University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Overview

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater is a public institution located in Whitewater, Wisconsin. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Whitewater draws many to the area.

What Is University of Wisconsin - Whitewater 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 - Whitewater.
• In 2017-2018, 75% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, UW - Whitewater bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $42,600 a year. That's about 4% more than their peers at other schools.

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Rankings

UW - Whitewater is ranked #349 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#10	Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Best Value Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Best Value Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#34	Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#37	Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#46	Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#59	Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#109	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#143	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Driver & Safety Teacher Education Schools	College Factual
#8	Best Office Administration Schools	College Factual
#62	Best Music Schools	College Factual
#124	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools	College Factual
#158	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#261	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is University of Wisconsin - Whitewater?

Contact details for UW - Whitewater are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	800 W Main St, Whitewater, WI 53190-1790
Phone:	262-472-1234
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/uwwhitewater
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/uwwhitewater

How Do I Get Into UW - Whitewater?

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

Admission Requirements for UW - Whitewater

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into UW - Whitewater?

UW - Whitewater has an acceptance rate of 80%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 0% of students accepted to UW - Whitewater submitted their SAT scores.UW - Whitewater received ACT scores from 89% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 23. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford University of Wisconsin - Whitewater?

The overall average net price of UW - Whitewater is $23,173. 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 - Whitewater, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $6,686 a year. That adds up to $26,744 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UW - Whitewater is 7.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,423 undergraduate students at UW - Whitewater, with 8,946 being full-time and 1,477 being part-time.

There are also 1,566 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,946 full-time undergraduates at UW - Whitewater, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	159
Black or African American	353
Hispanic or Latino	732
White	7,355
International Students	54
Other Races/Ethnicities	293

Geographic Diversity

Wisconsin students aren't the only ones who study at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

In 2019-2020, 10,928 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 41st 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 - Whitewater

The following table shows how UW - Whitewater 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
Entrepreneurial Studies	#4	#7
Economics	#7	#1
General Business/Commerce	#13	#10
Criminology	#13	#16
Political Science & Government	#13	#16
Finance & Financial Management	#19	#37
Human Resource Management	#22	#34
International Business	#22	#43
Accounting	#31	#94
Marketing	#52	#105

Online Growth Rankings of UW - Whitewater

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater was 26.8%. This is the #933 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UW - Whitewater regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UW - Whitewater 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 - Whitewater.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#160

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 - Whitewater Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	0	0	95	0	204	0	299
Business Administration & Management	2	0	222	6	0	10	240
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	156	0	78	0	234
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	219	0	0	0	219
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	185	26	0	0	0	211
Marketing	10	0	184	0	0	0	194
Accounting	0	0	133	0	27	0	160
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	141	0	7	0	148
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1	0	99	0	27	0	127
General Psychology	0	0	105	0	0	0	105
General Biology	0	0	101	0	0	0	101
Social Work	0	0	69	0	27	0	96
Special Education	0	0	48	0	32	0	80
General English Literature	27	0	46	0	0	0	73
Political Science & Government	25	0	42	0	0	0	67
Criminology	0	0	66	0	0	0	66
Human Resource Management	0	0	62	0	0	0	62
Computer Information Systems	0	0	62	0	0	0	62
Communication Sciences	0	0	23	0	25	0	48
Journalism	0	0	46	0	0	0	46
History	1	0	42	0	0	0	43
Student Counseling	0	0	0	0	40	0	40
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	0	40	0	0	0	40
Geography & Cartography	18	0	19	0	0	0	37
Sociology	13	0	22	0	0	0	35
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	34	0	0	0	34
Quality Control Technology	0	0	33	0	0	0	33
Music	5	0	25	0	0	0	30
Economics	0	0	25	0	2	0	27
Romance Languages	0	0	25	0	0	0	25
Mathematics	0	0	25	0	0	0	25
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	24	0	0	0	24
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	24	0	24
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	23	0	0	0	23
Chemistry	0	0	22	0	0	0	22
General Education	0	0	0	20	0	0	20
Public Administration	0	0	16	0	0	0	16
International Business	0	0	13	0	0	0	13
Computer Science	0	0	0	0	13	0	13
Educational Administration	0	0	0	0	13	0	13
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	13	0	0	0	13
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
International Studies	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Construction Management	0	0	0	9	0	0	9
Ethnic Studies	4	0	4	0	0	0	8
Physics	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
General Social Sciences	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Area Studies	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Germanic Languages	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Other Education	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	106	185	2,397	35	519	10	3,252

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 Thebox193 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.