Michigan Debate

Michigan consistently ranks among the very best universities in the country. The most recent California-based Gourman Report of Undergraduate Programs, which combines a comprehensive set of rankings, including US News & World Report's yearly statistics, ranks the University of Michigan first among all public institutions. The Gourman Report rates Michigan's philosophy department as third in the nation.

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The 2002 U.S. News & World Report rankings rate Michigan as the twenty-fifth undergraduate institution in the United States. U.S. News ranks Michigan's undergraduate business school as second in the country, second in political science, and fifth in history.

The student body at Michigan is one of its most important assets. Students at the U of M represent an extremely wide diversity of social, ethnic and economic backgrounds -- originating from all 50 states and more than 96 foreign countries. There are approximately 20,000 undergraduate students enrolled on the Ann Arbor campus.

Ann Arbor is a beautiful college town of approximately 75,000 people. Despite its relatively small size, Ann Arbor offers a tremendous environment for intellectual, cultural and social growth. The city has a cosmopolitan atmosphere, with numerous concerts, film societies, plays and other social events every weekend.

The University sponsors a nationally-competitive intercollegiate athletic program from football, basketball, and hockey to women's softball; as well as one of the nation's best intra-mural athletic systems; and also strongly supports many student-run organizations, including one of the nation's oldest marching bands. You can find out about all the teams at the Univeristy by visiting M Go Blue. The U of M has the most extensive system of universally accessible personal computing centers of any college or university in America.

Famous U of M alum include:

Former President of the United States Gerald Ford

Actors: Selma Blair, David Allen Grier, James Earl Jones, Christine Lahti, David Paymer, Lucy Liu, and the late Gilda Radner

Singers: Madonna, Iggy Pop

Directors and writers: Arthur Miller, Lawrence Kasdan

Journalists: Mike Wallace, Dan Dierdorf, Andrea Joyce

Lawyers: Clarence Darrow

The University has many award winning departments in the various undergraduate schools on campus. You can obtain information on all the distinct programs, such as Economics, English, History, Philosophy, and Political Science by selecting these links or by visiting the extensive list of undergraduate programs offered by the University.