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University of Michigan - Dearborn was awarded 5 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is marketing.
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UM Dearborn is ranked #819 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
UM Dearborn is also ranked #21 out of 56 schools in Michigan.
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University of Michigan - Dearborn has an acceptance rate of 54%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for UM Dearborn.
About 56% of students accepted to UM Dearborn submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 640. Math scores were between 510 and 650.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, University of Michigan - Dearborn is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 University of Michigan - Dearborn is 69%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Michigan - Dearborn 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.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 18% for first-time, full-time students at UM Dearborn, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,725 undergraduates at UM Dearborn with 5,012 being full-time and 1,713 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,655 | $9,103 | $11,254 | $16,865 | $19,513 |
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 UM Dearborn, 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 UM Dearborn, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $5,720 a year. That adds up to $22,880 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UM Dearborn is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UM Dearborn are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128-1491 |
| Phone: | 313-593-5000 |
| Website: | https://umdearborn.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UMDearborn |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/UM_Dearborn |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 194 | $70,688 |
| Electrical Engineering | 180 | $78,942 |
| General Psychology | 133 | $31,803 |
| Computer Information Systems | 122 | $77,273 |
| Business Administration & Management | 119 | $57,102 |
| General Biology | 104 | $20,671 |
| Accounting | 87 | $57,833 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 84 | $58,438 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 82 | $61,297 |
| Computer Programming | 73 | $80,830 |
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, 5,628 students took at least one online class at University of Michigan - Dearborn. This is a decrease from the 6,529 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 5,628 | 1,348 |
| 2021-2022 | 6,529 | 1,769 |
| 2020-2021 | 8,428 | 5,558 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,896 | 992 |
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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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