University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, also called U-M or Michigan, is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state and one of the earliest American research universities, and it is a founding member of the Association of American Universities. It has the largest student population in Michigan, with more than 54,000 students, and it is organized into 19 schools and colleges that offer more than 280 degree programs. It is classified among the doctoral universities with very high research activity. In this atlas it matters as the academic home of social scientists who study crime and neighborhoods, among them Jeffrey Morenoff, who directs its Population Studies Center.