University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Admissions Prediction
Official Admissions Statistics 2016 - 2017
Admission Overview
Applicants | 32,839 |
Admitted | 17,281 |
Acceptance rate | 52.6% |
Yield rate | 37.2% |
Acceptance Rate by Gender
25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at University of Wisconsin - Madison.
University of Wisconsin - Madison's average SAT scores fall between:
- Verbal: 560 and 660
- Math: 640 and 760
- Writing: 27 and 31
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile ACT scores of admitted students at University of Wisconsin - Madison.
University of Wisconsin - Madison's average composite ACT score falls between 26 and 32.
Degree Completions
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This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:
Major | Men | Women | Total |
Accounting | 83 | 61 | 144 |
Actuarial Science | 25 | 13 | 38 |
Adult & Continuing Education & Teaching | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General (LL.M., M.C.L., M.L.I., M.S.L., J.S.D./S.J.D.) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
African Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics | 0 | 3 | 3 |
African-American/Black Studies | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Agricultural Business & Management, General | 24 | 7 | 31 |
Agricultural Business & Management, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural Communications/Journalism | 31 | 37 | 68 |
Agricultural Economics | 19 | 8 | 27 |
Agricultural/Biological Engineering & Bioengineering | 34 | 7 | 41 |
Agronomy & Crop Science | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Animal Sciences, General | 6 | 40 | 46 |
Anthropology | 6 | 25 | 31 |
Apparel & Textiles, General | 2 | 20 | 22 |
Applied Mathematics | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Art History, Criticism & Conservation | 0 | 19 | 19 |
Art Teacher Education | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Art/Art Studies, General | 17 | 39 | 56 |
Asian Studies/Civilization | 7 | 13 | 20 |
Astronomy | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Astrophysics | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Athletic Training/Trainer | 12 | 8 | 20 |
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology, General | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Audiology/Audiologist & Hearing Sciences | 2 | 8 | 10 |
Audiology/Audiologist & Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | 2 | 64 | 66 |
Bilingual & Multilingual Education | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Biochemistry | 106 | 81 | 187 |
Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 204 | 275 | 479 |
Biomedical/Medical Engineering | 55 | 31 | 86 |
Biometry/Biometrics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Biophysics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Biotechnology | 11 | 13 | 24 |
Botany/Plant Biology | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Business Administration/Management | 38 | 41 | 79 |
Business/Commerce, General | 61 | 28 | 89 |
Cartography | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Central/Middle & Eastern European Studies | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Chemical Engineering | 62 | 30 | 92 |
Chemistry, General | 37 | 21 | 58 |
Chemistry, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chinese Language & Literature | 4 | 3 | 7 |
City/Urban, Community & Regional Planning | 7 | 8 | 15 |
Civil Engineering, General | 74 | 25 | 99 |
Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communications Studies/Speech Communication & Rhetoric | 71 | 161 | 232 |
Community Health & Preventive Medicine | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Comparative Literature | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Computer & Information Sciences, General | 174 | 26 | 200 |
Computer Engineering, General | 37 | 1 | 38 |
Conservation Biology | 14 | 14 | 28 |
Consumer Economics | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Curriculum & Instruction | 2 | 20 | 22 |
Dairy Science | 2 | 10 | 12 |
Dance, General | 0 | 8 | 8 |
Development Economics & International Development | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Drama & Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 5 | 11 | 16 |
Economics, General | 299 | 105 | 404 |
Educational Leadership & Administration, General | 22 | 37 | 59 |
Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering | 50 | 13 | 63 |
Elementary Education & Teaching | 9 | 80 | 89 |
Endocrinology | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Engineering Mechanics | 21 | 2 | 23 |
Engineering Physics | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Engineering, General | 52 | 7 | 59 |
Engineering, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
English Language & Literature, General | 47 | 89 | 136 |
Entomology | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Environmental Science | 13 | 14 | 27 |
Environmental Studies | 14 | 32 | 46 |
Environmental Toxicology | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Epidemiology | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Family & Community Services | 7 | 43 | 50 |
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communications | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Finance, General | 133 | 56 | 189 |
Financial Planning & Services | 26 | 23 | 49 |
Food Science | 11 | 26 | 37 |
Forest Sciences | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Forestry, General | 2 | 0 | 2 |
French Language & Literature | 2 | 10 | 12 |
Genetics, General | 24 | 46 | 70 |
Geography | 10 | 12 | 22 |
Geological/Geophysical Engineering | 16 | 4 | 20 |
Geology/Earth Science, General | 18 | 15 | 33 |
Geophysics & Seismology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Health/Medical Physics | 11 | 5 | 16 |
Hebrew Language & Literature | 0 | 1 | 1 |
