by our College Data Analytics Team
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University of Wisconsin - La Crosse was awarded 135 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general biology.
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College Factual ranked UW - La Crosse as #380 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
UW - La Crosse is also ranked #8 out of 46 schools in Wisconsin.
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When it comes to admittance, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 74%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
UW - La Crosse received ACT scores from 56% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 21 and 26.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse is 80%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse has a freshmen retention rate of 84%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UW - La Crosse for first-time, full-time students is 44%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,562 undergraduates at UW - La Crosse with 8,863 being full-time and 699 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,758 | $9,568 | $13,260 | $16,431 | $17,310 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UW - La Crosse, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UW - La Crosse, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $6,861 a year. That adds up to $27,444 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UW - La Crosse are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1725 State St, La Crosse, WI 54601-9959 |
| Phone: | 608-785-8000 |
| Website: | www.uwlax.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 266 | $36,823 |
| Health & Physical Education | 219 | $30,993 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 192 | $55,965 |
| General Psychology | 190 | $31,327 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 166 | $42,706 |
| Marketing | 133 | $46,432 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 131 | $41,370 |
| Business Administration & Management | 106 | $52,521 |
| Allied Health Professions | 100 | $60,232 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 99 | $40,293 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 5,649 students took at least one online class at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. This is an increase from the 4,706 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 5,649 | 519 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,706 | 544 |
| 2020-2021 | 10,241 | 7,007 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,602 | 310 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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