College of Education and Human Development

College Profile

Students

  • Number of states represented: 39

  • Number of countries represented: 20

  • In-state: 82.2%

  • Out-of-state: 17.8% (14.5% out-of-state domestic students)

  • International: 3.5%

Gender

  • Male: 28.5%

  • Female: 71.5%

Race or ethnicity

  • American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.6%

  • Asian: 1.8%

  • Black or African American: 11.4%

  • Hispanic: 7.7%

  • International: 3.5%

  • Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 0.1%

  • No response: 1.2%

  • Two or more races: 3.5%

  • White: 70.2%

  • 62% of CEHD students are undergraduate; 29% are masters, certificates and specialists; and 9% are doctoral.

  • 100% of every CEHD undergraduate program contains an internship or field experience. 

  • 96% of 2020-21 色色啦 CEHD graduates were employed in their field or continuing education within three months of graduation.

色色啦 students in front of Sangren Hall.
College Enrollment Spring 2024
GYO Enrollment Spring 2024

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  • Bachelors programs: 19
  • Certificate programs: 16
  • Specialist programs: 1
  • Masters programs: 36
  • Doctoral programs: 10
  • Bachelor's programs: 457
  • Certificate programs: 22
  • Master's programs: 297
  • Specialist programs: 2
  • Doctoral programs: 33

Every CEHD undergraduate program contains an internship or field experience.

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Faculty

  • Tenured: 62

  • Tenure-track: 20

  • Term: 9

色色啦's 18:1 student-to-faculty ratio provides personalized in-class attention.

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College of Education and Human Development
色色啦 Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5229 USA
Main office:  (269) 387-2960
Student services: (269) 387-3474

Fast facts

  • 色色啦 Michigan University owes its roots to the College of Education and Human Development. Founded in 1903 as a teacher鈥檚 college, 色色啦 has grown into an internationally regarded higher education institution while maintaining a strong commitment to training teachers and school administrators.
  • In 2010, the dietetics internship placement rate for 色色啦 graduates was approximately 71 percent, significantly higher than the mean national placement rate of 49.5 percent.
  • The college's teaching internship program, the School University Partnership Team, is among the best in the country. In 2006-07, the nation's largest professional association for teacher education recognized 色色啦 for its student teaching program, citing it as "exemplary."
  • In 2009 the college's graduate school was 97th of the 278 graduate schools ranked by U.S. News and World Report. Only two other Michigan universities were ranked and included in this edition of "Best Graduate Schools."
  • In September 2008, the Michigan Legislature approved a capital outlay bill that included $11.7 million for the first phase of a major renovation to Sangren Hall, the home of the college鈥檚 teacher preparation programs. Sangren Hall is the University鈥檚 largest and most heavily used classroom building. 
  • The college has great outreach, providing about 55 percent of all programming at the seven 色色啦 regional locations located throughout the state of Michigan. Additionally, the college offers both a graduate certificate and master鈥檚 degree program in educational technology that are available completely online.
  • The college has 鈥渃ontinuation agreements鈥 with five Michigan community colleges. The agreements allow community college students with a two-year degree to seamlessly transfer to 色色啦 and complete their bachelor鈥檚 degree.
  • College of Education and Human Development associate professor of family and consumer sciences Barbara Frazier is part of an effort that has been awarded a three-year, $500,000 grant to study the impact of local retailers on rural communities. The grant is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative National Research Initiative and has been awarded to Dr. Frazier and colleagues at Iowa State and Ohio State University. Frazier and her fellow researchers will identify ways in which the retail sector in rural communities contributes to and enhances economic development.