Central Michigan University is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan. Established in 1892, Central Michigan University is the third largest University in the state of Michigan and one of the nation's 100 largest public universities with more than 20,000 students on its Mount Pleasant campus and 7,000 enrolled online at more than 60 locations worldwide. CMU offers 200 academic programs at the undergraduate, master's, specialist and doctoral levels, including nationally recognized programs in entrepreneurship, journalism, music, audiology, teacher education, psychology and physician assistant. CMU has also established a College of Medicine, which opened in fall 2013. CMU competes in the NCAA Division I Mid-American Conference in seven men's and nine women's sports.