University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Public
- City
- 34,177 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 16%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $14,362per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 93%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $92,83210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Through the Go Blue Guarantee, Michigan families earning $125,000 or less, with under $125,000 in assets, pay no tuition for four years. It's awarded automatically to admitted students who file for financial aid.
Source: Go Blue Guarantee, Ann Arbor
First- and second-year students can join faculty research through UROP; about 1,100 students work with more than 700 researchers.
Source: U-M International Center
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 16%About 2 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1360–1530Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 31–34Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From University of Michigan-Ann Arbor's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
94% had a 3.75 or higher. The average was 3.90. Schools count GPA differently (weighted or not), so compare ranges loosely.
- Off the wait list
- 9%1,663 admitted of 18,435 who stayed on the wait list (24,447 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1370–153055% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 32–3418% of first-years sent ACT scores
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- GPA
Important
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Being first in your family to go to college
Considered
- Activities
- A talent or ability
- Where you live
- Living in the state
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
- Showing interest in the school
Not considered
- Class rank
- Interview
- Family who went there (legacy)
Where you'd stand
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Sources: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Common Data Set 2025–26; College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $14,362full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $36,613sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $18,346Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $63,962Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 93%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 97%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $92,83210 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,515federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 34,177Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 22%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 21%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Michigan State University East Lansing, MI — admits 85%
- University of Georgia Athens, GA — admits 38%
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI — admits 45%
- University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD — admits 45%
Also worth a look
- University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA — admits 11%
- University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA — admits 9%
- University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA — admits 27%
- University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA — admits 29%
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC — admits 15%
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA — admits 14%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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