University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI · Public research
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Acceptance rate
40.8%
30,167 admitted
SAT · 50th
1450
Range 1400–1490
6-yr grad
89.7%
Retention 96.3%
Undergrads
39,193
18:1 S-F
Admissions
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56.4% / 40.3%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications73,912
Overall admit rate40.8%
In-state admit rate56.4%
Out-of-state admit rate40.3%
Enrolled8,495 · 28.2% yield
Admitted from waitlist1,088 of 6,476
Very important factorsGPA, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsApplication essay, Character, Extracurriculars, Recs, State residency
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1450
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1400–1490 · 11.8% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W680710740
Math700740780
Comp140014501490
ACT
255075
Comp293133
Cost & aid
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$10,506
in-state tuition
out-of-state $42,530
Tuition (in-state)$10,506
Tuition (out-of-state)$42,530
Fees$1,659
Room & board$14,520
Books$700
Avg need-based grant$34,869
% need met91.0%
Academics
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18 : 1
student-faculty ratio
96.3% retention
Student-faculty18 : 1
Retention96.3%
4-year graduation76.1%
6-year graduation89.7%
Enrollment
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39,193
undergraduates
47.0% out-of-state · 490 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates39,193
First-year8,495
Transfer1,322
Female54%
Out-of-state47.0%
International (freshmen)490
Rankings
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#1
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Business Specialties: Real Estate
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Real Estate#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Insurance#326
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Nursing Programs#826
U.S. News & World ReportTop Public National Universities#1226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Doctorate)#1426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#1626
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Programs#1926
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceBig Ten Conference16
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FBS95
Institutional controlPublic college153
Geographic groupingWisconsin colleges5
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Admissions URLhttps://admissions.wisc.edu/how-do-i-app…
Admissions emailonwisconsin@admissions.wisc.edu
Admissions phone608-262-3691
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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University of Mich…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
University of Michigan MI · Public16.4%147035K
University of Illinois Urbana IL · Public36.6%144236K
Indiana University IN · Public——37K
University of Minnesota MN · Public77.1%140042K
Penn State University Park PA · Public—1340—
Ohio State University OH · Public49.2%138046K
Purdue University IN · Public43.4%136043K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — University of Wisconsin-Madison

8 years of University of Wisconsin-Madison's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.