by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater was awarded 132 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts / sciences & humanities.
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UW - Whitewater is ranked #400 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
UW - Whitewater also holds the #10 spot on the Best Colleges in Wisconsin ranking.
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University of Wisconsin - Whitewater has an acceptance rate of 82%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
UW - Whitewater received ACT scores from 72% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 18 and 24.
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The student to faculty ratio at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater is 81%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater has a freshmen retention rate of 74%. 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 is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At UW - Whitewater this rate is 38%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 10,423 undergraduates at UW - Whitewater with 8,946 being full-time and 1,477 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,772 | $9,455 | $14,071 | $17,079 | $17,851 |
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 - Whitewater, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UW - Whitewater, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $6,212 a year. That adds up to $24,848 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UW - Whitewater are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 800 W Main St, Whitewater, WI 53190-1790 |
| Phone: | 262-472-1234 |
| Website: | www.uww.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 382 | $49,965 |
| Business Administration & Management | 252 | $55,477 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 247 | $40,494 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 242 | $43,611 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 200 | $55,874 |
| Marketing | 200 | $47,664 |
| Accounting | 109 | $61,926 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 103 | $42,256 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 100 | $39,367 |
| General Psychology | 97 | $38,376 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 6,119 students took at least one online class at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. This is a decrease from the 7,990 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,119 | 2,200 |
| 2021-2022 | 7,990 | 2,205 |
| 2020-2021 | 10,928 | 2,249 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,457 | 1,153 |
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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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