Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Central Michigan University is a public four-year institution. The campus sits in a town setting. It enrolled 14,488 students in fall 2024, including 10,193 undergraduates and 4,295 graduate students. It holds the Carnegie R2 designation for high research activity.
Central Michigan University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 210 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Information Technology, Business Administration and Management, and Early Childhood Education and Teaching. It awarded 4,107 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 35 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
75% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.
Key figures
14,488
Students enrolled
75%
First-year retention
4,107
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
210
Programs and majors
16:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional
Programs and majors offered 210
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
75%
First-year retention, part-time students
32%
Student-to-faculty ratio
16:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
2,186
Master's degrees
1,498
Doctoral degrees (research)
74
Professional doctorates
157
Certificates under 1 year
127
Postbaccalaureate certificates
53
Post-master's certificates
12
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
14,488
Undergraduates, fall 2024
10,193
Graduate students, fall 2024
4,295
Full-time, fall 2024
77%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
16,607
Undergraduates, 2024-25
11,329
Graduate students, 2024-25
5,278
Full-time, 2024-25
72%
Size category
10,000 to 19,999 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
61%
Men
39%
White
66%
Hispanic or Latino
5%
Black or African American
8%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
12%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
35
Programs with a fully online option
14
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
28%
Students taking some online courses
32%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
Research designation
Research 2: High Spending and Doctorate Production
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Mid-American Conference
President
Neil MacKinnon
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization