University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Details
- Name: University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Location: Madison, WI 53706-1380
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 43.35%
- Average SAT Scores 1402
- Four Year Completion Rate 72.9% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 89.33% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 90.08% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
High Completion4 Year72.9%6 Year89.3%8 Year90.1% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $27,770 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $40,603 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $11,205 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $18,058 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $20,484 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $11,233 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $4,458 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $5,268 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $9,613 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $21,123 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $26,427 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $61,275 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $59,235 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $69,868 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $64,910 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $73,792 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Animal Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,454 |
| Soil Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Food Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $50,564 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,123 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,857 |
| Special Education and Teaching | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,945 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,448 |
| Landscape Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $43,125 | $27,397 | $72,878 |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agricultural Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $61,703 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $66,167 |
| Agricultural Public Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,985 |
| Forestry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $72,510 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $37,470 | $17,000 | $70,199 |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $47,469 |
| Plant Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | $22,338 | $20,000 | $27,422 |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $42,609 | $37,350 | $36,006 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Bachelor's Degree | $43,709 | $22,604 | $40,648 |
| Engineering Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Apparel and Textiles | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Botany/Plant Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,520 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $68,622 | $42,011 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $70,596 |
| Materials Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $64,892 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $33,524 | $29,244 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,807 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | $42,974 | No data | $29,137 |
| Nutrition Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,232 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,717 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $63,620 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $78,839 |
| Engineering Mechanics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $61,649 |
| Geological/Geophysical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,856 |
| Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $41,166 | $38,175 | $29,174 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $59,446 | $39,532 | $34,941 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $42,406 | No data | $51,817 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,352 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,599 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $42,419 | $30,488 | $48,053 |
| Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $74,061 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,908 |
| Genetics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,912 |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Sustainability Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,140 |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $44,760 | $27,750 | $31,572 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,239 |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Engineering, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate) | Bachelor's Degree | $26,757 | No data | $37,462 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $50,918 | $37,500 | $30,913 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,864 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| International/Global Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $30,707 | $30,039 | $28,989 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $45,916 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $44,557 | $31,450 | $35,789 |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $43,684 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,512 |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $29,131 | No data | $27,879 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,655 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $33,061 | No data | $37,772 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Bachelor's Degree | $25,604 | No data | $32,788 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $53,394 |
| Insurance | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $65,571 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,793 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,520 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $34,513 | $27,300 | $65,921 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | $45,047 | $33,769 | $61,474 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $70,478 |
| Real Estate | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $69,730 |
| General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $30,933 | No data | $52,840 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $30,973 | No data | $53,294 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $54,806 | No data | $28,843 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $61,605 |
| Management Information Systems and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $38,906 | $28,469 | $53,817 |