University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Overview

Located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point is a public institution. Stevens Point is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

What Is University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at UW - Stevens Point.
• In 2019-2020, 80% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, UW - Stevens Point bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $45,855 a year. That's about 12% more than their peers at other schools.

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Rankings

UW - Stevens Point landed the #403 spot in our 2023 ranking of best colleges. We analyzed 2,018 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

UW - Stevens Point has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#161	Best Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UW - Stevens Point.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Paper Science & Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Natural Resources & Conservation Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Natural Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#52	Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#71	Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#85	Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#86	Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#119	Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UW - Stevens Point has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Paper Science & Engineering Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Paper Science & Engineering Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Data Analytics, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#6	Best Value Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation	College Factual
#26	Best Value Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences	College Factual
#206	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search

Where Is University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point?

Contact details for UW - Stevens Point are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2100 Main St, Stevens Point, WI 54481-3897
Phone:	715-346-0123
Website:	https://www.uwsp.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/UWStevensPoint
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/UWStevensPoint

How Do I Get Into UW - Stevens Point?

You can apply to UW - Stevens Point online at: https://apply.wisconsin.edu/

Admission Requirements for UW - Stevens Point

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UW - Stevens Point?

With an acceptance rate of 87%, UW - Stevens Point is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 0% of students accepted to UW - Stevens Point submitted their SAT scores.UW - Stevens Point received ACT scores from 94% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point?

The overall average net price of UW - Stevens Point is $22,620. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UW - Stevens Point, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $6,478 a year. That adds up to $25,912 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UW - Stevens Point is 5.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,698 undergraduate students at UW - Stevens Point, with 6,435 being full-time and 1,263 being part-time.

There are also 604 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,435 full-time undergraduates at UW - Stevens Point, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	209
Black or African American	145
Hispanic or Latino	281
White	5,497
International Students	58
Other Races/Ethnicities	245

Geographic Diversity

Wisconsin students aren't the only ones who study at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 34 countries are represented at UW - Stevens Point. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

In 2019-2020, 7,814 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UW - Stevens Point has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 20th most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of UW - Stevens Point

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point was $8,300 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $17,004. The following table shows how UW - Stevens Point is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Computational Science	#1	#1
Computer Science	#2	#12
Computer Software & Applications	#4	#7
Natural Resources Conservation	#4	#4
Data Science	#4	#4
Natural Resources & Conservation	#16	#7
Health Sciences & Services	#20	#22
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#49	#94
General Education	#57	#40
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#67	#76

Online Growth Rankings of UW - Stevens Point

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point was 127.0%. This is the #365 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UW - Stevens Point regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UW - Stevens Point majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Data Science	18%
Health Sciences & Services	13%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	18%
Nursing	10%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UW - Stevens Point ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UW - Stevens Point.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Data Science	#2
Computer Science	#8
Health Sciences & Services	#23
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	#48
Computer & Information Sciences	#58
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#79
Nursing	#86
Health Professions	#236

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	0	3	0	126	0	20	0	149
Teacher Education Subject Specific	15	0	0	89	0	6	0	110
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	94	0	4	0	0	0	98
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	0	97	0	0	0	97
General Biology	0	0	0	92	0	0	0	92
Sociology	0	0	0	90	0	0	0	90
Natural Resource Management	0	0	20	62	3	4	0	89
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	0	87	0	0	0	87
General Psychology	0	0	0	87	0	0	0	87
Forestry	2	0	0	71	0	0	0	73
Communication Sciences	0	0	0	30	0	32	5	67
Wildlife Management	0	0	0	65	0	0	0	65
General Education	0	0	0	0	0	58	0	58
Social Work	0	0	0	57	0	0	0	57
Fisheries Sciences	0	0	0	55	0	0	0	55
Other Health Professions	0	0	0	53	0	0	0	53
Health & Physical Education	1	0	0	41	0	0	0	42
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	40
Marketing	0	0	0	38	0	0	0	38
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	0	36	0	0	0	36
Accounting	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	31
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	28
Special Education	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	28
Philosophy	11	0	0	17	0	0	0	28
Finance & Financial Management	1	4	0	22	0	0	0	27
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	27
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	26
General English Literature	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	24
History	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	24
Political Science & Government	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	24
Mathematics	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	21
Soil Sciences	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	20
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	20
Nursing	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	20
Romance Languages	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	19
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	17
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	0	5	0	10	0	15
Data Analytics	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	13
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	13
Dance	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	13
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	12
Geography & Cartography	7	0	0	5	0	0	0	12
Arts & Media Management	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	12
Music	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	12
Data Science	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	11
Chemistry	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Computer Software & Applications	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
Biological & Physical Science	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
Nutrition Science	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	10
Chemical Engineering	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
Paper Science & Engineering	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
International Studies	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
International Relations & National Security	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Other Education	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Human Development & Family Studies	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Economics	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Physics	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Computer Science	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Agricultural Production	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Urban & Regional Planning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Computational Science	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	62	101	20	1,727	3	177	10	2,100

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By self under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.