UWM's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 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-Milwaukee students is 47.4%. Female students graduated at a rate of 49.0%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 45.4%.

47.4%

asian 48.5% 110 students
African American 28.0% 60 students
white 51.5% 1,109 students
unknown 60.0% 3 students
hispanic 39.7% 154 students
International Students 61.5% 59 students
Mixed Race 28.7% 47 students

Drop Out

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has an overall drop-out rate of 48.0% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 49.0% and 47.1% respectively.

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

48.0%

asian 44.5% 101 students
African American 65.0% 139 students
white 44.6% 961 students
unknown 40.0% 2 students
hawaiian 80.0% 4 students
hispanic 54.9% 213 students
International Students 32.3% 31 students
Mixed Race 67.7% 111 students

Still Enrolled

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

4.6%

asian 7.0% 16 students
African American 7.0% 15 students
white 3.9% 85 students
hispanic 5.4% 21 students
International Students 6.2% 6 students
Mixed Race 3.7% 6 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$65,770	$67,812	$72,895
Mechanical Engineering	$64,477	$66,247	$71,536
Industrial Engineering	$63,809	$64,196	$69,426
Computer Science	$63,103	$57,995	$68,280
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$61,159	$60,851	$65,279
Civil Engineering	$58,793	$57,544	$63,598
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$46,853	$51,449	$60,869
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	$57,575	$58,221	$59,569
Management Information Systems and Services	$47,201	$50,856	$58,892
Accounting and Related Services	$46,130	$49,523	$58,312
International Business	NA	$47,260	$55,761
Mathematics	$46,052	$53,775	$55,600
Information Science/Studies	$45,005	$47,440	$54,225
Human Resources Management and Services	$41,412	$44,170	$51,913
Marketing	$41,251	$42,793	$51,813
Economics	$41,227	$47,729	$51,207
Finance and Financial Management Services	$45,310	$43,943	$50,212
Architecture	$41,898	$40,672	$49,226
Health and Medical Administrative Services	$40,619	$38,721	$46,359
Visual and Performing Arts, General	NA	$38,289	$46,321
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$36,424	$40,017	$46,094
Business/Commerce, General	$38,782	$38,953	$45,071
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$34,865	$33,726	$42,723
History	NA	$31,205	$42,422
Education, General	$36,801	$37,821	$41,818
Chemistry	$37,282	$35,060	$40,729
Political Science and Government	$33,739	$31,236	$40,414
Communication and Media Studies	$33,698	$35,365	$39,846
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$39,885	$37,568	$39,542
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$32,444	$31,640	$39,249
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$31,631	$30,988	$38,872
Social Work	$34,596	$32,711	$38,443
Educational Administration and Supervision	$33,044	$35,274	$37,651
Sociology	$33,368	$30,554	$37,497
Psychology, General	$32,263	$29,876	$37,450
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$29,196	$28,719	$35,935
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	$22,829	$28,960	$35,640
Geography and Cartography	$33,409	$27,488	$35,591
International/Global Studies	$33,845	$33,077	$35,426
Biology, General	$30,067	$28,327	$34,405
Fine and Studio Arts	$29,655	$28,734	$33,688
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$20,668	NA	$31,933
Religion/Religious Studies	$28,910	$24,615	$31,690
Music	$20,513	$25,967	$31,473
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$20,759	$22,329	$31,465
English Language and Literature, General	$27,173	$27,091	$30,578
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	$31,539	$30,119	$29,162
Computer Engineering	$71,498	$72,482	NA
Anthropology	$24,064	$27,947	NA
Area Studies	NA	$21,508	NA
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	NA	$52,107	NA
Philosophy	NA	$27,669	NA
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$52,227	NA	NA
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	NA	$29,685	NA
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	$29,662	$33,281	NA
Special Education and Teaching	$43,962	NA	NA
Materials Engineering	$61,164	NA	NA
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	NA	$30,409	NA
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$32,011	NA	NA
Nutrition Sciences	$32,538	NA	NA
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	$23,694	$33,993	NA
Dance	$23,394	$21,234	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Engineering, General	$68,454	$78,343	$86,207
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$60,200	$65,267	$71,939
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$67,137	$67,995	$71,158
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	$50,248	$54,035	$60,661
Natural Resources Management and Policy	$48,882	$51,273	$57,814
Public Health	$43,778	$47,260	$57,442
Architecture	$54,393	$51,818	$56,802
Educational Administration and Supervision	$52,577	$47,729	$52,533
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$58,346	$55,286	$52,197
Curriculum and Instruction	$47,168	$51,690	$51,572
Social Work	$47,256	$48,225	$49,995
Library Science and Administration	$40,552	$43,872	$46,656
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$44,030	$39,832	$42,787
Anthropology	NA	$33,281	NA
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	$42,318	$36,134	NA
Fine and Studio Arts	NA	$25,395	NA
Public Administration	NA	$53,358	NA
Social Sciences, Other	$52,339	$57,318	NA
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$53,104	$54,661	NA
Music	NA	$24,035	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Educational Administration and Supervision	NA	$74,576	NA
English Language and Literature, General	$48,666	$55,964	NA

Graduate/Professional Certificates

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	$46,376	$44,747	$52,325
Museology/Museum Studies	$31,746	NA	NA

First Professional Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$95,506	$84,653	$93,377
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$72,590	$72,727	$72,400

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Education, General	NA	$42,682	$44,701

Associate's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$28,668	$25,405	$34,894

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