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#76 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#92 Best Value Schools
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#34 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#15 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#18 Accounting
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#31 Finance
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#1 Insurance
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#29 International Business
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#28 Management
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#32 Management Information Systems
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#9 Marketing
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#17 Production / Operation Management
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#2 Real Estate
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#12 Biological / Agricultural
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#24 Biomedical
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#6 Chemical
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#17 Civil
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#14 Computer
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#17 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#16 Environmental / Environmental Health
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#10 Industrial / Manufacturing
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#18 Materials
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#17 Mechanical
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#21 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#63 Most Innovative Schools
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#297 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#13 Top Public Schools
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#64 First-Year Experiences
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#20 Learning Communities
University of Wisconsin--Madison is ranked #46 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
65
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
61
Graduation and retention rank
40
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
86%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
95%
Social Mobility Rank
297
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
84%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
88%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
84%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.1
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
147
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
67
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
93.9%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
91%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
44.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
22%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
17:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
59
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
27-32
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
54%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
61
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
87
Average alumni giving rate
11.9%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
