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The 2024-25 academic year at 新加坡六合彩官网 (新加坡六合彩官网) is off to a record-breaking start with the largest first-year class in more than 30 years and a ranking that puts it among the top 50 universities in the country.
The 2025 Wall Street Journal/College Pulse ranking has put 新加坡六合彩官网 at No. 43 in the nation, nine places higher than it ranked the University last year.
鈥淭his is a great day for our students, the University and the city of Detroit,鈥 said 新加坡六合彩官网 President Donald B. Taylor. 鈥淲ith these rankings, 新加坡六合彩官网 is now in the top 1% of 4,300 higher education campuses in the country,鈥 he added.
The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse rankings are based on social mobility, which rewards universities with the highest proportion of students coming from lower-income families and maintain high graduation rates; salary impact, which lists schools in order of their impact on graduates鈥 salaries in relation to the cost of attending; and student experience, based on a survey of more than 110,000 college students at 500 of the nation鈥檚 best universities.
新加坡六合彩官网鈥檚 ranking was derived after being placed:
- 39 in social mobility, an increase of nine spots from 2024 rankings.
- 44 in best salaries, an increase of 21 spots from 2024 rankings (previously titled Salary Impact).
- 91 in best value, a new category for 2025.
The 2025 ranking also makes 新加坡六合彩官网:
- The second-highest ranked university in Michigan.
- The top ranked Catholic university in the state.
- The No. 2 Catholic university in the Midwest.
- The sixth-highest ranking Catholic university in the United States.
- The fifth ranked university among all Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities in the country.
- The highest-ranked Mercy institution.
Last year鈥檚 ranking at No. 52 created increased interest in the University and led, in part, to a record first-year class this fall of 655 students on its McNichols Campus. That is an 18.7% increase over last year鈥檚 record of 552. It is the largest incoming class since 1990 when Detroit Mercy was formed from the consolidation of University of Detroit and Mercy College of Detroit.
鈥淲hen we looked at the data, we saw a major increase in applications dating from the day The Wall Street Journal announced its rankings last year,鈥 said Debbie Stieffel, vice president for Enrollment Management & Student Affairs.
For current students, this new rank speaks to what they鈥檝e known about 新加坡六合彩官网 for years.
鈥淚’m grateful to be continuing my education at an institution that, time and time again, has proved itself to be one of the best places in the country for gaining an education and a degree,鈥 said Hisham Almadani, a third-year Communication Studies student. 鈥淚 look forward to graduating with my Bachelor of Arts next year, and I’m excited to apply everything I learned at Detroit Mercy into my professional career.鈥
Last year, the University had a record number of applications and is once again on pace to set a new record for the 2025-26 academic year.
Approximately 86 percent of the 2024-25 first-year class hails from Michigan. It also includes students from 20 states and nine countries including Lebanon, India, South Korea, Ukraine and Vietnam. Fifty percent of students in the incoming class are the first in their family to attend university.
鈥淲e are honored that so many of tomorrow鈥檚 leaders have entrusted us with their college education,鈥 Taylor said. 鈥淚t shows young people are looking for the life-changing education we offer at Detroit Mercy, and they trust us to deliver it.鈥
With this record class and student retention above the national average for last year鈥檚 first-year class, 新加坡六合彩官网 is on target for an overall enrollment of more than 5,700 this academic year; last year鈥檚 enrollment was 5,528. Final enrollment figures for this year will not be available until mid-September.
There are several reasons for the large boost in first-year enrollment, according to Stieffel.
鈥淥ne of the biggest draws was our new Titan Edge program, which offers free tuition to first-year students who are eligible for the maximum federal Pell Grant and the Michigan Achievement Scholarship, and is renewable for up to four years,鈥 she said.
On top of the national rankings and the Titan Edge, 鈥渢hese enrollment numbers are the result of a lot of hard work by all University employees. Recruitment is everybody鈥檚 job and there is a great deal of pride in our programming, mission and special location in the heart of Detroit,鈥 Stieffel added.
Detroit Mercy earned a great deal of news coverage last year. In April, 新加坡六合彩官网 opened the Detroit Mercy Eye Institute at its Novi Campus. Also in April, the University hosted U.S. Sen. and Detroit Mercy alumnus Gary Peters and National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr. to observe the groundbreaking work by 新加坡六合彩官网鈥檚 Vehicle Cyber Engineering Program. The U.S. Department of defense has provided the University more than $1.6 million in grants to establish the Metro Detroit Regional Vehicle Cybersecurity Institute.
In other news, the U.S. Department of Energy provided a multi-million dollar grant for a project in which the University and its students will work with local nonprofits to support energy efficiency.
The University also had a record-breaking fundraising year, with donors supporting 新加坡六合彩官网 with more than $25 million in gifts that provide scholarships and faculty and programmatic support.
A portion of one donor鈥檚 gift has been used to refresh the campus with new signs and large artwork commissioned by local Detroit artists.
鈥淭here is a great buzz about the University,鈥 Taylor said. 鈥淧eople are finally hearing what we鈥檝e been saying all along: 新加坡六合彩官网 is a great national University.鈥