Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

School Background

2022 Undergraduate Enrollment: 11,323
Graduate Enrollment: 4,007
Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
Highest degree awarded: Graduate
Religious Affiliation: None

Campus Details

Town: Distant (in urban cluster more than 10 miles and up to 35 miles from an urbanized area)
Four-year, large, primarily residential // full-time, selective, higher transfer-in

Applicant and Admittance Traits

2022 Admission Rate: 77.08%

Male/Female: 41% / 59% (2017)

First generation college students: 29.3% (2017)
Percentage of students who are married when enrolled: 4.6% (2017)
Percentage of students who are veterans: 0.3% (2017)

Test scores for admission: Considered but not required
2022 Median Admit SAT: 1,120
SAT 25th Percentile - 75th: 1010 - 1220

2022 Median Admit ACT: 23
ACT 25th Percentile - 75th: 20 - 26

Appliants applying to 2+ schools: 56.2% (2017)
Appliants applying to 3+ schools: 35.8% (2017)
Appliants applying to 4+ schools: 22.9% (2017)
Appliants applying to 5+ schools: 15.6% (2017)

Ethnicity Information

White: 76.1%
Black: 10.1%
Hispanic: 5.4%
Asian: 1.2%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.7%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
2+ races: 4.1%
Non-resident alien: 1.2%
Unknown race: 1.0%

Costs & Fees

2022 Average Tuition & Fees (Room/Board/Books): $26,085
In-State tuition: $13,200
Out-of-State tuition: $13,200

Estimated books and supplies: $1,000 (2022)
Estimated on-campus room & board: $10,920 (2022)
Estimated on-campus other fees: $1,250 (2022)

Estimated off-campus room & board: $8,000 (2022)
Estimated off-campus other fees: $1,250 (2022)

Average Family Income: $78,099 (2017)
Median Family Income: $57,838 (2017)

Scholarships & Financial Aid

Percentage of students receiving Pell Grant: 33.3%
Percentage of students with Federal Loans: 69.7%

Median federal loan debt at graduation: $27,000 (2021)
Median federal loan payment: $286 (2021)

Household Income Net Cost
0-$30k $12,622
$30k-48k $13,127
$48k-75k $14,224
$75k-110k $17,623
$110k+ $20,012

Graduate Outcomes & Job Placements

4-year graduation rate: 34%
6-year graduation rate: 62%

1 year post-graduation workforce participation: 96.6% (2020)

Loans

Median federal debt for graduates: $27,000 (2021)
Median federal debt for non-graduates: $11,525 (2021)

Median federal debt for first-generation graduates: $23,250 (2021)
Median federal debt for Pell grant recipient graduates: $25,406 (2021)

Ability to Repay Loans

Graduates, % of Loans in Repayment
(Non-delinquent/default)
Percentage
@1 Year 60.6% (2015)
@3 year 65.0% (2017)
@5 year 70.1% (2017)


1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid (Non-delinquent/default) - Pell Grant Recipients: 42.3% (2015)
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid - 1st Generation Attendees: 45.6% (2015)

Earnings Power

Median earnings, 1 year post graduation: $40,693 (2020)
Median earnings, 4 years post graduation: $50,137 (2020)

