by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of Wisconsin - Parkside was awarded 26 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is sports management.
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College Factual ranked UW - Parkside as #1,773 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
UW - Parkside also holds the #43 spot on the Best Colleges in Wisconsin ranking.
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University of Wisconsin - Parkside has an acceptance rate of 73%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
UW - Parkside received ACT scores from 32% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 17 and 24.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1, University of Wisconsin - Parkside is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Wisconsin - Parkside is 71%. 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 - Parkside is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at UW - Parkside is 15%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,791 undergraduates at UW - Parkside with 2,947 being full-time and 844 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,349 | $5,779 | $10,020 | $13,751 | $14,941 |
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 UW - Parkside, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UW - Parkside, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $5,659 a year. That adds up to $22,636 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UW - Parkside are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 900 Wood Rd, Kenosha, WI 53144 |
| Phone: | 262-595-2345 |
| Website: | https://www.uwp.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 342 | NA |
| General Psychology | 71 | $29,952 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 60 | $42,342 |
| Health & Physical Education | 59 | $30,655 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 56 | $37,107 |
| Computer Information Systems | 53 | NA |
| Sociology | 44 | $35,710 |
| General Biology | 43 | $35,990 |
| Accounting | 41 | $47,648 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 36 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 2,826 students took at least one online class at University of Wisconsin - Parkside. This is a decrease from the 3,075 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,826 | 959 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,075 | 1,070 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,328 | 2,453 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,650 | 377 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Wisconsin - Parkside.
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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