Real costs by school · Ann Arbor, MI · Public
At University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, families earning $75,000–$110,000 paid an average of $10,869 per year — the published cost of attendance is $34,654. (Federal College Scorecard data, July 2026 refresh.)
| Household income | Avg net price / yr | ≈ four years* |
|---|---|---|
| Under $30k | $1,043 / yr | $4,396 |
| $30–48k | $1,878 / yr | $7,916 |
| $48–75k | $4,895 / yr | $20,632 |
| $75–110k | $10,869 / yr | $45,813 |
| Over $110k | $26,517 / yr | $111,769 |
*Four-year figures grow each year's price by 3.5% — the same method College Compass uses in a family's plan. "Net price" is what families actually paid after grants and scholarships, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education — not a calculator's estimate. Federal reporting groups every income above $110k into one band; families well above it often pay closer to the full cost.
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| Admit rate | 16% published — federal data |
|---|---|
| Merit | 28% of no-need freshmen · avg $4,587 — the school's own Common Data Set |
| Paperwork | CSS Profile · merit cutoff Nov 1 · 2 extra essays — school-verified Aug 2026 |
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Run University of Michigan for your student →At $75,000–$110,000 of household income, the distance between University of Michigan-Ann Arbor's published sticker price and what families in that band actually paid is $23,785 a year — a 69% discount off the number on the brochure. That ranks it the cheapest of the 6 Michigan schools on this site at that income. Graduates report a median $83,648 10 years out — roughly 1.8× the four-year cost at this income band.
Earnings and completion from federal reporting — not the school's own placement survey.
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