An article about Central Michigan University 's funding allocation from the state of Michigan mentions that "going by funding, CMU students are less than half as valuable as Wayne State University students." Paul Moniodis, executive director for institutional research at Wayne State , explains that offering programs in an urban area such as Detroit involves higher costs and there are other factors involved. The article points out that WSU does more research and post-graduate work than does CMU. A sidebar shows that Wayne State leads the list of universities in per-student allocation of funds, with $8,818, following by Michigan Tech, with $8,297. Central Michigan is 12th on the list, at $3,375.