Western Michigan University was founded in 1903 as a teachers college and rapidly grew into an internationally regarded institution of higher education. Western is a student-centered research university with an enrollment of nearly 25,000. U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of American colleges and universities placed WMU on their list of the nation's top-100 public universities. Western has a diverse and culturally rich student body which includes students from across the United States and 80 other countries. With 140 program offerings for undergraduate students while graduate students have 67 master's, one specialist and 29 doctoral programs, WMU has something to offer for everyone.