Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at UW - Madison

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 87.50% where the current academic year rate is 89%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at University of Wisconsin-Madison over the past 10 years (2015-2025).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	85%	83%	87%
2016-17	85%	82%	87%
2017-18	87%	85%	89%
2018-19	87%	85%	89%
2019-20	87%	85%	89%
2020-21	88%	85%	90%
2021-22	89%	87%	91%
2022-23	89%	87%	90%
2023-24	89%	87%	90%
2024-25	89%	88%	90%
Average	87.50%	85.40%	89.20%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 95.10% for full-time students and 82.00% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at UW - Madison from 2015 to 2025.

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Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 17.50 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 18 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2025.

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