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College Factual ranked MSOE as #900 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 46 colleges in Wisconsin, MSOE is ranked at #33.
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The acceptance rate at Milwaukee School of Engineering is a competitive 63%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
The student to faculty ratio at Milwaukee School of Engineering is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Milwaukee School of Engineering is 61%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Milwaukee School of Engineering enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at MSOE for first-time, full-time students is 48%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Milwaukee School of Engineering.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,510 undergraduates at MSOE with 2,412 being full-time and 98 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,843 | $13,227 | $16,332 | $19,408 | $29,378 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of MSOE, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At MSOE, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $7,464 a year. That adds up to $29,856 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for MSOE are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1025 N Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202-3109 |
| Phone: | 800-332-6763 |
| Website: | www.msoe.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 134 | $68,976 |
| Nursing | 80 | $73,835 |
| Computer Engineering | 73 | $78,333 |
| Electrical Engineering | 73 | $74,901 |
| Business Administration & Management | 67 | $60,187 |
| Computer Science | 35 | NA |
| Civil Engineering | 34 | $72,940 |
| Architectural Engineering | 33 | NA |
| Biomedical Engineering | 29 | $70,090 |
| Industrial Engineering | 22 | $71,112 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 210 students took at least one online class at Milwaukee School of Engineering. This is a decrease from the 224 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 210 | 7 |
| 2021-2022 | 224 | 13 |
| 2020-2021 | 262 | 11 |
| 2018-2019 | 201 | 29 |
Learn more about online learning at Milwaukee School of Engineering.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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