The average acceptance rate of the 14 public Michigan colleges that have competitive admission is 76.61% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 1.99%. The acceptance rate at 6 public Michigan colleges increased and the rate of 8 colleges decreased.
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 15.64%. University of Michigan-Dearborn (55.61%) and University of Michigan-Flint (70.46%) are following it in the list of Tightest Michigan Public Colleges to Get In.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Michigan-Dearborn also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $31,250 and graduate tuition & fees is $30,261 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MIPublic, 4-year | 15.64% 2.30% | 47.34% | 1,460 | $63,081 ($18,848) | 52,855 | 93.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 2 - | University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MIPublic, 4-year | 55.61% 3.02% | 14.20% | 1,110 | $32,896 ($15,640) | 8,104 | 58.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 3 - | University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MIPublic, 4-year | 70.46% 1.63% | 6.63% | 1,100 | $27,790 ($14,236) | 6,529 | 40.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 4 2 | Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MIPublic, 4-year | 72.07% 0.81% | 16.04% | 1,050 | $30,450 ($12,930) | 6,822 | 48.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 5 3 | Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MIPublic, 4-year | 79.64% 1.71% | 9.71% | 1,060 | $16,990 ($16,990) | 12,631 | 46.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 6 3 | Wayne State University Detroit, MIPublic, 4-year | 81.16% 0.87% | 22.39% | 1,150 | $34,650 ($16,159) | 23,803 | 58.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 7 7 | Grand Valley State University Allendale, MIPublic, 4-year | 83.02% 11.67% | 18.59% | 1,060 | $21,894 ($15,502) | 22,011 | 67.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 8 4 | Northern Michigan University Marquette, MIPublic, 4-year | 84.02% 14.07% | 15.28% | - | $19,944 ($14,322) | 7,409 | 52.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 9 2 | Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MIPublic, 4-year | 84.60% 0.08% | 13.53% | - | $19,952 ($15,987) | 16,744 | 58.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 10 - | Michigan State University East Lansing, MIPublic, 4-year | 84.80% 0.88% | 18.32% | 1,260 | $44,850 ($18,079) | 52,089 | 81.00% | 17 to 1 |
| Average | 71.10% | 18.20% | 1,156 | $31,250 ($15,869) | 20,900 | 60.10% | 15 to 1 |