Academic Life at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Each topic below links to a dedicated page with the full detail:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty Resources

With 17 students per faculty member, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee employs 63% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

For the full breakdown — tenure status, part-time and adjunct share, and how the faculty compares with the national average — see the faculty composition page.

Majors and Fields of Study

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee offers 109 majors with reported completions across 26 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are shown below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 12,107 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee retains and graduates its students — 73% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Continue Your Research into University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Follow the links below for a deeper look at a specific part of academic life:

• Academic Majors at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee — every major and degree program offered
• Faculty & Class Sizes at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
• Graduation and Retention at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Online Learning at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee — online and distance enrollment options
• Accreditation at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee — the schools accreditation and what it means