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Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
12,736
49.6% Female
50.4% Male

Institution Overview

System
University of Wisconsin System
School Type
Public
Region
Great Lakes IL IN MI OH WI
Academic Calendar
Semester
Setting
City: Midsize

Academics

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Full Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Part Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Total # of Programs
399
Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)
Master's
147
Doctoral Research
112
Doctoral Professional
7
Distance
8
Degrees Offered
Master's
Doctor's (Research)
Doctor's (Professional)

Student Body

Demographics
0.35%
American Indian or Alaska Native
4.17%
Asian
2.47%
Black or African American
4.13%
Hispanic or Latino
0.04%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
59.27%
White
1.76%
Two or more races
3.87%
Unknown
23.94%
Non-resident Alien

Admissions

Application Fee
$56
Admissions Office Web Address
www.wisc.edu/admissions/

Tuition & Aid

Average In-State Tuition
$10,728
Average Out-Of-State Tuition
$24,054

Academics: Programs - Overview

Academic
Yes
Occupational
No
Continuing Professional
No
Recreational or avocational
No
Highest Degree offered
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice

Distance Learning Options

Grad programs or courses
Yes

Degree Programs Offered (in Category Selected Above)

Master's
147
Master's (Distance)
6
Doctor's Degree Research
112
Doctor's Degree Professional
7
Doctor's Degree Professional (Distance)
1
Program Area Program Type Program Format
Campus Distance
Accounting Master's Degree Yes No
Actuarial Science Master's Degree Yes No
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching Doctoral – Research Yes No
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
African-American/Black Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Agricultural Communication/Journalism Master's Degree Yes No
Agricultural Economics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Agricultural Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Master's Degree Yes No
Agronomy and Crop Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Animal Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Anthropology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Art History, Criticism and Conservation Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Art Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Art/Art Studies, General Master's Degree Yes No
Astronomy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Audiology/Audiologist Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Bilingual and Multilingual Education Doctoral – Research Yes No
Biochemistry Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biometry/Biometrics Master's Degree Yes No
Biophysics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biotechnology Master's Degree Yes No
Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Business Administration and Management, General Master's Degree Yes No
Business/Commerce, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Chemical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Chemistry, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Chinese Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Civil Engineering, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Comparative Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Computer and Information Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Counseling Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Creative Writing Master's Degree Yes No
Curriculum and Instruction Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Dairy Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Development Economics and International Development Doctoral – Research Yes No
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Economics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Educational Leadership and Administration, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Educational Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Endocrinology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Engineering Mechanics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Engineering, General Master's Degree Yes Yes
English Language and Literature, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Entomology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Environmental Chemistry Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Environmental Toxicology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Doctoral – Research Yes No
Epidemiology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Finance, General Master's Degree Yes No
Fine and Studio Arts Management Master's Degree Yes No
Food Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Forestry, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
French Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Genetics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Geographic Information Science and Cartography Master's Degree Yes No
Geography Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Geological/Geophysical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Geology/Earth Science, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Geophysics and Seismology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Health/Medical Physics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Hebrew Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
History, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Horticultural Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Human/Medical Genetics Master's Degree Yes No
Industrial Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Insurance Master's Degree Yes No
International Relations and Affairs Master's Degree Yes No
Italian Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Japanese Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Journalism Master's Degree Yes No
Kinesiology and Exercise Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Land Use Planning and Management/Development Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Landscape Architecture Master's Degree Yes No
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Law Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Legal Studies, General Master's Degree Yes No
Library and Information Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Linguistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Marketing/Marketing Management, General Master's Degree Yes No
Mass Communication/Media Studies Doctoral – Research Yes No
Materials Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Mathematics Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Medical Scientist Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Medicine Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Microbiology and Immunology Master's Degree Yes No
Microbiology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Molecular Biochemistry Doctoral – Research Yes No
Molecular Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Music Performance, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Music Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Music, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master's Degree Yes No
Neuroscience Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Nursing Practice Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Nutrition Sciences Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Occupational Therapy/Therapist Master's Degree Yes No
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Oncology and Cancer Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Operations Management and Supervision Master's Degree Yes No
Pathology/Experimental Pathology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Pharmacology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Pharmacy Doctoral – Professional Yes Yes
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Philosophy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Physician Assistant Master's Degree Yes Yes
Physics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Physiology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Plant Genetics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Political Science and Government, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Portuguese Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Psychology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Public Health, General Master's Degree Yes No
Public Policy Analysis, General Master's Degree Yes No
Real Estate Master's Degree Yes No
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Rural Sociology Master's Degree Yes No
Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General Master's Degree Yes No
Scandinavian Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Social Work Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Sociology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Soil Science and Agronomy, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
South Asian Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Southeast Asian Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Spanish Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Special Education and Teaching, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Speech Communication and Rhetoric Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Statistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Systems Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Veterinary Medicine Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Master's Degree Yes No
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Women's Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Zoology/Animal Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No

