Editing Michigan (section)

==Education==
{{See also|List of colleges and universities in Michigan|List of high schools in Michigan|List of school districts in Michigan}}

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Michigan's education system serves 1.6 million K-12 students in public schools. More than 124,000 students attend private schools and an uncounted number are [[Homeschooling in the United States|homeschooled]] under certain legal requirements.<ref>[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/NPSHS_numbers_05_131608_7.pdf Number of Non Public Schools in Michigan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725125827/http://michigan.gov/documents/NPSHS_numbers_05_131608_7.pdf |date=July 25, 2010}}, Michigan Department of Education, 2010</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.michigan.gov/documents/numbsch_26940_7.pdf |title = Number of Public Schools in Michigan |publisher = Michigan Department of Education |year = 2010 |access-date = August 5, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100728085508/http://michigan.gov/documents/numbsch_26940_7.pdf |archive-date = July 28, 2010 |url-status = live}}</ref> The public school system had a $14.5 billion budget in 2008–09.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/b1011-09_319754_7.pdf |title = 2008–2009 BULLETIN 1011 Analysis of Michigan Public School Districts Revenues and Expenditures |publisher = Michigan Department of Education |year = 2009 |access-date = August 5, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101203012159/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/b1011-09_319754_7.pdf |archive-date = December 3, 2010 |url-status = live}}</ref> From 2009 to 2019, over 200 [[private schools]] in Michigan closed, partly due to competition from [[charter schools]].<ref>{{cite web |author = Wisely, John |url = https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2019/05/28/michigan-private-schools-closing-catholic/3757380002/ |title = 200 private schools have closed in Michigan in the last decade |work = [[Detroit Free Press]] |date = May 28, 2019 |access-date = May 2, 2020 |archive-date = July 29, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200729040341/https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2019/05/28/michigan-private-schools-closing-catholic/3757380002/ |url-status = live }}</ref> In 2022, ''U.S. News & World Report'' rated three Michigan high schools among the nation's 100 best: [[City High Middle School]] (18th), the [[International Academy of Macomb]] (21st), and the [[International Academy]] (52nd). [[Ypsilanti Community Schools|Washtenaw International High School]] ranked 107th.<ref>{{cite web |title = Rankings: Best High Schools |url = https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/michigan/districts/grand-rapids-public-schools/city-high-middle-school-9981 |website = U.S. News & World Report |accessdate = May 1, 2020 |archive-date = June 13, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190613213407/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/michigan/districts/grand-rapids-public-schools/city-high-middle-school-9981 |url-status = live }}</ref>

The [[University of Michigan]] is Michigan's oldest higher educational institution and among the oldest [[research universities]] in the nation. It was founded in 1817, 20 years before [[Michigan Territory]] achieved statehood.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://bentley.umich.edu/exhibits/umtimeline/general.php |title = University of Michigan Timelines: General University Timeline |publisher = Bentley Historical Library |date = July 5, 2007 |access-date = March 9, 2013 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090421020242/http://bentley.umich.edu/exhibits/umtimeline/general.php |archive-date = April 21, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JuYtUDLQCWMC&q=michigan+oldest+university&pg=PT143 |title = A to Zee Across America |first = Kay |last = Morris-Robertson |year = 2012 |publisher = AuthorHouse |isbn = 978-1-4685-0328-9}}</ref> [[Kalamazoo College]] is the state's oldest private liberal arts college, founded in 1833 by a group of [[Baptist]] ministers as the Michigan and Huron Institute. From 1840 to 1850, the college operated as the Kalamazoo Branch of the University of Michigan. [[Methodist]] settlers in [[Spring Arbor Township]] founded [[Albion College]] in 1835. It is the state's second-oldest private liberal arts college.

[[Michigan Technological University]] is the first post-secondary institution in the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]], founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School. [[Eastern Michigan University]] was founded in 1849 as the Michigan State Normal School for the training of teachers. It was the nation's fourth-oldest [[normal school#United States|normal school]] and the first U.S. normal school outside [[New England]]. In 1899, the Michigan State Normal School became the nation's first normal school to offer a four-year curriculum. [[Michigan State University]] was founded in 1855 as the nation's first [[agricultural college]].

The [[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching|Carnegie Foundation]] classifies eight of the state's institutions (Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, Eastern Michigan University, [[Wayne State University]], [[Central Michigan University]], [[Western Michigan University]], [[Oakland University]], University of Michigan) as [[research universities]].<ref>{{cite web |title = The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education (RU/VH: Research Universities (very high research activity)) |publisher = The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching |year = 2010 |url = http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/InstitutionList.aspx |access-date = March 9, 2011 |archive-date = February 20, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210220152013/https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data |url-status = live }}</ref>

The state of Michigan has six [[List of medical schools in the United States|MD-granting medical schools]]: [[Central Michigan University|Central Michigan University College of Medicine]], [[University of Michigan Medical School]], [[Michigan State University College of Human Medicine]], [[Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine]], [[Wayne State University School of Medicine]], and [[Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine]]. Additionally, Michigan is home to five [[American Bar Association]] accredited [[List of law schools in the United States|law schools]]: [[Michigan State University College of Law]], [[Cooley Law School]], [[University of Detroit Mercy School of Law]], [[University of Michigan Law School]], and [[Wayne State University Law School]].