Wisconsin Colleges With The Lowest Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of the 31 Wisconsin colleges that have competitive admission is 80.71% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.31%. The acceptance rate at 12 Wisconsin colleges increased and the rate of 19 colleges decreased.

University of Wisconsin-Madison has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 49.06%. Milwaukee School of Engineering (63.47%) and Beloit College (65.86%) are following it in the list of Tightest Wisconsin Colleges to get in.

This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

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University of Wisconsin-Madison has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 49.06% and Milwaukee School of Engineering has the second lowest rate of 63.47% among 31 Wisconsin colleges with competitive admission. University of Wisconsin-Madison stay at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Milwaukee School of Engineering ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $39,076 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,037 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Tightest Wisconsin Colleges To Get In.

Table. Tightest Wisconsin Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI Public, four-years	49.06% 11.29%	29.21%	1,430	$40,603 ($11,205)	48,956	89.00%	18 to 1
2 1	Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI Private, four-years	63.47% 3.25%	19.33%	-	$48,421	2,729	71.00%	13 to 1
3 1	Beloit College Beloit, WI Private, four-years	65.86% 1.42%	10.18%	1,290	$58,554	964	71.00%	10 to 1
4 2	Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WI Private, four-years	69.45% 7.09%	16.67%	-	$34,390	1,198	60.00%	9 to 1
5 -	Concordia University-Wisconsin Mequon, WI Private, four-years	70.37% 1.78%	16.88%	-	$34,250	4,988	66.00%	11 to 1
6 6	Marian University Fond Du Lac, WI Private, four-years	71.55% 4.72%	24.92%	-	$33,000	1,340	51.00%	12 to 1
7 1	Carroll University Waukesha, WI Private, four-years	72.14% 1.64%	19.76%	1,180	$37,230	3,283	67.00%	14 to 1
8 -	Lawrence University Appleton, WI Private, four-years	72.27% 2.69%	17.11%	1,330	$55,461	1,426	78.00%	8 to 1
9 4	Viterbo University La Crosse, WI Private, four-years	72.38% 5.08%	23.18%	1,170	$32,350	2,456	60.00%	12 to 1
10 1	University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI Public, four-years	72.83% 2.14%	20.98%	-	$16,497 ($7,855)	3,947	40.00%	17 to 1
	Average	67.94%	19.82%	1,280	$39,076 ($9,530)	7,129	65.30%	12 to 1

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