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Common Data Set 2025-2026

University of Michigan

MI · Public · ~35,400 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2025-2026
16.4%

University of Michigan's admit rate has fallen 35.8 percentage points across the 12 reported years on file.

SAT · 50th
1470
Range 1370–1530
6-yr grad
93.0%
Retention 97.0%
Undergrads
35,358
15:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from University of Michigan's officially-published 2025-2026 Common Data Set. View source →

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate16.4% SAT (50th)1,470 ACT (50th)33 Undergraduates35,358 6-yr graduation93.0% Retention97.0% Tuition (FT)$63,480 Student–faculty ratio15:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2025-202616.4%8,17893.0%97.0%1,470
2024-202515.6%7,27893.0%97.0%—
2023-2024—7,46693.2%—1,470
2022-2023—7,05093.2%—1,470
2021-2022—7,29093.7%——

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where University of Michigan applicants also apply
University of Virginia-Main CampusVA · 16.8% admit · SAT 1470 · 17,901 UG Cornell UniversityNY · 8.4% admit · SAT 1530 · 16,138 UG Georgetown UniversityDC · 13.5% admit · SAT 1480 · 7,908 UG Carnegie Mellon UniversityPA · 11.1% admit · SAT 1540 · 7,304 UG University of California-Los AngelesCA · 9.4% admit · 33,534 UG Northwestern UniversityIL · 7.7% admit · SAT 1540 · 9,060 UG New York UniversityNY · 9.2% admit · SAT 1520 · 29,060 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNC · 15.3% admit · SAT 1470 · 21,075 UG Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusGA · 13.3% admit · SAT 1460 · 21,028 UG Boston UniversityMA · 12.8% admit · SAT 1470 · 18,289 UG University of FloridaFL · 24.2% admit · SAT 1400 · 36,573 UG University of Southern CaliforniaCA · 9.8% admit · SAT 1495 · 20,630 UG

What the data says about University of Michigan

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 37 percentage points.

University of Michigan's 93.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 36.7 pp.

02

First-year retention is among the highest in the index.

University of Michigan's 97.0% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 20.2 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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