by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee was awarded 69 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social work.
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UWM is ranked #673 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
UWM is also ranked #23 out of 46 schools in Wisconsin.
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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee has an acceptance rate of 86%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for UWM.
UWM received ACT scores from 70% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 18 and 24.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is 63%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 21% for first-time, full-time students at UWM, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 20,056 undergraduates at UWM with 16,620 being full-time and 3,436 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,809 | $11,857 | $16,195 | $20,210 | $21,092 |
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 UWM, 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 UWM, approximately 49% of students took out student loans averaging $7,446 a year. That adds up to $29,784 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UWM is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UWM are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53211 |
| Phone: | 414-229-1122 |
| Website: | uwm.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UWMilwaukee |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/uwm |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | 299 | $45,966 |
| Nursing | 296 | $70,900 |
| General Psychology | 288 | $33,906 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 227 | $42,673 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 224 | $52,744 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 222 | $38,040 |
| Social Work | 216 | $40,188 |
| Information Science | 191 | $51,582 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 180 | $62,966 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 178 | NA |
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, 14,596 students took at least one online class at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. This is a decrease from the 15,665 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 14,596 | 3,100 |
| 2021-2022 | 15,665 | 3,508 |
| 2020-2021 | 23,064 | 10,987 |
| 2018-2019 | 9,590 | 2,373 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
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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