while in 2009 U.S. News & World Report ranked it the fourth-best master's-level university in the Midwest.
In September 2013, The Union at Dearborn opened, with its 145 apartments providing the first on-campus student housing since the 1970s. Also that month, UM–Dearborn's School of Education was renamed the College of Education, Health and Human Services. In December 2015, UM–Dearborn conferred its 50,000 cumulative degree. In September 2016, the university's Natural Sciences Building reopened after a $51 million renovation. In April 2018, UM–Dearborn broke ground on a new, $90 million Engineering Lab Building. In 2018, Daniel E. Little resigned as chancellor.
==== Domenico Grasso (2018 until 2025) ====
In August 2018, Domenico Grasso was inaugurated as university's sixth chancellor. In May 2025, Domenico Grasso was selected to replace Santa J. Ono as the interim President of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Gabriella Scarlatta, the provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at UM-Dearborn, …