Popular Majors

Type of Degree Major 2022 Graduates Median Federal Debt Median Monthly Payment 1yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) 4yr Median Earnings (monthly gross)
Master's Degree Physics. 5
Bachelor's Degree Physics. 5
Bachelor's Degree Astronomy and Astrophysics. 4
Bachelor's Degree Natural Resources Conservation and Research. 59 $29,000 $304 $23,847 ($1,987) $42,661 ($3,555)
Doctoral Degree Natural Resources Conservation and Research. 3
Bachelor's Degree Natural Resources Management and Policy. 8 $65,900 ($5,492)
Bachelor's Degree Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. 15 $24,309 ($2,026)
Bachelor's Degree Communication and Media Studies. 82 $27,000 $286 $32,763 ($2,730) $51,268 ($4,272)
Master's Degree Communication and Media Studies. 9
Bachelor's Degree Journalism. 32 $27,000 $286 $26,847 ($2,237) $32,022 ($2,669)
Bachelor's Degree Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. 108 $27,000 $286 $28,829 ($2,402) $41,265 ($3,439)
Master's Degree Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. 18 $38,597 ($3,216)
Bachelor's Degree Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. 160 $27,000 $286 $37,650 ($3,138) $51,494 ($4,291)
Bachelor's Degree Computer and Information Sciences, General. 31 $27,000 $286 $58,111 ($4,843) $82,462 ($6,872)
Master's Degree Computer and Information Sciences, General. 81 $418
Graduate/Professional Certificate Computer and Information Sciences, General. 6
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science. 36 $27,000 $276 $66,378 ($5,532) $89,004 ($7,417)
Master's Degree Computer Science. 10
Graduate/Professional Certificate Computer Software and Media Applications. 5
Master's Degree Education, General. 1 $58,569 ($4,881)
Master's Degree Curriculum and Instruction. 46 $327 $50,197 ($4,183) $51,984 ($4,332)
Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering. 69 $27,000 $286 $68,725 ($5,727) $84,789 ($7,066)
Bachelor's Degree Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians. 8
Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians. 54 $30,000 $297 $64,581 ($5,382) $75,648 ($6,304)
Bachelor's Degree Construction Engineering Technologies. 14 $64,630 ($5,386) $76,248 ($6,354)
Bachelor's Degree Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians. 16 $28,500 $302 $68,629 ($5,719)
Master's Degree Engineering-Related Fields. 28 $395
Graduate/Professional Certificate Engineering-Related Fields. 2
Bachelor's Degree Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. 3
Bachelor's Degree Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. 35 $27,000 $284 $29,053 ($2,421) $43,068 ($3,589)
Master's Degree Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. 1
Master's Degree Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services. 38 $183 $57,684 ($4,807)
Bachelor's Degree Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. 126 $27,209 $286 $31,248 ($2,604) $39,851 ($3,321)
Bachelor's Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate). 9 $36,634 ($3,053)
Bachelor's Degree English Language and Literature, General. 39 $27,500 $286 $25,639 ($2,137) $36,145 ($3,012)
Master's Degree English Language and Literature, General. 7
Bachelor's Degree Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. 1 $32,286 ($2,691)
Master's Degree Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. 3
Bachelor's Degree Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. 1
Master's Degree Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. 2
Bachelor's Degree Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology. 7
Bachelor's Degree Chemistry. 7
Master's Degree Chemistry. 8
Bachelor's Degree Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. 10 $31,000 $329 $52,964 ($4,414)
Doctoral Degree Materials Sciences. 5
Bachelor's Degree Psychology, General. 303 $27,000 $286 $28,305 ($2,359) $43,964 ($3,664)
Master's Degree Research and Experimental Psychology. 1
Master's Degree Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. 18
Doctoral Degree Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. 13 $75,893 ($6,324)
Graduate/Professional Certificate Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. 3
Bachelor's Degree Community Organization and Advocacy. 130 $33,932 $281 $43,848 ($3,654) $50,641 ($4,220)
Bachelor's Degree Public Administration. 14 $27,500 $286
