About CMU
Central Michigan University (CMU) is Michigan's fourth largest public university and one of the nation's 100 largest higher education institutions. With more than 20,000 students on its Mount Pleasant campus and another 7,000 enrolled online and at 60 locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico, CMU offers an impressive breadth of 200 academic programs, including nationally ranked programs in entrepreneurship, journalism, music, audiology, teacher education, psychology and physician assistant.
Founded in 1892 and becoming a university in 1959, CMU is committed to providing students with a superior learning environment and global perspective to compete in an increasingly complex world. Our accomplished professors share a strong commitment to teaching and a focus on engaging students in applied research, scholarship and creative activity, helping rank the university among the top 20 most productive research universities of its size in the nation.
As one of the state's top doctoral research institutions, the university is governed by an eight-member board and offers 28 degrees and various certifications through seven academic divisions: College of Business Administration, College of Communication and Fine Arts, College of Education and Human Services, The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions, College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Science and Technology, and College of Graduate Studies.
CMU is the nation's foremost university authorizer of charter schools with 60 schools educating 29,000 students in grades K-12. CMU's Division I athletics program, a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), offers nine intercollegiate sports for women and seven for men. CMU Public Broadcasting operates 10 television and seven radio stations with the largest geographic reach of any PBS station in the country.
