university of wisconsin-madison

500 Lincoln Dr, Madison, Wisconsin

General information:	(608) 262-1234
Website:	www.wisc.edu
Type:	Public, 4-year or above
Awards offered:	Bachelor's degree Master's degree Doctor's degree - research/scholarship Doctor's degree - professional practice
Campus setting:	City Midsize
Campus housing:	Yes

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General information:

Estimated student expenses (before aid):

Undergraduate academic year prices

Detailed expenses	2008-2009	2007-2008	2006-2007
Tuition and fees
In-state	$7,564	$7,185	$6,726
Out-of-state	$21,814	$21,435	$20,726
Books and supplies	$990	$930	$890
Living arrangement
On campus
Room and board	$6,909	$6,650	$6,180
Other	$3,510	$3,390	$2,720
Off campus
Room and board	$7,700	$7,390	$6,920
Other	$2,770	$2,680	$2,720
Off campus with family
Other	$2,410	$2,360	$2,420
Total expenses	2008-2009	2007-2008	2006-2007
In-state
On campus	$18,973	$18,155	$16,516
Off campus	$19,024	$18,185	$17,256
Off campus with family	$10,964	$10,475	$10,036
Out-of-state
On campus	$33,223	$32,405	$30,516
Off campus	$33,274	$32,435	$31,256
Off campus with family	$25,214	$24,725	$24,036

Financial aid:

Enrollment:

Admissions:

Undergraduate application fee: $44

Undergraduate admissions:

	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE
Number of applicants:	22289	10685	11604
Percent admitted:	63%	60%	66%
Percent admitted who enrolled:	43%	44%	42%

Admissions Considerations	Required	Recommended
Secondary school GPA	X
Secondary school rank	X
Secondary school record	X
Completion of college-prepatory program	X
Recommendations		X
Formal demonstration of competencies		X
Admission test scores	X
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)	X

Test Scores (enrolled first-time students):

Students submitting scores	NUMBER	PERCENT
SAT	1704	28%
ACT	5033	84%

Test Scores	25th Percentile*	75th Percentile**
SAT Critical Reading	550	670
SAT Math	610	710
SAT Writing	560	670
ACT Composite	26	30
ACT English	25	31
ACT Math	26	31
ACT Writing	24	29

Notes:

* 25% of students scored at or below

** 25% of students scored above

Programs/majors

Completions 2007-2008:

