University Overview
The University of Michigan is guided by “a larger sense of purpose,” to borrow a phrase used by former U-M president, Harold Shapiro.
His words referred to the University's commitment to provide the educational programs that society demands, generate new knowledge for the benefit of all, and serve as a thoughtful critic of society so that it may continually better itself.
The U-M mission statement reinforces these ideals, which are to "serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future."
Founded in 1817 as the Catholepistemiad or University of Michigania, it was officially renamed in 1821 as the University of Michigan. Originally located in Detroit, the institution's home moved to Ann Arbor in 1837. One of the original buildings on the Ann Arbor campus still stands and is the President's house.
The first Ann Arbor classes were taught in 1841, at which point the U-M had two professors and six students. The first commencement took place in 1845 to recognize the graduation of eleven men. Women were first admitted in 1870.
The University has grown to include nineteen schools and colleges (see table at right), covering the liberal arts and sciences as well as most professions. Student enrollment surpassed 1,000 by 1865, 10,000 in 1936, and 40,000 in 2006. The Fall 2023 enrollment of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students was 52,065. U-M provides campus housing to 9,101 undergraduate students across sixteen residence halls.
Based on the November 2023 count, the U-M has 3,195 tenured and tenure-track faculty. Lecturers, clinical faculty, research professors, librarians, and archivists add 4,994 to the total academic staff. All other staff total 18,422. (Another 4,595 students have paid appointments as graduate student instructors and research assistants, individuals counted as students in chart 1.3).
The FY2023 operating revenues from the state appropriation, tuition, research grants and contracts, gifts and other sources reached $4.73 billion. The U-M Health System revenues added $7.25 billion for a combined total of $12 billion. According to the latest national data, in FY2023 the U-M spent $1.86 billion on research – second highest of any U.S. public university.
For more information
Office of Undergraduate Admissions (admissions.umich.edu)
Enrollment and Degree Reports, Office of the Registrar (ro.umich.edu/reports)
Office of Budget and Planning (see Campus Statistics) (obp.umich.edu)
Since World War II ended, official enrollment has more than doubled, from 19,176 in 1946 to 52,065 in 2023.
1.2.1 Student Enrollment, Fall 1841-2023.
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Undergraduate enrollment has risen fairly steadily since 1960, with a few periods of decline. Graduate and professional enrollment reached an initial peak in 1975, underwent a period of decline through about 2000, and only returned to the 1975 level again in 2007.
1.2.2 Student Enrollment by Level, Fall 1960-2023.
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The University community includes 52,065 students and 8,189 faculty members.
1.3 Composition of U-M Campus Community, Fall 2023.
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Revenues (adjusted for inflation2) for the U-M campus and U-M Health System combined increased from $7.86 billion in FY2013 to $11.98 billion in FY2023. The state appropriation in inflation-adjusted dollars decreased by 4.5% during the last decade, from $355 million in FY2013 to $339 million in FY2023.
1.4.1 Operating Revenues for the U-M Campus (including the U-M Health System), Adjusted for Inflation2, FY2013-2023.
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