University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee operates as a public institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 16,758 students of which 21,020 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. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is categorized as “15” 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 90.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,090 and an ACT midpoint of 22. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $15,014, with published in-state tuition of $10,398 and a Pell grant recipient share of 32.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $23,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 50.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.0%. Graduates earn a median of $54,990 ten years after enrolling, compared with $45,851 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 1192200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 70.5% 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.