2008 Woodie Awards
Counting counties
Most students hail from southeastern part of Michigan
By: Mike Wayland and Meredith Mayberry
Issue date: 11/2/07 Section: News
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It may only be a small dot in the middle of Michigan's map, but students from all over the state, country and world travel to attend Central Michigan University.
Dean of Students Bruce Roscoe said, to the best of his knowledge, CMU is one of only two universities - Michigan State University being the other - that have at least one student from every county in Michigan.
"Not every university can say that," said Betty Wagner, director of admissions. "But we blanket the entire state."
For the last five years, Michigan residents have made up 95 percent of the CMU student population, according to the Office of Institutional Research's fall on-campus enrollment statistics.
There are about 18,000 on-campus students from Michigan's 83 counties and more than 25 percent are from Oakland, Wayne or Macomb counties, according to Registrar's statistics for spring 2007 enrollment.
Those three counties are in the southeast corner of Michigan where 40 percent of the state lives.
"I think we come across as a friendly campus and people care about one another," Roscoe said. "We're a big school, but not too big of a school."
In the past four years, an average of 47 states have been represented at CMU each year, according to the OIR's Web site, www.ires2.cmich.edu.
The legacy program draws out-of-state students by giving those with an alumni parent in-state tuition, Roscoe said.
There are about 442 students from other states.
International students are encouraged to come to CMU through the President's Award, Roscoe said.
The President's Award carries a four-year value of $31,000 for undergraduate international and out-of-state students. This pays the difference of state tuition.
There are about 552 foreign students on campus this semester, according to OIR statistics. Almost 50 percent are in graduate programs.
During the last five years, students from about 65 countries have attended CMU, according to the OIR. The majority of foreign students come from South Korea or India.
One of the reasons students chose CMU, Wagner said, was because of the hands-on experience offered.
"Students can work with professors and do research as early as their freshman year," Wagner said.
Central's size and community is attractive when students visit campus, she said.
"It's clearly a characteristic of institution, it's part of the fiber, it's who we are and it would take a long time to change," University President Michael Rao said.
Rao sets the targets, currently 3,700, for freshmen enrollment.
Wagner said that allows CMU to be somewhat selective, even as the average enrollment exceeds the goal - averaging 4,206 freshmen each year since spring 2005.
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Dean of Students Bruce Roscoe said, to the best of his knowledge, CMU is one of only two universities - Michigan State University being the other - that have at least one student from every county in Michigan.
"Not every university can say that," said Betty Wagner, director of admissions. "But we blanket the entire state."
For the last five years, Michigan residents have made up 95 percent of the CMU student population, according to the Office of Institutional Research's fall on-campus enrollment statistics.
There are about 18,000 on-campus students from Michigan's 83 counties and more than 25 percent are from Oakland, Wayne or Macomb counties, according to Registrar's statistics for spring 2007 enrollment.
Those three counties are in the southeast corner of Michigan where 40 percent of the state lives.
"I think we come across as a friendly campus and people care about one another," Roscoe said. "We're a big school, but not too big of a school."
In the past four years, an average of 47 states have been represented at CMU each year, according to the OIR's Web site, www.ires2.cmich.edu.
The legacy program draws out-of-state students by giving those with an alumni parent in-state tuition, Roscoe said.
There are about 442 students from other states.
International students are encouraged to come to CMU through the President's Award, Roscoe said.
The President's Award carries a four-year value of $31,000 for undergraduate international and out-of-state students. This pays the difference of state tuition.
There are about 552 foreign students on campus this semester, according to OIR statistics. Almost 50 percent are in graduate programs.
During the last five years, students from about 65 countries have attended CMU, according to the OIR. The majority of foreign students come from South Korea or India.
One of the reasons students chose CMU, Wagner said, was because of the hands-on experience offered.
"Students can work with professors and do research as early as their freshman year," Wagner said.
Central's size and community is attractive when students visit campus, she said.
"It's clearly a characteristic of institution, it's part of the fiber, it's who we are and it would take a long time to change," University President Michael Rao said.
Rao sets the targets, currently 3,700, for freshmen enrollment.
Wagner said that allows CMU to be somewhat selective, even as the average enrollment exceeds the goal - averaging 4,206 freshmen each year since spring 2005.
news@cm-life.com
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