It’s official. As the newly published 2018 Annual Report illustrates, it was another record-setting year for the University, for both fundraising and research dollars. And there are other milestones to be celebrated, such as the highest student enrollment ever in U-M history and the percentage of students on campus now paying zero tuition. This list provides a glimpse of the University’s successes from the past fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2018.
63,177
Students enrolled in fall 2017
102
Graduate programs in the Top Ten, according to U.S. News & World Report
$11.9 billion
Size of U-M’s endowment
$8,716 million
Total revenue for operating activities
2.0 percent
Increase in state appropriations
#1
Public university in research volume for the eighth consecutive year
$1.55 billion
The largest amount of research dollars ever to come into the University
$5 billion
The most successful capital campaign in the history of public higher education
#5
Michigan Medicine hospitals ranking in the nation
16.3 percent
Increase in undergraduate financial aid budget for a total of $205.6 million
3
Number of online U-M master’s degrees now available through a partnership with Coursera
$150 million
Committed to the Comprehensive Cancer Center, the largest gift ever to Michigan Medicine
21
Startup companies launched by U-M, nearly double the number from last year
484
New inventions reported by U-M researchers
100
Number of students in the U-M School of Public Health’s first undergraduate cohort
Too many to count
Stories shared virally due to a new 2018 initiative called “This Is Michigan—Stories of Our State,” showing U-M’s impact on the quality of life across the state
