State Funding Advocacy
Central Michigan University invites you to use any or all the following points when contacting your state Legislators:
- CMU is the fourth largest university in Michigan and the third most popular, based on the number of applications for admission received annually.
- 97% of CMU undergraduate students are from Michigan.
- CMU enrolls students from every county in Michigan.
- After graduation, 80% of CMU alumni stay in Michigan to live, lead, and contribute to the economy.
- Each year, CMU graduates add $2 billion more to economy than they would have without a college degree.
- Despite being the fourth largest public four-year university in Michigan, CMU receives the third lowest amount of funding per student among the 15 public four-year institutions.
- The state invests $2000 less per CMU student than the average.
- CMU receives $9 million less in state appropriations than it did just five years ago.
- Twenty years ago, 60% of CMU’s funding came from state appropriations; today, less than 30% of CMU’s general fund revenue comes from the state.