SCHOOLS / UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

University of Wisconsin-Madison

MADISON, WIIPEDS 240444CARNEGIE CLASS 15
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§ Academic profile

Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.

SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th1,370
Median1,400
75th1,490
§ 15% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED SAT SCORES · 2024-25 CDS · METHOD →
ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th29
Median31
75th33
§ 35% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED ACT SCORES · 2024-25 CDS · METHOD →
ADMIT RATE n/aSAT SUBMIT 15%ACT SUBMIT 35%

Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reported
§ Adjusted admission flow

This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

All applicants
Applicants0reported count
Admits0n/a
Class seats0n/a yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
All applicants00n/a0School-reported totals.
§ Wait list attrition

61% joined after being offered a spot. 6% of students who joined were admitted.

Exact wait-list data
Wait-list data
MetricValue
Offered a wait-list spot12,584
Accepted a wait-list spot7,644
Admitted from wait list493
Joined after being offered61%
Admitted after joining6%

Wait-list outcomes can change sharply year to year.

§ Factors this school weighs
State residency: Important
§ Application cost

Application fee: $70.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Merit and need aid

What this school reports giving.

Core merit fields reportedAcademic merit aid checked
No-need grant recipients391Average no-need grant reported; recipient count not reported
Avg no-need grant$9,313H2A first-year full-time students with no financial need
Avg net price$17,354Federal Scorecard, all aided students
§ Scope

CDS H2A counts students who had no financial need and received institutional non-need scholarship or grant aid, excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits.

§ International aid

Need-based aid for nonresidents: n/a. Non-need aid for nonresidents: n/a.

This is not a personalized price estimate. Merit awards are source-reported institutional facts. Your actual cost depends on income, assets, residency, application round, program, and school policy.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §H.2 §H.2A §H.6 §H.14METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Student-faculty ratio18EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Admissions total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
29782ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate45%DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
65894ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
8491ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
8514ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policyNoIC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate29%DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Admissions testing

Admissions testing IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
ACT composite 25th percentile29ADM2024.ACTCM25
ACT composite 50th percentile31ADM2024.ACTCM50
ACT composite 75th percentile33ADM2024.ACTCM75
ACT submit rate29%ADM2024.ACTPCT
SAT EBRW 25th percentile670ADM2024.SATVR25
SAT EBRW 50th percentile710ADM2024.SATVR50
SAT EBRW 75th percentile740ADM2024.SATVR75
SAT math 25th percentile710ADM2024.SATMT25
SAT math 50th percentile750ADM2024.SATMT50
SAT math 75th percentile780ADM2024.SATMT75
SAT submit rate15%ADM2024.SATPCT

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor's degrees awarded8269DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded854DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded2786DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
In-state required fees$1,597COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition$10,006COST1_2024.TUITION2
Out-of-state required fees$1,597COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition$40,506COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus$30,005DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus$60,505DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Full-time undergraduate enrollment35466DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment13004DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment2574DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment51044DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment38040DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Any aid rate60%SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid$5,916SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan$9,678SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant$5,553SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate17%SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate24%SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate17%SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
CityMadisonHD2024.CITY
ControlPublicHD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting statusDegree-grantingHD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offeringDoctor's degreeHD2024.HLOFFER
Institution levelFour or more yearsHD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution nameUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonHD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category20,000 and aboveHD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sectorPublic, 4-year or aboveHD2024.SECTOR
LocaleCity: LargeHD2024.LOCALE
StateWisconsinHD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years75%DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years88%DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years90%DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate96%EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time90%DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate81%EF2024D.RET_PCP
Transfer-out rate12%DRVGR2011.TRRTTOT
§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
Median earnings
$73,792
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
90%
6-year completion
Average net price
$17,354
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$20,484
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$52,171$52k
MEDIAN
$73,792$74k
P75
$108,161$108k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
$4,200
$30,001 – $48,000
$4,101
$48,001 – $75,000
$8,134
$75,001 – $110,000
← MODAL BRACKET$17,763
$110,001 and up
$27,292
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
75%
6-yr grad
90%
8-yr grad
90%
Retention
96%
Pell grad
86%
Transfer
0%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.