Master's Degree Public Administration. 100 $405 $58,826 ($4,902) $60,204 ($5,017)
Graduate/Professional Certificate Public Administration. 5
Bachelor's Degree Social Work. 55 $27,000 $286 $36,164 ($3,014) $46,705 ($3,892)
Bachelor's Degree Social Sciences, General. 3
Bachelor's Degree Anthropology. 15 $31,000 $297 $21,135 ($1,761) $38,449 ($3,204)
Bachelor's Degree Economics. 29 $27,000 $286 $43,616 ($3,635)
Master's Degree Economics. 11
Bachelor's Degree Geography and Cartography. 15 $27,000 $278 $41,684 ($3,474)
Master's Degree Geography and Cartography. 5
Bachelor's Degree International Relations and National Security Studies. 14 $27,000 $284 $32,179 ($2,682) $49,936 ($4,161)
Bachelor's Degree Political Science and Government. 57 $27,239 $276 $32,443 ($2,704) $55,204 ($4,600)
Master's Degree Political Science and Government. 4
Bachelor's Degree Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. 21 $27,000 $286 $45,630 ($3,803)
Master's Degree Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. 33 $1,289 $111,651 ($9,304) $117,592 ($9,799)
First Professional Degree Medicine. 102 $2,889 $58,328 ($4,861)
Bachelor's Degree Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. 27 $31,000 $298 $40,100 ($3,342)
Master's Degree Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. 3
Bachelor's Degree Public Health. 8
Master's Degree Public Health. 15
Graduate/Professional Certificate Public Health. 4
Bachelor's Degree Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. 71 $27,000 $279 $35,629 ($2,969) $45,042 ($3,754)
First Professional Degree Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. 59
Bachelor's Degree Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services. 43 $27,000 $264 $20,373 ($1,698) $51,061 ($4,255)
Bachelor's Degree Business Administration, Management and Operations. 364 $28,000 $286 $52,077 ($4,340) $64,881 ($5,407)
Master's Degree Business Administration, Management and Operations. 470 $386 $74,046 ($6,171) $76,339 ($6,362)
Graduate/Professional Certificate Business Administration, Management and Operations. 82 $90,130 ($7,511) $71,416 ($5,951)
Bachelor's Degree Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. 23 $24,250 $217 $62,878 ($5,240) $75,013 ($6,251)
Graduate/Professional Certificate Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. 1
Bachelor's Degree Accounting and Related Services. 123 $29,000 $298 $57,167 ($4,764) $65,971 ($5,498)
Bachelor's Degree Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. 60 $27,000 $286 $42,381 ($3,532) $53,574 ($4,465)
Master's Degree Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. 9
Bachelor's Degree Finance and Financial Management Services. 128 $26,672 $270 $52,751 ($4,396) $65,653 ($5,471)
Bachelor's Degree Hospitality Administration/Management. 100 $29,000 $307 $33,940 ($2,828) $45,653 ($3,804)
Bachelor's Degree Human Resources Management and Services. 95 $27,670 $283 $50,476 ($4,206) $59,968 ($4,997)
Master's Degree Human Resources Management and Services. 171 $404 $60,236 ($5,020) $63,997 ($5,333)
Graduate/Professional Certificate Human Resources Management and Services. 26
Bachelor's Degree International Business. 6
Master's Degree International Business. 20 $74,504 ($6,209)
Graduate/Professional Certificate International Business. 3
Bachelor's Degree Management Information Systems and Services. 48 $27,000 $281 $65,054 ($5,421) $82,839 ($6,903)
Master's Degree Management Information Systems and Services. 24 $377 $89,937 ($7,495) $94,443 ($7,870)
Master's Degree Educational Administration and Supervision. 88 $312 $58,468 ($4,872) $66,471 ($5,539)
Doctoral Degree Educational Administration and Supervision. 25 $460 $75,922 ($6,327)
Graduate/Professional Certificate Educational Administration and Supervision. 3
Doctoral Degree Educational/Instructional Media Design. 8
Bachelor's Degree Special Education and Teaching. 43 $31,000 $329 $42,294 ($3,525) $43,515 ($3,626)
Master's Degree Special Education and Teaching. 2
Master's Degree Student Counseling and Personnel Services. 35 $573 $42,996 ($3,583) $50,544 ($4,212)
Bachelor's Degree Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. 58 $29,000 $286 $42,001 ($3,500) $40,126 ($3,344)
Master's Degree Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. 6
Graduate/Professional Certificate Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. 9