Faculty

TotalInstructional StaffResearchPublic Service
Total 4,508 3,412 1,096 0
With faculty status 3,393 3,393 0 0
Tenured 1,532 1,532 0 0
On tenure track 450 450 0 0
Not on tenure track 1,411 1,411 0 0
Multi-year contract 1,291 1,291 0 0
Annual contract 78 78 0 0
Less-than annual contract 42 42 0 0
Without faculty status 1,115 19 1,096 0

Graduate Assistantships

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Graduate Assistantship
Teaching
Research
Computer Engineering and Science Occupations
Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media Occupations

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?
Yes
Medical Degree Offered?
Yes
Institution Has a Hospital?
No

Overview

Average In-State Tuition
$10,728
Average Out-Of-State Tuition
$24,054
Financial aid office web address
www.finaid.wisc.edu
Tuition fee varies by residency status
Yes
Typical Room
$5,796
Typical Board
$3,032
Tuition & Fees
In-stateOut-of-State
Full time Average Tuition$10,728$24,054
Full time Fees$1,142$1,142
Part time, per credit hour$670$1,503

Tuition & Fees By Program

ProgramIn-state TuitionIn-state FeesOut-of-State TuitionOut-of-State Fees
Law $20,235 $1,142 $38,932 $1,142
Medicine $26,117 $1,142 $36,013 $1,142
Pharmacy $16,521 $1,142 $30,100 $1,142
Veterinary Medicine $19,676 $1,142 $29,769 $1,142

Tuition Plan Options

Alternative Tuition Plans Offered
No
Tuition Guaranteed Plan
No
Prepaid Tuition Plan
No
Tuition Payment Plan
No
Other Alternative Tuition Plan
No

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
12,736
49.6% Female
50.4% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics
0.35%
American Indian or Alaska Native
4.17%
Asian
2.47%
Black or African American
4.13%
Hispanic or Latino
0.04%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
59.27%
White
1.76%
Two or more races
3.87%
Unknown
23.94%
Non-resident Alien

Gender
Race / Ethnicity Men Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native 20 24
Asian 239 292
Black Or African American 142 173
Hispanic Or Latino 259 267
Native Hawaiian OrOther Pacific Islander 2 3
Non-resident Alien 1,814 1,235
White 3,587 3,962
Two Or More Races 99 125
Unknown 260 233

Services offered

Service Offered
Academic Career Counseling ServiceYes
Employment Services For StudentsYes
Placement Services For CompletersYes

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

Overview

Library Facilities at Institution
Yes
On-Campus Housing Available?
Yes

Services offered

Service Offered
Remedial servicesNo
On-campus day care for student's childrenYes

Admissions Office Contact

Address
500 Lincoln Dr
Madison, WI 53706-1380
Phone
608-263-2400
Fax
Email
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Provisional Release as of October, 2016.
Surveys: Institutional Characteristics (2015), Data File: [HD2015], [IC2015], [IC2015_AY]; Surveys: Completions (2015), Data File: [C2015_A],[C2015DEP]; Surveys: 12-Month Enrollment (2015), Data File: [EFFY2015]; Surveys: Employees by Assigned Position (2014), Data File: [EAP2014]


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