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University of Wisconsin - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

762 Undergraduate Degrees
691 Graduate Degrees
$45,699 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
49% Acceptance Rate

Where Is University of Wisconsin - Madison?

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Contact details for UW - Madison are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 500 Lincoln Dr, Madison, WI 53706-1380
Phone: 608-263-2400
Website: www.wisc.edu

How Do I Get Into UW - Madison?

You can apply to UW - Madison online at: https://www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for UW - Madison

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UW - Madison?

49% Acceptance Rate
55% Of Accepted Are Women
17% Submit SAT Scores
You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to UW - Madison. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 49%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 45%, and the acceptance rate for women is 53%.

Average Test Scores

About 17% of students accepted to UW - Madison submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 650 and 730. Math scores were between 690 and 780.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Wisconsin - Madison  ( 650 to 730 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of Wisconsin - Madison  ( 690 to 780 )
200
800
UW - Madison received ACT scores from 40% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 33. Math scores were between 25 and 0. Composite scores were between 26 and 32.

ACT English Scores for University of Wisconsin - Madison  ( 25 to 33 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Wisconsin - Madison  ( 26 to 32 )
1
36

Can I Afford University of Wisconsin - Madison?

$45,699 Net Price
26% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UW - Madison is $45,699. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UW - Madison, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $9,299 a year. That adds up to $37,196 over four years for those students.

University of Wisconsin - Madison Undergraduate Student Diversity

30,063 Full-Time Undergraduates
52% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 32,688 undergraduate students at UW - Madison, with 30,063 being full-time and 2,625 being part-time.

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There are also 11,952 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 30,063 full-time undergraduates at UW - Madison, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Wisconsin - Madison students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 2,362
Black or African American 617
Hispanic or Latino 1,847
White 20,340
International Students 2,848
Other Races/Ethnicities 2,049

Geographic Diversity

Wisconsin students aren't the only ones who study at University of Wisconsin - Madison. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 110 countries are represented at UW - Madison. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

University of Wisconsin - Madison Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
International Public Health/International Health 322 0 0 0 0 322
Registered Nursing 0 218 0 0 2 220
Medicine 0 0 0 0 156 156
Speech Pathology & Audiology 0 91 13 35 4 143
Pharmacy 0 0 0 0 125 125
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling 0 36 0 18 3 57
Physician Assistant 0 0 0 54 0 54
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities (Other) 54 0 0 0 0 54
General Public Health 0 0 0 44 0 44
Physical Therapy/Therapist 0 0 0 0 40 40
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist 0 0 0 39 0 39
Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 32 0 0 0 32
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 0 0 0 23 9 32
Health/Medical Physics 0 0 0 13 16 29
Nursing Practice 0 0 0 0 25 25
Athletic Training 0 0 0 12 0 12
Medical Informatics 0 0 3 8 0 11
Medical Scientist 0 0 2 3 4 9
Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist 8 0 0 0 0 8
Audiology/Audiologist 0 0 0 0 8 8
Occupational Therapy 0 0 0 0 7 7
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology 0 0 6 0 0 6
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics 0 0 0 3 3 6
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 0 0 4 0 0 4
Other Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration 0 0 0 4 0 4
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 0 0 0 2 2 4
Other Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services 0 0 1 0 0 1
Dance Therapy 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nursing Education 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 385 377 29 258 404 1,453

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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