History & Philosophy of Science & Technology | 5 | 3 | 8 |
History, General | 69 | 52 | 121 |
Horticultural Science | 4 | 8 | 12 |
Human Development & Family Studies, General | 6 | 102 | 108 |
Human/Medical Genetics | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Industrial Engineering | 52 | 26 | 78 |
Insurance | 33 | 17 | 50 |
Interior Design | 2 | 24 | 26 |
International Business/Trade/Commerce | 7 | 5 | 12 |
International/Global Studies | 30 | 73 | 103 |
Italian Language & Literature | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Japanese Language & Literature | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Jewish/Judaic Studies | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Journalism | 48 | 126 | 174 |
Kinesiology & Exercise Science | 38 | 61 | 99 |
Land Use Planning & Management/Development | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Latin Language & Literature | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Law (LL.B., J.D.) | 109 | 75 | 184 |
Legal Studies, General | 30 | 35 | 65 |
Library Science/Librarianship | 8 | 63 | 71 |
Linguistics | 6 | 5 | 11 |
Management Information Systems, General | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 58 | 108 | 166 |
Mass Communications/Media Studies | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Materials Engineering | 29 | 7 | 36 |
Mathematics Teacher Education | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics, General | 63 | 38 | 101 |
Mechanical Engineering | 185 | 13 | 198 |
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Medicine (MD) | 73 | 68 | 141 |
Microbiology, General | 40 | 47 | 87 |
Molecular Biochemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Molecular Biology | 8 | 10 | 18 |
Music Performance, General | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Music Teacher Education | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Music, General | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Natural Resources/Conservation, General | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Nuclear Engineering | 28 | 6 | 34 |
Nutrition Sciences | 10 | 73 | 83 |
Occupational Therapy/Therapist | 3 | 22 | 25 |
Oceanography, Chemical & Physical | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Oncology & Cancer Biology | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Operations Management & Supervision | 19 | 8 | 27 |
Pathology/Experimental Pathology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pharmaceutics & Drug Design (MS, PhD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pharmacology | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pharmacology & Toxicology | 5 | 13 | 18 |
Pharmacy (PharmD, BS/BPharm) | 56 | 74 | 130 |
Pharmacy Administration & Pharmacy Policy & Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, & Administration, Other | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Philosophy | 22 | 7 | 29 |
Physical Therapy/Therapist | 14 | 26 | 40 |
Physician Assistant | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physics, General | 19 | 6 | 25 |
Physiology, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Plant Genetics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology | 1 | 7 | 8 |
Polish Language & Literature | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Political Science & Government, General | 123 | 92 | 215 |
Portuguese Language & Literature | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Poultry Science | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Psychology, General | 64 | 200 | 264 |
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH) | 13 | 30 | 43 |
Public Policy Analysis | 18 | 11 | 29 |
Real Estate | 34 | 13 | 47 |
Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor | 14 | 71 | 85 |
Religion/Religious Studies | 3 | 8 | 11 |
Retailing & Retail Operations | 10 | 49 | 59 |
Russian Language & Literature | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Sales, Distribution, & Marketing Operations, General | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Scandinavian Studies | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Slavic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Social Studies Teacher Education | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Social Work | 9 | 70 | 79 |
Sociology | 27 | 46 | 73 |
Soil Science & Agronomy, General | 3 | 1 | 4 |
South Asian Studies | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Southeast Asian Studies | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Spanish Language & Literature | 38 | 111 | 149 |
Special Education, General | 3 | 20 | 23 |
Statistics, General | 19 | 19 | 38 |
Systems Engineering | 18 | 5 | 23 |
Veterinary Medicine (DVM) | 22 | 57 | 79 |
Veterinary Pathology & Pathobiology (Cert, MS, PhD) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General (Cert, MS, PhD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Wildlife & Wildlands Science & Management | 11 | 17 | 28 |
Women's Studies | 0 | 34 | 34 |
Zoology/Animal Biology | 29 | 51 | 80 |
Total | 3704 | 4053 | 7757 |
Parchment Member Admissions Statistics
Parchment Members' Admissions Results
Applied | 7907 |
Reported Results | 3073 |
Accepted | 2384 (78%) 78,22 |
Rejected | 689 |
Attending | 1050 |
Yield Rate | 44% |
Admitted Members' Score Range
25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
GPA | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.77 |
SAT I | 600 | 600 | 2010 |
Selectivity Index™ | 88 | 88 | 761 |
Rejected Members' Score Range
25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
GPA | 3.10 | ||
SAT I | 600 | 600 | 1665 |
Selectivity Index™ | 50 | 88 | 516 |
Stats last calculated: Sunday 19th of August 2012 03:00:04 PM
Newest applicant: 13 days, 22 hours, and 44 minutes ago.
All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2016 - 2017 academic year.
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