Bachelor's Degree Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. 207 $29,000 $307 $41,914 ($3,493) $43,844 ($3,654)
Master's Degree Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. 55 $329 $52,892 ($4,408) $59,704 ($4,975)
Master's Degree Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language. 6
Master's Degree Engineering, General. 8
Bachelor's Degree Biomedical/Medical Engineering. 1
Bachelor's Degree Computer Engineering. 3
Bachelor's Degree Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. 27 $30,000 $302 $72,169 ($6,014) $88,286 ($7,357)
Master's Degree Biology, General. 9
Bachelor's Degree Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 16 $46,207 ($3,851)
Bachelor's Degree Real Estate. 5
Bachelor's Degree Biology, General. 159 $27,000 $286 $26,568 ($2,214) $50,721 ($4,227)
Master's Degree Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. 17 $39,159 ($3,263)
Bachelor's Degree Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. 4
Master's Degree Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. 12 $38,736 ($3,228)
Bachelor's Degree Neurobiology and Neurosciences. 63 $27,000 $265 $27,232 ($2,269) $57,802 ($4,817)
Master's Degree Neurobiology and Neurosciences. 5
Doctoral Degree Neurobiology and Neurosciences. 7
Bachelor's Degree Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other. 4
Bachelor's Degree Mathematics. 19 $43,976 ($3,665)
Master's Degree Mathematics. 4
Doctoral Degree Mathematics. 5
Bachelor's Degree Applied Mathematics. 2
Bachelor's Degree Statistics. 16 $60,073 ($5,006) $74,610 ($6,218)
Master's Degree Statistics. 7
Doctoral Degree Statistics. 1
Master's Degree Historic Preservation and Conservation. 1
Bachelor's Degree Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies. 21 $25,005 ($2,084) $35,443 ($2,954)
Bachelor's Degree Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management. 1 $46,766 ($3,897)
Master's Degree Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management. 6
Bachelor's Degree Health and Physical Education/Fitness. 326 $27,000 $286 $29,437 ($2,453) $46,202 ($3,850)
Master's Degree Health and Physical Education/Fitness. 28 $350 $37,274 ($3,106) $53,230 ($4,436)
Bachelor's Degree Philosophy. 14 $18,372 ($1,531)
Bachelor's Degree Religion/Religious Studies. 6
Bachelor's Degree Sociology. 59 $28,563 $286 $30,696 ($2,558) $39,894 ($3,325)
Bachelor's Degree Social Sciences, Other. 60 $27,000 $286 $34,804 ($2,900) $52,781 ($4,398)
Bachelor's Degree Design and Applied Arts. 42 $28,500 $292 $34,526 ($2,877) $51,538 ($4,295)
Bachelor's Degree Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. 9 $28,000 $286 $31,405 ($2,617)
Master's Degree Film/Video and Photographic Arts. 3
Bachelor's Degree Fine and Studio Arts. 19 $31,000 $329 $23,045 ($1,920) $30,139 ($2,512)
Bachelor's Degree Music. 21 $27,975 $297 $28,800 ($2,400) $42,752 ($3,563)
Master's Degree Music. 13
Bachelor's Degree Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. 89 $23,992 $246 $23,367 ($1,947) $52,249 ($4,354)
Master's Degree Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. 40 $664 $51,773 ($4,314) $59,014 ($4,918)
First Professional Degree Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. 14
Bachelor's Degree Health and Medical Administrative Services. 61 $27,000 $276 $43,049 ($3,587) $59,162 ($4,930)
Master's Degree Health and Medical Administrative Services. 111 $455 $59,665 ($4,972) $69,708 ($5,809)
Doctoral Degree Health and Medical Administrative Services. 16 $139,149 ($11,596)
Graduate/Professional Certificate Health and Medical Administrative Services. 8
Graduate/Professional Certificate Management Information Systems and Services. 3
Bachelor's Degree Marketing. 218 $27,000 $286 $52,838 ($4,403) $69,950 ($5,829)
Bachelor's Degree Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations. 56 $27,000 $277 $32,182 ($2,682) $43,940 ($3,662)
Master's Degree Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations. 10
Bachelor's Degree History. 23 $25,905 $233 $30,562 ($2,547) $41,508 ($3,459)
Master's Degree History. 14
Doctoral Degree History. 4


Campus Resources

Average faculty salary: $90,693
Full time faculty: 77%

Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio: 17.0

School's endowment start of year: $187,796,510 (2022)
School's endowment end of year: $246,144,980 (2022)