unitid 240453 · Milwaukee, WI · public 4-year · city (large)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- enrollment 2023
- 26,699
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
91%
72nd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
16,758
84th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
33%
undergrads on Pell grants
53rd pctl among public 4-years
completion
49%
finish within 150% time
57th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$22,756
52nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,014
after aid, aided students
66th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$54,990
after entry, Title IV students
62nd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,000
79th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,329 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k22%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k20%
- 110k+26%
- Median family income
- $50,519
- First-generation students
- 33%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,398
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marketing. | 258 | $64,448 | $26,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 252 | $77,482 | $27,000 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 192 | — | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 176 | $65,224 | $26,276 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 172 | $51,174 | $26,000 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 163 | $68,982 | $30,500 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 154 | $47,037 | $10,700 |
| Social Work. | 147 | $64,971 | — |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 140 | — | — |
| Education, General. | 127 | $47,785 | $30,990 |
| Library Science and Administration. | 127 | $56,672 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 126 | $50,559 | $27,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.