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Eastern Michigan University Overview

Eastern Michigan University is a public institution situated in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Eastern Michigan University Known For?

2,751 Undergraduate Awards
$24,606 Avg Cost After Aid
83% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at Eastern Michigan is the doctor's degree.
  • In a recent academic period99% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Eastern Michigan makes roughly $51,793 a year. This is 27% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Eastern Michigan University?

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Contact details for Eastern Michigan are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 900 Oakwood St., Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Phone: 734-487-1849
Website: www.emich.edu

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How Do I Get Into Eastern Michigan?

You can apply to Eastern Michigan online at: https://www.emich.edu/admissions/apply/index.php

Admission Requirements for Eastern Michigan

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Eastern Michigan?

83% Acceptance Rate
63% Of Accepted Are Women
68% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 83%, Eastern Michigan may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 68% of students accepted to Eastern Michigan submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 600. Math scores were between 450 and 580.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Eastern Michigan University  ( 480 to 600 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Eastern Michigan University  ( 450 to 580 )
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800
Eastern Michigan received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 18 and 25.

ACT English Scores for Eastern Michigan University  ( 17 to 25 )
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ACT Composite Scores for Eastern Michigan University  ( 18 to 25 )
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36

Can I Afford Eastern Michigan University?

$24,606 Net Price
51% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Eastern Michigan is $24,606. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Eastern Michigan, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $6,529 a year. That adds up to $26,116 over four years for those students.

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Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Student Diversity

9,630 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 13,572 undergraduate students at Eastern Michigan, with 9,630 being full-time and 3,942 being part-time.

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There are also 2,722 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,630 full-time undergraduates at Eastern Michigan, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Eastern Michigan University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 283
Black or African American 1,604
Hispanic or Latino 738
White 5,788
International Students 179
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,038

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Eastern Michigan University. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 87 countries are represented at Eastern Michigan. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Nursing 335 0 12 0 347
Business Administration & Management 132 6 26 0 164
General Psychology 161 0 3 0 164
Social Work 111 0 50 0 161
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 126 0 29 0 155
Educational Administration 0 15 130 6 151
Teacher Education Subject Specific 126 1 24 0 151
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 52 1 55 0 108
Accounting 76 0 23 0 99
Communication & Media Studies 90 0 8 0 98
Special Education 32 6 59 0 97
Marketing 90 1 4 0 95
Health & Physical Education 80 0 13 0 93
Computer Science 84 0 5 0 89
Teacher Education Grade Specific 58 15 16 0 89
General Biology 81 0 0 0 81
Criminology 71 0 5 0 76
Information Technology 57 0 6 0 63
Human Resource Management 0 3 58 0 61
Finance & Financial Management 48 3 7 0 58
Health & Medical Administrative Services 40 4 10 0 54
Communication Sciences 19 0 32 0 51
Political Science & Government 50 0 0 0 50
Fine & Studio Arts 38 0 6 0 44
General Education 35 0 0 7 42
Allied Health Professions 5 0 37 0 42
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 33 9 42
Design & Applied Arts 39 0 3 0 42
History 29 0 8 0 37
Construction Management 31 0 4 0 35
Student Counseling 0 11 24 0 35
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 16 0 19 0 35
Air Transportation 33 0 0 0 33
Engineering-Related Fields 25 0 7 0 32
Public Health 17 3 10 0 30
General Business/Commerce 29 0 0 0 29
Mechanical Engineering 28 0 0 0 28
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 19 0 7 0 26
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 13 0 13 0 26
Natural Resources Conservation 26 0 0 0 26
Economics 18 0 7 0 25
Management Information Systems 22 0 1 0 23
Public Administration 9 1 13 0 23
Teaching English or French 6 6 10 0 22
Drama & Theater Arts 20 0 2 0 22
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 21 0 0 0 21
Sociology 15 0 6 0 21
Engineering Technology (Other) 20 0 0 0 20
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 17 0 0 0 17
Chemistry 11 0 6 0 17
Ethnic Studies 8 1 7 0 16
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 15 0 0 0 15
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 5 0 9 0 14
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 14 0 0 0 14
General English Literature 13 0 0 0 13
Writing Studies 9 0 4 0 13
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 1 12 0 13
Anthropology 13 0 0 0 13
Geography & Cartography 11 0 2 0 13
Electronics Engineering Technology 12 0 0 0 12
International Business 10 0 1 0 11
Historic Preservation 0 0 11 0 11
Hospitality Management 10 0 0 0 10
Communications Technology 10 0 0 0 10
Computer Engineering Technology 10 0 0 0 10
Literature 1 0 9 0 10
Human Development & Family Studies 9 0 1 0 10
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 5 0 5 0 10
Mathematics 6 0 4 0 10
Music 6 0 4 0 10
Entrepreneurial Studies 8 0 1 0 9
Taxation 3 0 6 0 9
Information Science 0 0 9 0 9
Mechanical Engineering Technology 9 0 0 0 9
Quality Control Technology 0 1 8 0 9
Journalism 8 0 0 0 8
Public Relations & Advertising 8 0 0 0 8
Industrial Production Technology 3 0 5 0 8
East Asian Languages 8 0 0 0 8
Legal Support Services 8 0 0 0 8
Urban & Regional Planning 5 0 2 0 7
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 7 0 0 0 7
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 1 0 6 0 7
General Engineering Technology 0 0 0 7 7
Statistics 7 0 0 0 7
Philosophy 5 0 2 0 7
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 6 0 6
Geological & Earth Sciences 6 0 0 0 6
International Relations & National Security 6 0 0 0 6
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 5 0 0 0 5
Business/Managerial Economics 4 0 0 0 4
Computer Information Systems 4 0 0 0 4
Education Philosophy 0 0 4 0 4
Romance Languages 4 0 0 0 4
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 4 0 4
Museum Studies 0 4 0 0 4
Physics 1 0 3 0 4
Other Public Administration 0 4 0 0 4
Engineering Physics 3 0 0 0 3
Applied Statistics 0 0 3 0 3
Data Science 3 0 0 0 3
Gerontology 0 3 0 0 3
Dance 3 0 0 0 3
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 0 2 0 2
Arts & Media Management 2 0 0 0 2
Germanic Languages 1 0 0 0 1
Data Analytics 0 0 1 0 1
Religious Studies 1 0 0 0 1
General Social Sciences 0 0 1 0 1
Food Science Technology 0 0 0 0 0
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 0 0 0
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0 0
Graphic Communications 0 0 0 0 0
Computer Programming 0 0 0 0 0
Computer Software & Applications 0 0 0 0 0
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 0 0
Instructional Media Design 0 0 0 0 0
Multilingual Education 0 0 0 0 0
Construction Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0 0
Area Studies 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Biological & Physical Science 0 0 0 0 0
Computational Science 0 0 0 0 0
Science, Technology & Society 0 0 0 0 0
Fisheries Sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Community Organization & Advocacy 0 0 0 0 0
Public Policy 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 2,751 90 923 29 3,793

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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