Program	Bachelor	Master	Doctor
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences.
Agricultural Business and Management, General	18	-	-
Agricultural Economics	5	6	1
Agricultural Communication/Journalism	34	9	-
Animal Sciences, General	22	1	3
Dairy Science	8	3	2
Food Science	27	1	7
Agronomy and Crop Science	10	3	2
Horticultural Science	20	3	-
Soil Science and Agronomy, General	5	3	6
Category total	149	29	21
Natural resources and conservation.
Natural Resources/Conservation, General	-	12	-
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	-	16	-
Land Use Planning and Management/Development	-	17	2
Forestry, General	-	4	1
Forest Sciences and Biology	8	-	-
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	26	1	-
Category total	34	50	3
Architecture and related services.
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	-	25	1
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)	31	10	-
Category total	31	35	1
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies.
Asian Studies/Civilization	26	-	-
Latin American Studies	19	13	-
Scandinavian Studies	11	5	2
South Asian Studies	3	6	2
Southeast Asian Studies	-	7	-
Area Studies, Other	-	2	-
African-American/Black Studies	20	5	-
Womens Studies	24	-	-
Category total	103	38	4
Communication, journalism, and related programs.
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric	214	9	7
Mass Communication/Media Studies	-	-	6
Journalism	153	25	-
Category total	367	34	13
Computer and information sciences and support services.
Computer and Information Sciences, General	53	34	29
Category total	53	34	29
Education.
Curriculum and Instruction	-	45	11
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	50	14
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	-	7	3
Special Education and Teaching, General	18	9	2
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	11	6
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	-	1	3
Elementary Education and Teaching	146	-	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	5	-	-
Art Teacher Education	13	4	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	18	-	-
Music Teacher Education	16	2	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	5	3	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	3	-	-
Category total	224	132	39
Engineering.
Engineering, General	-	44	-
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering	11	3	-
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	43	20	9
Chemical Engineering	63	7	23
Civil Engineering, General	68	29	14
Water Resources Engineering	-	-	1
Computer Engineering, General	31	-	-
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	68	68	33
Engineering Mechanics	39	9	2
Engineering Physics	1	-	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	-	2	-
Materials Engineering	12	20	12
Mechanical Engineering	170	37	17
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	9	-	-
Nuclear Engineering	17	18	9
Systems Engineering	-	15	-
Industrial Engineering	46	44	12
Geological/Geophysical Engineering	5	5	-
Category total	583	321	132
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics.
Linguistics	17	-	1
Comparative Literature	6	4	1
African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	6	3	-
Chinese Language and Literature	9	2	1
Japanese Language and Literature	7	4	-
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	-	6	1
Russian Language and Literature	12	-	-
Polish Language and Literature	-	-	-
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	14	5	5
French Language and Literature	43	16	4
Italian Language and Literature	7	3	-
Portuguese Language and Literature	4	1	1
Spanish Language and Literature	152	9	5
Hebrew Language and Literature	5	5	1
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General	11	7	3
Latin Language and Literature	-	-	-
Category total	293	65	23
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences.
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	1	10	2
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communication	6	1	-
Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management	68	-	-
Consumer Economics	107	-	-
Human Development and Family Studies, General	80	-	-
Apparel and Textile Manufacture	27	-	-
Category total	289	11	2
Legal professions and studies.
Legal Studies, General	84	16	-
Law (LLB, JD)	-	6	295
Category total	84	22	295
English language and literature/letters.
English Language and Literature, General	244	31	17
Creative Writing	-	6	-
Category total	244	37	17
Library science.
Library Science/Librarianship	-	93	2
Category total	-	93	2
Biological and biomedical sciences.
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	309	-	-
Biochemistry	116	2	24
Biophysics	-	1	4
Molecular Biology	30	-	27
Molecular Biochemistry	-	1	11
Botany/Plant Biology	6	1	3
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	1	2	4
Microbiology, General	49	20	22
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	40	1	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	124	1	5
Entomology	1	2	3
Genetics, General	51	2	16
Plant Genetics	-	5	10
Human/Medical Genetics	-	5	-
Physiology, General	-	6	8
Endocrinology	-	2	4
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	-	-	1
Oncology and Cancer Biology	-	1	7
Pharmacology	-	-	5
Environmental Toxicology	-	3	5
Pharmacology and Toxicology	11	-	-
Biometry/Biometrics	-	1	-
Biotechnology	-	22	-
Conservation Biology	34	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	-	33	10
Category total	772	111	169
Mathematics and statistics.
Mathematics, General	55	25	20
Applied Mathematics	2	-	-
Statistics, General	6	11	13
Category total	63	36	33
Multi/interdisciplinary studies.
Nutrition Sciences	54	2	3
International/Global Studies	123	-	-
Neuroscience	-	-	7
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	6	1	2
Category total	183	3	12
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	7	-	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	64	3	2
Category total	71	3	2
Philosophy and religious studies.
Philosophy	52	12	4
Religion/Religious Studies	13	-	-
Jewish/Judaic Studies	5	-	-
Category total	70	12	4
Physical sciences.
Astronomy	-	5	1
Astrophysics	10	-	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General	19	12	6
Chemistry, General	51	19	42
Chemistry, Other	1	-	-
Geology/Earth Science, General	19	11	4
Geophysics and Seismology	-	1	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	-	2	2
Physics, General	27	20	19
Category total	127	70	74
Psychology.
Psychology, General	247	8	10
Educational Psychology	-	27	11
Category total	247	35	21
Public administration and social service professions.
Public Policy Analysis	-	34	-
Social Work	55	117	3
Category total	55	151	3
Social sciences.
Anthropology	51	17	4
Economics, General	246	22	15
Development Economics and International Development	-	-	5
Geography	34	6	8
Cartography	5	2	-
International Relations and Affairs	-	20	-
Political Science and Government, General	397	23	14
Sociology	164	10	13
Category total	897	100	59
Visual and performing arts.
Dance, General	11	-	-
Interior Design	33	-	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	35	6	3
Art/Art Studies, General	104	52	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	43	6	1
Arts Management	-	1	-
Music, General	13	-	12
Music History, Literature, and Theory	-	3	-
Music Performance, General	12	19	7
Musicology and Ethnomusicology	-	1	-
Category total	251	88	23
Health professions and related clinical sciences.
Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences	-	-	8
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	53	21	2
Physician Assistant	29	-	-
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist	24	-	-
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	13	-	-
Medicine (MD)	-	-	135
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)	156	40	6
Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])	-	-	135
Pharmacy Administration/Policy/Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD)	-	2	1
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)	-	-	2
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other	-	5	-
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)	-	7	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	-	10	10
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	-	15	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	-	37	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	26	11	3
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)	-	-	79
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sci, Gen (Cert,MS,PhD)	-	7	5
Category total	301	155	386
Business, management, marketing, and related support services.
Business/Commerce, General	-	31	14
Business Administration and Management, General	70	12	-
Operations Management and Supervision	1	7	-
Accounting	114	68	-
Finance, General	149	36	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	15	-	-
Management Information Systems, General	9	6	-
Actuarial Science	27	5	-
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	106	28	-
Real Estate	65	16	-
Insurance	29	4	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General	-	10	-
Category total	585	223	14
History
History, General	282	19	19
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	18	3	7
Category total	300	22	26
Grand total	6376	1910	1407

Data shown are for first majors
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