Central Michigan University

Why CMU?

Central Michigan University has been known by generations of students as a large university with a smaller college feel and a focus on student engagement and leadership.

Quick Facts

27,768

CMU's 2007-2008 enrollment - fourth largest among Michigan's 15 public universities - including 19,876 on-campus students and 6,921 off-campus students.

6,696

CMU graduate students, representing more than 25 percent of the combined on-campus and off-campus student body.

3,771

CMU's fall 2007 freshman enrollment

3.31

The average fall 2007 incoming class high-school GPA

200-plus

CMU programs offered at the bachelor's, master's, specialist's, and doctoral levels

22:1

CMU's student-to-teacher ratio

843

Full-time CMU faculty members

7

CMU's academic units:

• College of Business Administration
• College of Communication and Fine Arts
• College of Education and Human Services
• College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences
• College of Science and Technology
• The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions
• College of Graduate Studies

$9,200

The average CMU student scholarship and financial aid award

$80 million

Donations received during CMU's historic New Vision of Excellence campaign, which is supporting student scholarships, endowments for faculty research and creative activity, campus improvements and technology, and special programs

166,560

CMU alumni living all around the world, including 103,450 in Michigan and 63,110 in other states

$373.5 million

CMU's 2006-2007 fiscal year revenues

16

CMU's NCAA Division 1-A athletic teams:

• Men – Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Indoor and Outdoor Track, Wrestling
• Women – Basketball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Gymnastics, Indoor and Outdoor Track, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball

$50 million

Money committed by the state of Michigan and private sources to secure CMU's historic leadership in the field of teacher education with the new Education Building, with construction beginning in spring 2007.

480

Acres encompassing CMU's main campus in Mount Pleasant, Michigan – a park-like environment that takes no more than 15 minutes to walk across.

6,317

Student rooms in CMU's 22 residence halls, most of which include separate bathroom, bedroom, and study/living room – ample space for all first-year students and many of CMU's upper-class students.