 49% of students accepted to Central Michigan submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 620. Math scores were between 480 and 600.
The student to faculty ratio at Central Michigan University is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Central Michigan University is 76%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Central Michigan University is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from Central Michigan have a four-year graduation rate of 33%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,031 undergraduates at Central Michigan with 11,271 being full-time and 1,760 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,003 | $10,153 | $12,071 | $15,385 | $17,921 |
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 Central Michigan, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Central Michigan, approximately 81% of students took out student loans averaging $7,099 a year. That adds up to $28,396 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 662 | $53,605 |
| General Psychology | 248 | $31,166 |
| Instructional Media Design | 236 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 236 | $43,996 |
| Health & Physical Education | 226 | $32,850 |
| Marketing | 132 | $55,296 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 131 | $44,167 |
| Human Resource Management | 126 | $50,612 |
| Communication Sciences | 112 | $23,752 |
| Community Organization & Advocacy | 111 | $49,103 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 7,624 students took at least one online class at Central Michigan University. This is an increase from the 7,147 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 7,624 | 3,086 |
| 2021-2022 | 7,147 | 3,420 |
| 2020-2021 | 7,264 | 3,700 |
| 2018-2019 | 8,112 | 4,102 |
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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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