Milwaukee School of Engineering

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Milwaukee School of Engineering

Milwaukee School of Engineering operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 2,654 students of which 2,724 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Milwaukee School of Engineering is categorized as “19” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 58.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 27. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,453, with published in-state tuition of $50,480 and a Pell grant recipient share of 24.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 69.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 83.8%. Graduates earn a median of $89,070 ten years after enrolling, compared with $75,114 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 115200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 89.2% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.