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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign vs University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Champaign, IL · Whitewater, WI · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair IL:WI

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-GAP · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-ACCEPT

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × WI
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-ACCEPT Largest gap · Acceptance Rate

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Selectivity moved on only one side of this board

ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, one school's acceptance-rate series clears the r² ≥ 0.40 floor while the other does not. Read the directional claim as one-sided, then check the companion metric below.

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: acceptance rate tightened -30.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.47).
  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.03).
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: enrollment grew +9.3% over 2013–2023; fitted +266 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.
  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater: enrollment shrank -12.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -171 students/yr fitted, r² 0.61.

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign vs University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on acceptance rate (42.4% vs 85.7% at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on out-of-state tuition ($18,716 vs $35,124 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on in-state tuition ($8,616 vs $16,004 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?▼
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on acceptance rate at 42.4% versus 85.7% at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?▼
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on out-of-state tuition at $18,716 versus $35,124 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?▼
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater leads on in-state tuition at $8,616 versus $16,004 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); acceptance rate focus for this pair · 2025