U.S. News and World Report magazine ranked CMU among the 15 top "best value" universities in the Midwest. This value ranking results from our efforts to provide modern programs, resources and facilities while we work to keep attendance costs lower. We are committed to making a college education affordable and to helping students who need financial aid.

The costs and feeshttp://www.cmich.edu/costs/default.htm of attending CMU are described.

Approximately 80% of CMU on-campus students receive some form of financial assistance from federal, state, university and private agency sources. This site has been designed to assist you with the financial aid application process and to inform you of the available sources of financial assistance. For a printable version of most of the information presented at this site, please see the Financial Aid Information Manual. There are also scholarship opportunities scholarships.html for incoming and continuing students.