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University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI - Enrollment, Demographics, Student Costs

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Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)
UndergraduateArts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence
GraduateComprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary
Undergraduate PopulationFull-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in
EnrollmentMajority undergraduate
Size & SettingLarge four-year, primarily nonresidential

General Characteristics

Title IV EligibilityParticipates in Title IV federal financial aid programs
Highest offeringDoctoral degree
Calendar SystemSemester
Years of college work requiredN/A
Variable Tuition
Religious AffiliationN/A
Congressional District5502

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force  —   /   / 
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending University of Wisconsin-Madison?
653rd for total cost of attendance
  In District In State Out of State
Effective as of 2010-08-04
FT Undergraduate Tuition $7,296 $7,296 $22,045
FT Undergraduate Required Fees $1,014 $1,014 $1,014
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour $304 $304 $919
FT Graduate Tuition $9,500 $9,500 $24,054
FT Graduate Required Fees $1,014 $1,014 $1,014
PT Graduate per Credit Hour $594 $594 $1,503
Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus $20,187 $20,187 $34,936
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $20,280 $20,280 $35,029
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family $11,860 $11,860 $26,609

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Prior year comparison and trends on the cost of attending / attendance cost.
  In District In State Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees $7,184↓ $7,564 $7,184↓ $7,564 $21,434↓ $21,814
  Cost (regardless of residency)
Effective as of 2010-08-04
Books & Supplies $930↓ $990
On-Campus – Room & Board $6,650↓ $6,909
On-Campus – Other Expenses $3,390↓ $3,510
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board $7,390↓ $7,700
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses $2,680↓ $2,770
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board $2,360↓ $2,410

Admission Details

Effective as of 2010-08-05
Application Fee RequiredN/A
Undergraduate Application Fee$44
Graduate Application Fee$56
First Professional Application FeeN/A
Applicants 22,613 (10,947 male / 11,666 female)
Admitted 13,446 (6,349 male / 7,097 female)
Admission rate 59%
First-time Enrollment 5,773 (2,737 male / 3,036 female)
FT Enrollment 5,759 (2,732 male / 3,027 female)
PT Enrollment 14 (5 male / 9 female)
Total Enrollment41,654

Admission Criteria

What criteria does University of Wisconsin-Madison use for admissions?  = Required,   = Recommended,   = Neither required nor recommended
Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record  /   / 
College Prep. Completion
Recommendations
Formal competency demo
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other testsN/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does University of Wisconsin-Madison accept?
Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
NCAA Football Conference Big Ten Conference
NCAA Basketball Conference Big Ten Conference
NCAA Track & Field Conference Big Ten Conference

ACT Test Admission

101st for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting ACT results 86%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 26 / 31
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 26 / 31
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 26 / 30

SAT Test Admission

79th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting SAT results 24%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 550 / 670
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 620 / 730
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 1170 / 1400

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity8,111
Meals per WeekN/A
Room Fee$4,584
Board Fee$2,573

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?
 
