The football team won back-to-back NCAA Division II national championships in December 2021 and December 2022. The football team won their third NCAA Division II championship in four years in December 2024.
=== Sports ===
== Student life ==
=== Enrollment decline ===
Ferris State has seen a dramatic drop in enrollment in recent years. In 2013 total enrollment was 14,707. In 2021 total enrollment had dropped to 10,361.
=== Ferris State Torch ===
The Ferris State Torch is a student-run newspaper first published in 1931.
=== Greek life ===
There are dozens of Greek organizations on campus.
== School songs ==
=== Fight song ===
The first performance of the new fight song, "Fighting Bulldogs" was at Homecoming in 1958.
=== Alma mater ===
The adoption of the new Ferris alma mater song, "Ferris Fidelity" and its first performance under direction of composer Graham T. Overgard were at the Christmas concert in 1957.
== Notable alumni ==
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