Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at UWM

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 44.80% where the current academic year rate is 49%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	41%	41%	41%
2016-17	40%	39%	41%
2017-18	41%	41%	42%
2018-19	44%	43%	45%
2019-20	43%	41%	45%
2020-21	45%	44%	46%
2021-22	47%	45%	49%
2022-23	47%	46%	49%
2023-24	51%	48%	53%
2024-25	49%	45%	52%
Average	44.80%	43.30%	46.30%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 73.50% for full-time students and 38.90% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at UWM 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 17.60 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 17 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee since 2025.

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