Marshall Sahlins ranks among our Top Influential Anthropologists Today.
Michael J. Fischer ranks among our Top Influential Computer Scientists Today.
The flagship campuses of many of the state university systems have superb faculties and excellent academic reputations. However, setting aside Berkeley as a special case, by our criteria the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus is the most distinguished of all these many fine institutions. That is, Michigan has a strong claim to be considered (after Berkeley) the best public research university in the US.
One thing in Michigan’s favor is its sheer size (more than 46,000 students and 6,000 academic staff members) and corresponding wealth (an annual research budget of around $1.5 billion). Administratively, the university is subdivided into 17 schools and colleges offering some 600 undergraduate and graduate major programs.
Another reason for Michigan’s research prowess is its truly astonishing library, containing more than 14 million individual items, including over 220,000 serials.
Michigan has some 25 Nobel Prize laureates associated with its name. Prize-winners in physics include:
while Robert Shiller and Lawrence Klein were Michigan-connected Nobelists in economics. In addition, the great Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, who taught at Michigan for many years after being expelled from the USSR, was a Nobelist in literature.
Many other famous people have been connected to the University of Michigan over the years, including:
The University of Michigan is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1817 in Detroit, as the Catholepistemiad, or the University of Michigania, 20 years before the territory became a state, the university is Michigan's oldest. The school was moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto of what is now known as Central Campus. Since its establishment in Ann Arbor, the flagship university campus has expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than spread out over Central Campus and North Campus, two satellite campuses in Flint and Dearborn, and a Center in Detroit. The university is a founding member of the Association of American Universities.
Source: WikipediaWhat does this school look for?
Annual Applications
65,021
Acceptance
26%
Graduation Rate
93%
Median SAT Score
1435
Median ACT Score
32
How much does it cost to attend?
Tuition (in-state)
$16,520
Fees (in-state)
$428
Averages for 10 years after enrolling
Avg Earnings
$79,000
Employed
92%
What's it like to attend this school?
Full time on-campus stats
Student Body
45K
Under-Grads
31K
Graduates
13K
Where will you be attending?
Location
503 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor MI 48109
City Crime Rates
Property Crime
17 per 100K
Violent Crime
2 per 100K
Our answer to this is to show you the disciplines in which a school's faculty and alumni have had the highest historical influence. A school may be influential in a discipline even if they do not offer degrees in that area. We've organized two lists to show where they are influential and offer corresponding degrees, and where they are influential through scholarship although they don't offer degrees in the disciplines.
Who are University of Michigan's Most influential alumni?
University of Michigan 's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of Psychology, Computer Science, and Law
American political commentator
American advertising executive
Canadian philosopher
American psychologist
British linguist
Professor of law and economics at UMKC
American computer scientist
American non-fiction writer
American sociologist
American journalist
American mathematician
American political theorist
Want to be an Academic Influence Insider?
Sign up to get the latest news, information, and rankings in our upcoming newsletter.