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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $1,043 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $34,654.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $83,648 ten years after entering, the 98th percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 93% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1817
Enrollment, 2023
53,422
Website
umich.edu
Motto
“Artes, Scientia, Veritas”
Campus of University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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The University of Michigan is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1817 and is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. It is also one of the earliest American research universities and is a founding member of the Association of American Universities.

From the Wikipedia article “University of Michigan”, revision 1362297570, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $34,654 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $1,043 and $26,517 a year depending on income at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Statement of cost · University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$34,654
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$1,043
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$13,138
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$17,736

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $1,043; $30–48k: $1,878; $48–75k: $4,895; $75–110k: $10,869; over $110k: $26,517. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$1,043
$30k–$48k$1,878
$48k–$75k$4,895
$75k–$110k$10,869
Over $110k$26,517

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $83,648; the median graduate who borrowed owes $19,500.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$73,762
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$78,273
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
98th percentile among public 4-years
$83,648
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
49th percentile among public 4-years
$19,500
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$17,625

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $73,762; 8 yrs after entry: $78,273; 10 yrs after entry: $83,648. Median graduate debt: $19,500. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $19,500.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$73,762
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$78,273
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$83,648
Median graduate debt$19,500

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree1,215$153,297$20,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree815$202,743not reported
Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's Degree761$63,419$18,708
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree613$140,827$19,000
EconomicsBachelor's Degree608$108,627$19,690
Electrical and Computer EngineeringMaster's Degree456not reportednot reported
Social WorkMaster's Degree383$64,619not reported
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree327not reportednot reported
LawFirst Professional Degree307$197,273not reported
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBachelor's Degree284$65,675$17,750
Information Science/StudiesMaster's Degree279$86,385not reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree279$73,196$19,135
Show all 27 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree258$61,737$20,000
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralMaster's Degree257not reportednot reported
Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchMaster's Degree250$76,347not reported
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree247$78,402$18,862
Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree239$101,514$21,750
MathematicsBachelor's Degree211$107,395$21,589
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree209$81,316$20,376
Neurobiology and NeurosciencesBachelor's Degree189$68,761$18,268
Computer EngineeringMaster's Degree132$172,782not reported
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherMaster's Degree16$244,101not reported
DentistryFirst Professional Degree127$158,677not reported
Computer Software and Media ApplicationsBachelor's Degree0not reported$19,769
Systems EngineeringMaster's Degree83$147,527not reported
Mechanical EngineeringDoctoral Degree42not reportednot reported
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationDoctoral Degree17not reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor: 34,177 undergraduates; 18% of students receive Pell grants; 16% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

16%

2nd percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

34,177

96th percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

18%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

12th percentile among public 4-years

Completion

93%

finish within 150% of normal time

above the 99th percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

21%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$65,045

89th percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k22%
  • $30k–$48k13%
  • $48k–$75k14%
  • $75k–$110knot reported
  • Over $110knot reported
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k22%
$30k–$48k13%
$48k–$75k14%
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 15,504 people who studied at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, most often in science & academia (51%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 51% (7,477 people); medicine 2.2% (324 people); law 5.3% (766 people); politics & gov 5.6% (814 people); business 2.2% (327 people); engineering & tech 3.8% (555 people); writing & journalism 7.4% (1,077 people); film & stage 2.6% (373 people); music 3.2% (464 people); visual arts 2.2% (321 people); sports 13% (1,867 people); religion 0.4% (62 people); military 1.1% (155 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia7,47751.3%
medicine3242.2%
law7665.3%
politics & gov8145.6%
business3272.2%
engineering & tech5553.8%
writing & journalism1,0777.4%
film & stage3732.6%
music4643.2%
visual arts3212.2%
sports1,86712.8%
religion620.4%
military1551.1%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (4,095) · university teacher (1,696) · politician (741) · lawyer (671) · American football player (662) · writer (588) · basketball player (585) · mathematician (393)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 8% for the 1830s to 34% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 2 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1810snot reported1not reported
1820snot reported23not reported
1830s5608%
1840s129911%
1850s2812418%
1860s2716714%
1870s3521414%
1880s212109%
1890s3724113%
1900s7837017%
1910s7544115%
1920s9759414%
1930s9364713%
1940s20972122%
1950s21169323%
1960s19242431%
1970s15637829%
1980s10528227%
1990s8218331%
2000s6412434%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 102,054 in 2024-01.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0632,799
2026-0537,313
2026-0451,845
2026-0341,088
2026-0232,532
2026-0141,967
2025-1247,743
2025-1145,690
2025-1044,235
2025-0947,097
2025-0842,490
2025-0738,195
2025-0634,818
2025-0539,915
2025-0441,026
2025-0355,831
2025-0239,361
2025-0149,982
2024-1249,897
2024-1149,675
2024-1050,715
2024-0962,046
2024-0850,284
2024-0747,893
2024-0638,034
2024-0547,182
2024-0452,848
2024-0357,166
2024-0253,323
2024-01102,054
2023-1257,531
2023-1168,245
2023-1057,715
2023-0958,702
2023-0858,005
2023-0751,417
2023-0655,224
2023-0555,593
2023-0455,147
2023-0359,036
2023-0254,567
2023-0163,437
2022-1259,351
2022-1160,158
2022-1062,386
2022-0957,616
2022-0854,552
2022-0754,825
2022-0648,090
2022-0550,088
2022-0452,687
2022-0353,021
2022-0253,876
2022-0169,138
2021-1258,236
2021-1168,383
2021-1065,397
2021-0958,799
2021-0855,103
2021-0759,049
2021-0641,669
2021-0541,707
2021-0448,262
2021-0355,604
2021-0247,502
2021-0158,851
2020-1256,248
2020-1164,500
2020-1054,855
2020-0947,205
2020-0844,548
2020-0742,231
2020-0642,451
2020-0559,718
2020-0462,934
2020-0355,663
2020-0249,968
2020-0161,114
2019-1264,686
2019-1167,503
2019-1071,441
2019-0965,560
2019-0859,463
2019-0752,733
2019-0650,440
2019-0553,565
2019-0458,490
2019-0369,482
2019-0256,628
2019-0171,936
2018-1272,267
2018-1181,631
2018-1082,593
2018-0976,395
2018-0862,545
2018-0755,835
2018-0651,067
2018-0559,462
2018-0478,817
2018-0378,575
2018-0254,475
2018-0160,900
2017-1251,424
2017-1158,967
2017-1070,717
2017-0959,273
2017-0854,235
2017-0746,018
2017-0644,749
2017-0548,595
2017-0454,130
2017-0363,580
2017-0256,493
2017-0161,909
2016-1260,698
2016-1172,172
2016-1070,955
2016-0966,840
2016-0854,411
2016-0748,505
2016-0646,144
2016-0552,111
2016-0455,582
2016-0362,115
2016-0253,280
2016-0160,140
2015-1266,516
2015-1177,167
2015-1081,188
2015-0999,570
2015-0864,161
2015-0751,918

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Samuel C. C. Ting Physics 1976
  • Stanley Cohen Medicine 1986
  • Richard Smalley Chemistry 1996
  • Hugh David Politzer Physics 2004
  • Robert J. Shiller Economics 2013

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 15 portraits

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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