University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor admitted 17,915 of 109,112 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (16.4%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Two things University of Michigan-Ann Arbor published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
1,663 admitted from a waitlist of 24,447.
18,435 students accepted a place on that list, and 1,663 were admitted from it, 9% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $13,138 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
16.4%
17,915 admitted of 109,112 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1370–1530
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
32–34
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.90
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
55%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
18%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of Michigan-Ann Arbor says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPAconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 24,447
- Accepted the place
- 18,435
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 1,663
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $13,138 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $1,043
- $30k–$48k
- $1,878
- $48k–$75k
- $4,895
- $75k–$110k
- $10,869
- Over $110k
- $26,517
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
4 essay prompts on the application: 2 you would write.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in Michigan
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
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