Colleges in Wisconsin
Solyo has full profiles for 7 colleges in Wisconsin: 2 public, 5 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $21,526 a year after grant aid, close to the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 64% of applicants. They sit across 5 cities, concentrated in Milwaukee, Appleton, Beloit.
What Wisconsin costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Wisconsin public university is $11,603 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at University of Wisconsin-Madison, where an out-of-state family pays $30,500 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $15,014 at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to $31,487 at Marquette University. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Wisconsin.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Wisconsin schools are
University of Wisconsin-Madison admits 45% of applicants and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee admits 91%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Wisconsin is 1427 at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Every Wisconsin college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin · Public45% acceptance · $17,354 net price · 1427 avg SAT
- Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee, Wisconsin · Private nonprofit59% acceptance · $22,453 net price
- Beloit CollegeBeloit, Wisconsin · Private nonprofit63% acceptance · $21,526 net price · 1287 avg SAT
- Lawrence UniversityAppleton, Wisconsin · Private nonprofit64% acceptance · $23,401 net price · 1350 avg SAT
- Ripon CollegeRipon, Wisconsin · Private nonprofit80% acceptance · $20,216 net price · 1176 avg SAT
- Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin · Private nonprofit81% acceptance · $31,487 net price · 1310 avg SAT
- University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin · Public91% acceptance · $15,014 net price · 1090 avg SAT
Other Midwest states
On median net price Wisconsin is the 8th most affordable of the 12 Midwest states in this directory, and the 11th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
Where to go next
- College search filter Wisconsin and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
- All 50 states and Washington D.C.