UW-Madison's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of University of Wisconsin-Madison students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of University of Wisconsin-Madison students is 89.2%. Female students graduated at a rate of 91.0%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 87.2%.

89.2%

asian 87.0% 295 students
African American 81.1% 103 students
white 90.0% 4,272 students
unknown 100.0% 8 students
hawaiian 85.7% 6 students
hispanic 85.4% 252 students
International Students 89.6% 448 students
Mixed Race 85.6% 191 students

Drop Out

University of Wisconsin-Madison has an overall drop-out rate of 10.0% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 11.5% and 8.6% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

10.0%

asian 12.1% 41 students
African American 18.9% 24 students
white 9.5% 450 students
hispanic 12.9% 38 students
International Students 7.2% 36 students
Mixed Race 13.4% 30 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

0.8%

asian 0.9% 3 students
white 0.5% 24 students
hispanic 1.7% 5 students
International Students 3.2% 16 students
Mixed Race 0.9% 2 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer Engineering	$78,839	$81,997	$97,306
Real Estate	$69,730	$73,949	$91,306
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$70,478	$78,814	$91,078
Chemical Engineering	$72,510	$73,378	$84,023
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$72,878	$75,282	$83,409
Mechanical Engineering	$70,199	$71,633	$80,894
Insurance	$65,571	$66,821	$79,349
Industrial Engineering	$74,061	$72,895	$78,014
International Business	$53,394	$63,997	$76,565
Finance and Financial Management Services	$61,474	$65,029	$75,664
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$70,596	$68,379	$73,870
Civil Engineering	$66,167	$67,450	$72,850
Nuclear Engineering	NA	$49,644	$72,709
Marketing	$53,817	$59,556	$72,261
Agricultural Engineering	$61,703	$63,749	$72,002
Geological/Geophysical Engineering	NA	$60,004	$70,014
Materials Engineering	$64,892	$66,941	$69,713
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$53,294	$61,303	$68,710
Mathematics	$51,817	$52,107	$68,049
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$65,921	$64,769	$68,037
Accounting and Related Services	$61,605	$62,343	$67,216
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	$63,620	$55,964	$66,808
Statistics	NA	$63,005	$64,006
Food Science and Technology	$50,564	$58,673	$62,948
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	$39,352	$53,358	$61,399
Economics	$48,053	$49,521	$57,775
Agricultural Business and Management	$47,469	$44,468	$56,312
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations	$52,840	$50,439	$55,958
Chemistry	$38,140	$47,260	$54,520
Nutrition Sciences	$28,232	$32,925	$51,940
Agricultural Public Services	$36,985	$39,639	$51,040
Design and Applied Arts	$43,684	$45,919	$50,392
Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)	$37,462	$39,909	$49,084
Journalism	$42,011	$39,585	$48,079
Political Science and Government	$35,789	$37,838	$47,668
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	$36,807	$38,289	$47,664
Animal Sciences	$35,454	$36,488	$46,889
Genetics	$33,912	$37,208	$45,714
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	$34,941	$36,924	$45,273
History	$28,843	$35,060	$44,886
Geography and Cartography	$31,655	$34,847	$44,875
Apparel and Textiles	NA	$43,426	$44,119
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$32,788	$33,281	$44,033
Special Education and Teaching	$41,945	$42,123	$43,979
Communication and Media Studies	$36,006	$35,891	$42,676
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$40,648	$38,649	$42,496
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$31,856	$36,377	$42,307
Rural Sociology	$26,905	NA	$42,148
Social Work	$26,239	$32,569	$41,967
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	NA	$29,685	$41,291
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	NA	$33,993	$40,563
Sociology	$37,772	$35,635	$40,498
Psychology, General	$31,572	$32,514	$40,184
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	$29,244	$33,335	$40,145
Biology, General	$30,913	$28,598	$39,898
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	$29,857	$25,525	$39,078
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$27,422	$29,183	$39,076
English Language and Literature, General	$29,174	$30,336	$39,050
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$42,682	$38,328
Plant Sciences	NA	$35,060	$36,834
Zoology/Animal Biology	$27,864	$28,381	$36,377
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$27,879	$30,771	$35,775
International/Global Studies	$28,989	$32,806	$35,157
Philosophy	$35,717	$28,236	$33,968
Fine and Studio Arts	$30,793	$28,236	$31,847
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	$23,512	$24,904	$30,677
Area Studies	$32,123	$27,874	$30,567
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	$21,448	$23,456	$28,657
Landscape Architecture	NA	$50,439	NA
Engineering Mechanics	$61,649	$65,657	NA
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	NA	$18,154	NA
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$33,908	$32,391	NA
Botany/Plant Biology	$30,520	$28,960	NA
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	$29,137	NA	NA
Religion/Religious Studies	NA	$20,824	NA
Astronomy and Astrophysics	NA	$26,353	NA
Physics	$45,916	$38,289	NA
Anthropology	$31,599	$23,456	NA
Music	NA	$28,236	NA
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$21,520	$24,035	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Finance and Financial Management Services	NA	$107,256	$131,458
Marketing	$113,083	$111,992	$130,357
Business/Commerce, General	$112,390	$113,091	$124,360
Engineering, General	$110,338	$106,421	$111,424
Real Estate	NA	$115,339	$104,219
Mechanical Engineering	NA	$85,538	$94,093
Biotechnology	NA	$77,715	$82,390
Accounting and Related Services	$62,203	$61,888	$76,542
Public Health	$51,805	$55,964	$65,777
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$54,155	$53,608	$60,445
Public Policy Analysis	$52,867	$56,302	$59,779
Educational Administration and Supervision	$44,957	$50,439	$53,525
Social Work	$45,760	$46,332	$50,494
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$51,374	$53,608	$50,405
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$45,988	$47,260	$47,378
Curriculum and Instruction	$45,028	$43,426	$47,128
Library Science and Administration	$40,309	$43,638	$45,412
Fine and Studio Arts	$26,063	$32,925	$35,277
Music	NA	$25,194	$22,134
Agricultural Business and Management	$67,374	NA	NA
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	NA	$46,087	NA
Education, General	NA	$40,485	NA
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	NA	$68,499	NA
Civil Engineering	$65,403	$65,238	NA
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	NA	$106,421	NA
Industrial Engineering	NA	$76,460	NA
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$41,025	NA
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	NA	$37,208	NA
Genetics	NA	$73,446	NA
International Relations and National Security Studies	NA	$61,218	NA
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	NA	$43,798	NA
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	$105,101	NA	NA
Business Administration, Management and Operations	NA	$108,649	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Chemistry	$57,627	$63,600	$87,447
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	NA	$57,189	$74,900
Curriculum and Instruction	$57,096	$63,005	$67,696
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$44,590	$46,131
Communication and Media Studies	$64,422	$62,260	NA
Computer and Information Sciences, General	NA	$106,421	NA
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	NA	$94,408	NA
English Language and Literature, General	$53,043	$50,439	NA
Economics	NA	$136,278	NA
Sociology	NA	$81,111	NA
Music	$40,432	$38,289	NA
Public Health	NA	$84,653	NA
History	NA	$46,560	NA

First Professional Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	$96,320	$117,042	$123,777
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	$115,387	$100,213	$103,937
Veterinary Medicine	$75,362	NA	$80,508
Law	$57,402	$60,126	$72,579
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$71,047	$66,541	$69,607
Medicine	$58,495	$58,706	$69,217
Veterinary Medicine	NA	$73,769	NA
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	NA	$74,576	NA
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$96,519	NA	NA

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