Total 536 175 230 391 47 7,035 8,448
Accounting 9 2 12 1 174 201
Actuarial Science 11 15 26
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching 1 1
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General (LL 1 1 2
African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 4 1 3 8
African-American/Black Studies 11 1 3 15
Agricultural Business and Management, General 18 18
Agricultural Communication/Journalism 2 4 1 2 27 36
Agricultural Economics 2 1 7 10
Agricultural Teacher Education 2 2
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering 2 1 1 25 29
Agronomy and Crop Science 8 8
Animal Sciences, General 1 1 33 35
Anthropology 1 1 1 3 1 54 61
Apparel and Textiles, General 2 2 34 38
Applied Mathematics 1 2 3
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 3 2 45 50
Art Teacher Education 8 8
Art/Art Studies, General 3 2 11 3 131 151
Arts Management 2 2
Asian Studies/Civilization 1 5 17 23
Astronomy 1 2 3
Astrophysics 10 11
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General 1 1 1 1 27 31
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 2 1 2 87 94
Biochemistry 12 1 17 1 67 98
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 3 7 8 32 3 290 343
Biomedical/Medical Engineering 11 1 7 1 53 74
Biometry/Biometrics 1 1
Biotechnology 1 1 22 24
Botany/Plant Biology 10 10
Business Administration and Management, General 6 1 2 64 73
Business/Commerce, General 3 2 2 35 42
Cartography 7 7
Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies 3 3
Chemical Engineering 10 2 3 45 60
Chemistry, General 12 1 2 6 1 51 74
Chemistry, Other 1 1
Chinese Language and Literature 14 1 4 11 30
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning 20 20
Civil Engineering, General 15 1 2 4 1 86 109
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 12 12
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist 1 3 23 27
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 8 4 5 5 2 249 273
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 1 1 14 16
Comparative Literature 1 4 5
Computer Engineering, General 1 1 1 30 33
Computer and Information Sciences, General 25 1 1 3 69 101
Conservation Biology 1 1 2 1 50 55
Consumer Economics 2 3 9 114 128
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 1 14 16
Creative Writing 5 6
Curriculum and Instruction 1 16 18
Dairy Science 5 1 17 23
Dance, General 1 5 6
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 1 6 3 40 51
Economics, General 49 2 8 28 2 252 341
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 1 3 3 1 1 34 43
Educational Psychology 2 1 19 22
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 32 5 2 10 62 114
Elementary Education and Teaching 1 3 89 93
Endocrinology 4 4
Engineering Mechanics 1 1 2 38 42
Engineering Physics 3 3
Engineering, General 1 2 4 2 42 51
English Language and Literature, General 7 6 3 5 1 213 236
Entomology 9 9
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education 1 13 14
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communication 3 3
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General 2 10 12
Finance, General 23 1 7 13 1 138 183
Food Science 3 1 1 16 21
Forest Sciences and Biology 10 10
Forestry, General 4 4
French Language and Literature 1 1 66 71
Genetics, General 4 2 5 54 65
Geography 1 2 47 50
Geological/Geophysical Engineering 2 2
Geology/Earth Science, General 2 20 22
Geophysics and Seismology 1 1 2 4
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 1 1 30 32
Health/Medical Physics 3 2 2 17 24
Hebrew Language and Literature 16 16
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 2 5 7
History, General 3 3 12 3 1 260 283
Horticultural Science 1 25 26
Human Development and Family Studies, General 2 3 4 4 75 88
Human/Medical Genetics 1 3 5
Industrial Engineering 27 1 1 10 3 44 86
Insurance 5 2 1 2 24 34
Interior Design 1 28 29
International Business/Trade/Commerce 1 18 19
International Relations and Affairs 1 2 1 13 17
International/Global Studies 10 5 4 11 108 138
Italian Language and Literature 7 7
Japanese Language and Literature 4 1 1 9 15
Jewish/Judaic Studies 2 2
Journalism 4 1 9 4 155 173
Kinesiology and Exercise Science 1 1 1 69 72
Labor Studies 1 1
Land Use Planning and Management/Development 1 11 12
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) 2 1 18 21
Latin American Studies 1 25 26
Latin Language and Literature
Legal Studies, General 28 7 1 2 2 80 120
Library Science/Librarianship 3 2 80 88
Linguistics 2 8 10
Management Information Systems, General 1 1 4 4 10
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 12 3 2 7 1 120 145
Materials Engineering 16 16
Materials Science 10 1 1 4 16
Mathematics, General 22 1 2 6 1 76 108
Mechanical Engineering 10 2 10 9 1 156 188
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology 1 1 6 42 50
Microbiology, General 2 1 2 5 40 50
Molecular Biology 2 1 4 27 34
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 1 3 4
Music Performance, General 3 1 1 45 50
Music Teacher Education 2 3 5
Music, General 17 17
Musicology and Ethnomusicology 1 1
Natural Resources/Conservation, General 1 7 8
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 5 5
Neuroscience 2 2
Nuclear Engineering 2 1 3 25 31
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) 5 5 5 9 1 197 224
Nutrition Sciences 1 1 2 72 76
Occupational Therapy/Therapist 2 1 14 17
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical 1 4 5
Operations Management and Supervision 6 9 15
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management 7 7
Pathology/Experimental Pathology 1 1 2
Pharmacology 1 1 2
Pharmacology and Toxicology 1 4 5
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD) 1 1
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other 4 4
Philosophy 1 1 3 59 64
Physical Therapy/Therapist 1 1 38 40
Physician Assistant 1 1 2 33 37
Physics, General 5 3 1 36 45
Physiology, General 2 2
Plant Genetics 2 2
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology 2 9 11
Polish Language and Literature 1 1
Political Science and Government, General 11 6 12 13 2 313 357
Portuguese Language and Literature 1 2 3
Poultry Science 3 3
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 1 1
Psychology, General 7 6 5 12 246 278
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH) 3 17 20
Public Policy Analysis 1 1 24 27
Real Estate 3 4 1 63 71
Religion/Religious Studies 1 2 14 17
Retailing and Retail Operations 1 1 2 3 54 61
Russian Language and Literature 1 7 8
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General 4 1 4 9
Scandinavian Studies 10 10
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education 3 3
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 3 3
Social Studies Teacher Education 4 4
Social Work 2 15 9 11 4 154 195
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education 1 2
Sociology 4 15 8 7 148 182
Soil Science and Agronomy, General 1 5 6
South Asian Studies 3 10 13
Southeast Asian Studies 1 2 3
Spanish Language and Literature 2 2 12 3 2 163 184
Special Education and Teaching, General 1 1 1 25 28
Statistics, General 9 2 6 17
Systems Engineering 2 3 5
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General (Cert 1 2 4
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor 5 1 1 2 43 52
Water Resources Engineering 1 1
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management 7 7
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management 22 22
Women's Studies 1 5 2 34 42
Zoology/Animal Biology 2 6 9 1 117 135

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

University of Wisconsin-Madison 188th for the average full-time faculty salary.
Effective as of 2010-08-31
Tenure system
Average FT Salary $91,037 ($98,304 male / $78,682 female)
Number of FT Faculty 1,658 (1,044 male / 614 female)
Number of PT Faculty 987
FT Faculty Ratio 2 : 1
Total Benefits $50,974,462

Local News for University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Wisconsin defense ready to begin season

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