University of Michigan-Ann Arbor is the largest public Michigan college with 51,225 students. The percentage of online students is 2.98% at the school.

Michigan State University with 50,023 students and Wayne State University with 23,630 students are following it in the largetst Michigan college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Michigan online colleges.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest Michigan Public Colleges With Most Students

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor is the largest school with 51,225 students and Michigan State University has the second largest population with 50,023 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Michigan State University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $24,534 and graduate tuition & fees is $29,546 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 77.33% and the average SAT score is 1,151 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 57.80% and the students to faculty ratio is 16 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest Michigan Public Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Michigan Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MIPublic, 4-year 51,225
947
32,69518,53024,73926,4861,52512 to 1
2
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Michigan State University East Lansing, MIPublic, 4-year 50,023
364
39,20110,82223,54126,4822,72817 to 1
3
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Wayne State University Detroit, MIPublic, 4-year 23,630
1,289
15,9587,6729,45314,1773,32814 to 1
4
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Grand Valley State University Allendale, MIPublic, 4-year 21,648
758
18,6652,9838,32313,3251,19015 to 1
5
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Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MIPublic, 4-year 17,000
1,266
13,5893,4118,0548,9461,81116 to 1
6
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Oakland University Rochester Hills, MIPublic, 4-year 16,108
1,062
12,8413,2676,8489,2601,82017 to 1
7
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Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MIPublic, 4-year 14,557
867
10,4014,1565,7698,7883,08617 to 1
8
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Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MIPublic, 4-year 14,018
1,322
11,6172,4015,3928,6262,92814 to 1
9
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Henry Ford College Dearborn, MIPublic, 4-year 11,204
175
11,204-4,8296,3754,38422 to 1
10
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Ferris State University Big Rapids, MIPublic, 4-year 10,072
289
9,0001,0724,5215,5511,74815 to 1
Average22,94917,5176,03510,14712,8022,45516 to 1