Central Michigan University is ranked in the top 10% of all four-year colleges and universities in the United States in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Colleges rankings.
CMU appears in seven categoriesinclude:
National University RankingOverall ranking of top public schoolsFaculty of Engineering without a doctoral program Faculty of Psychology Faculty of Business Administration Faculty with top ranking in social mobility among national universities Computer Science
CMU ranks 145th among top public universities and 259th overall. The non-doctoral undergraduate engineering program earned CMU its highest ranking for 2025, ranking third in the state and 78th in the country.
This ranking is: CMU School of Medicine Recognized by U.S. News and World Report for Commitment to Rural, Medically Underserved Communities Earlier this year.