How hard is UWM to get into?
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) acceptance rate is 88.44% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 16,662 students applied and 14,736 were admitted to the school. Its acceptance rate is relatively high, making it somewhat easy to get into UWM.
UWM's acceptance rate places 21st out of 37 Wisconsin colleges with competitive admission.
To apply to UWM, personal statement (or essay) is required to submit and recommendations is not required but considered. The SAT and ACT score is not required, but considered for admission. In addition, english proficiency test score is also considered (required).
Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2023-24, UWM's acceptance rate is 88.44% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 22.84%. 7,112 men and 9,548 women applied to UWM and 6,123 men and 8,612 women students were accepted.
Among them, 1,441 men and 1,925 women were enrolled in UWM (Fall 2023).
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: July 3, 2024)
Median SAT and ACT Score
In 2024, 2,304 students (68%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees at UWM.
The median ACT composite score is 21 with 75th percentile score of 24 and 25th percentile score of 18 at UWM. The median ACT math score is 20 and the ACT English score is 21.
The institutional SAT code for UWM is 1473.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: July 3, 2024)
First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type
For the academic year 2023-24, total 3,366 first-year students enrolled in UWM. The proportion of full-time students is 98.19% and part-time students is 1.81%.
By gender, the proportion of men students is 42.81% and women students is 57.19%.
The following table shows the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at UWM.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)
Application Requirements
It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.
The SAT and ACT test score is not reqired, but considered in admission process at UWM. The english proficiency test is reqired .
The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .
General Admissions Information
Application fee is $56 for applying graduate schools. The following table provides general admission information for applying to UWM.