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Michigan provides a wealth of higher education institutions. The Great Lakes state boasts 15 four-year universities, over 50 independent colleges, universities and institutes, and 29 two-year community colleges. The University of Michigan (U-M), with campuses in Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint, is one of the top-ranked public universities in the world. It offers over 200 degree programs among 12 undergraduate schools and colleges, and boasts tremendous opportunities for undergraduate research. Total research expenditures at U-M exceed $750 million each year, yielding one of the top research programs in the nation. The U-M Life Sciences Institute was recently initiated, with the hope of creating an interdisciplinary environment for research, complete with a 230,000 square foot (0.021 square kilometers or 2.137 hectares) state-of-the-art laboratory building. Over 400,000 living alumni attended the University of Michigan, more than any other university in the world.
Michigan State University (MSU), in East Lansing, offers over 200 programs of study offered by 14 colleges. The school offers such research facilities as the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, and the MSU-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory.
Other universities include Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, ranked among the top 100 public universities in the country; Wayne State University in Detroit, offering over 350 academic programs and home of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute; Michigan Technological University in Houghton; and numerous other private and public state colleges.
As of 2004, over 1,700,000 students attended over 3,600 Michigan schools. Michigan has 43 outperforming school districts in reading and math proficiency, according to Standard and Poor’s.
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