University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI
University of Michigan-Dearborn is a public university in Dearborn, Michigan, a midsize city, with 5,952 undergraduates. Engineering is its signature field: 26% of its bachelor's degrees, three and a half times its share across the colleges we cover. 58% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $59,649 ten years after starting.
University of Michigan-Dearborn admitted 7,254 of 12,373 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (58.6%).
- Acceptance rate
- 58.6%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $15,640
- $32,896 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $9,492
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 23–30
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of Michigan-Dearborn is known for
Measured by the 1,510 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Engineering
25.6%
of its bachelor's degrees: three and a half times the 6.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Mechanical Engineering1499.9% of degrees$94,919About the $92,135 national median
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering1268.3% of degrees$105,446+5% vs $100,647 nationally
- Psychology1097.2% of degrees$48,052−5% vs $50,706 nationally
- Public Health1006.6% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Computer and Information Sciences815.4% of degrees$90,430About the $92,374 national median
- Finance and Financial Management Services795.2% of degrees$85,068About the $83,343 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Midsize city
Dearborn, MI
Undergraduates
5,952
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Master's university, larger programs
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
16 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
4%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at University of Michigan-Dearborn
Two things University of Michigan-Dearborn 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.
The admit rate fell from 78% to 59% between fall 2018 and fall 2023.
Both ends are measured rates for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast. The fall 2023 figure is the one at the top of this page.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2018 to fall 2023
Families paid $9,492 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
58.6%
7,254 admitted of 12,373 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 500–630Math 490–630
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
23–30
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
62%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
3%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at University of Michigan-Dearborn?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of Michigan-Dearborn costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $15,640 ($32,896 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $24,040. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $9,492 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$15,640
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$32,896
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$24,040
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$9,492
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $24,040 full cost.
- Under $30k$7,211Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$6,284Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$7,997Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$13,630Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$17,529Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
58%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
83%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$59,649
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$22,500
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Between fall 2018 and fall 2023 the admit rate fell from 78% to 59%.
What University of Michigan-Dearborn says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rank
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Michigan
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Alma College65.7%
- Siena Heights University66.6%
- Lake Superior State University68%
- University of Michigan-Flint68.8%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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