# List of colleges and universities in Michigan

There are ninety-three colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Michigan that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. These institutions include eight research universities, five doctoral/professional universities, fourteen master's universities, and fourteen baccalaureate colleges, as well as thirty-one associates colleges. In addition, there are eighteen institutions classified as special-focus institutions, eleven labeled as baccalaureate/associate's colleges, and two tribal colleges which operate in the state.
The University of Michigan, founded in 1817–twenty years before Michigan's statehood–is the state's oldest university and remained the only university in the state until the 20th century, when Detroit College became the University of Detroit in 1911 and Wayne State University achieved "university" status in 1933 following the consolidation of the City of Detroit's colleges by the Detroit Board of Education into Wayne University. Since then, Michigan's higher education landscape has experienced two significant periods of reconstruction. The first, from 1955 to 1964, was fueled by the rising demand for higher education from returning World War II veterans and the baby boom; during this time, Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science and Western Michigan College attained university status in 1955 and 1957, respectively. This was followed by Central Michigan Normal School and Eastern Michigan College in 1959, and later by Northern Michigan College and Michigan College of Mining and Technology between 1963 and 1964. The second period of reconstruction took place in 1987 when Ferris State, Grand Valley State, Saginaw Valley State, and Lake Superior State were all granted university status.
The state has seven medical schools, as well as five law schools which are accredited by the American Bar Association. The majority of Michigan's post-secondary institutions are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). Most are accredited by multiple agencies, such as the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), and the National League for Nursing (NLNAC).

## Extant institutions
### Special-focus institutions

List of special-focus institutions :
| School | Location | Control | Type | Full-time faculty (fall 2022) | Undergraduate enrollment (fall 2021) | Graduate enrollment (fall 2021) | Founded | Accreditation |
| Calvin Theological Seminary | Grand Rapids | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 10 | 0 | 249 | 1876 | ATS |
| Cleary University | Howell | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 7 | 612 | 139 | 1883 | HLC |
| College for Creative Studies | Detroit | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 56 | 1,558 | 62 | 1906 | HLC, NASAD |
| Cranbrook Academy of Art | Bloomfield Hills | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 11 | 0 | 129 | 1932 | HLC, NASAD |
| Ecumenical Theological Seminary | Detroit | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 1 | 8 | 35 | 1980 | ATS |
| Michigan School of Psychology | Farmington Hills | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 13 | 0 | 203 | 1980 | HLC |
| Moody Theological Seminary–Michigan | Plymouth | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | | | | 1925 | None |
| Northwood University | Midland | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 47 | 2,116 | 306 | 1959 | HLC |
| Sacred Heart Major Seminary | Detroit | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 19 | 190 | 110 | 1919 | HLC, ATS |
| Walsh College | Troy | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 15 | 634 | 858 | 1922 | HLC |
| Thomas M Cooley Law School | Lansing | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 36 | 0 | 691 | 1972 | HLC, ABA |
| Western Theological Seminary | Holland | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 20 | 0 | 377 | 1866 | ATS |
| Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit | Oak Park | Private not-for-profit | Special-focus institution | 6 | 54 | 4 | 1985 | AARTS |

### Tribal colleges
## Key

| Abbreviation | Accrediting agency |
| AAMFT | American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy |
| AANA | American Association of Nurse Anesthetists |
| ABA | American Bar Association |
| ABET | Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology |
| ABFSE | American Board of Funeral Service Education |
| ADA | American Dietetic Association |
| AOA | American Osteopathic Association |
| AVMA | American Veterinary Medical Association |
| ACICS | Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools |
| ACPE | Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education |
| AALE | American Academy for Liberal Education |
| ADA | American Dental Association |
| AOTA | American Occupational Therapy Association |
| AOA | American Optometric Association |
| APTA | American Physical Therapy Association |
| APA | American Psychological Association |
| ASHA | American Speech–Language–Hearing Association |
| AARTS | Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools |
| ABHE | Association for Biblical Higher Education |
| ATSCA | Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada |
| CAHME | Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education |
| CCNE | Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education |
| CELPA | Commission on English Language Program Accreditation |
| CMTA | Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation |
| CEPH | Council on Education for Public Health |
| HLC | Higher Learning Commission |
| JRCERT | Joint Review Committee on Education Programs in Radiologic Technology |
| LCME | Liaison Committee on Medical Education |
| MEAC | Midwifery Education Accreditation Council |
| NASAD | National Association of Schools of Art and Design |
| NASD | National Association of Schools of Dance |
| NASM | National Association of Schools of Music |
| NAST | National Association of Schools of Theatre |
| NCATE | National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education |
| NLNAC | National League for Nursing |