Founded in 1817, located 40 miles west of Detroit in 1837, the University of Michigan has the following:

53,000 student enrollment
3 campus locations (Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint)
19 Schools and Colleges
38 centers, 18 institutes
7,400 instructional staff
32,200 regular staff
430,000 living alumni
700 student organizations
21,174 acres of land, 214 major buildings, 1506 family housing units
7 million volumes and 69, 200 serial titles in its libraries
19 library units in the UM library and 4 autonomous campus libraries
largest Papyrology Collection in the Western Hemisphere
7 museums
$590 million annual research expenditures (1997-8 figures)
$1 billion annual payroll
100,000 attendees of cultural activities annually
$3.4 billion Endowment
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