There are ninety-three colleges and universities in the U.S. state ofMichigan that are listed under theCarnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. These institutions include eightresearch universities, fivedoctoral/professional universities, fourteenmaster's universities, and fourteenbaccalaureate colleges, as well as thirty-oneassociates colleges. In addition, there are nineteen institutions classified asspecial-focus institutions, eleven labeled as baccalaureate/associate's colleges, and twotribal colleges which operate in the state.
TheUniversity of Michigan, founded in 1817–twenty years before Michigan's statehood–is the state's oldest university[1][2] and remained the only university in the state until the 20th century, whenDetroit College became the University of Detroit in 1911 andWayne State University achieved "university" status in 1933 following the consolidation of the City of Detroit's colleges by the Detroit Board of Education into Wayne University. Since then, Michigan's higher education landscape has experienced two significant periods of reconstruction. The first, from 1955 to 1964, was fueled by the rising demand for higher education from returning World War II veterans and the baby boom; during this time,Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science andWestern Michigan College attained university status in 1955 and 1957, respectively. This was followed byCentral Michigan Normal School andEastern Michigan College in 1959, and later byNorthern Michigan College andMichigan College of Mining and Technology between 1963 and 1964. The second period of reconstruction took place in 1987 whenFerris State,Grand Valley State,Saginaw Valley State, andLake Superior State were all granted university status.
The state has seven medical schools,[note 1] as well as five law schools[note 2] which areaccredited by theAmerican Bar Association.[3] The majority of Michigan's post-secondary institutions are accredited by theHigher Learning Commission (HLC).[4] Most are accredited by multiple agencies, such as theCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), theNational Association of Schools of Music (NASM), and theNational League for Nursing (NLNAC).
| School | Location [note 6] | Control [note 7] | Type [note 8] | Full-time faculty[5] (fall 2023) | Undergraduate enrollment[5] (fall 2023) | Graduate enrollment[5] (fall 2023) | Founded | Accreditation[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews University | Berrien Springs | Private not-for-profit | Doctoral/professional university (D/PU) | 209 | 1,312 | 1,525 | 1874[14] | HLC,ACEN,AND,APA,APTA,ASHA,ATS,CEPH,NASM |
| Ferris State University | Big Rapids | Public | Doctoral/professional university (D/PU) | 474 | 8,940 | 978 | 1884[15] | HLC,ACEN,ACPE,ADA,AOA,CCNE,CEA,JRCERT,NASAD |
| Grand Valley State University | Allendale | Public | Doctoral/professional university (D/PU) | 1,129 | 19,243 | 3,026 | 1960[16] | HLC,AND,APTA,ASHA,CCNE,CEPH,JRCERT,NASAD,NASM |
| University of Detroit Mercy | Detroit | Private not-for-profit | Doctoral/professional university (D/PU) | 308 | 3,352 | 2,176 | 1877[17] | HLC,ABA,AOA,APA,CCNE,COA |
| University of Michigan–Flint | Flint | Public | Doctoral/professional university (D/PU) | 255 | 4,751 | 1,379 | 1956[18] | HLC,AOTA,APTA,CCNE,CEA,CEPH,COA,JRCERT,NASM |
| School | Location[note 15] | Control[note 16] | Type[note 17] | Enrollment[5] (fall 2023) | Founded | Accreditation[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpena Community College | Alpena | Public | Baccalaureate/associate's college | 1,530 | 1952[46] | HLC,ACEN |
| Henry Ford College | Dearborn | Public | Baccalaureate/associate's college | 11,239 | 1938[47] | HLC,ACEN,APTA,JRCERT |
| Jackson College | Jackson | Public | Baccalaureate/associate's college | 4,975 | 1928[48] | HLC,ADA,CNEA,JRCERT |
| Lake Michigan College | Benton Harbor | Public | Baccalaureate/associate's college | 2,904 | 1946[49] | HLC,ACEN,ADA,AOTA,JRCERT |
| Northwestern Michigan College | Traverse City | Public | Baccalaureate/associate's college | 3,146 | 1951[50] | HLC,ACEN,ADA |
| Schoolcraft College | Livonia | Public | Baccalaureate/associate's college | 7,596 | 1964[51] | HLC,ACEN,JRCERT |
| School | Location[note 24] | Control[note 25] | Type[note 26] | Enrollment[5] (fall 2023) | Founded | Accreditation[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Mills Community College | Brimley | Public | Tribal college | 577 | 1984[87] | HLC |
| Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College | Baraga | Public | Tribal college | 222 | 2009[88] | HLC |
| Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College | Mount Pleasant | Public | Tribal college | 147 | 1998[89] | HLC |
