Average Graduation Rate At Wisconsin Colleges

The graduation rate is a percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree in expected completion timeIn general, the graduation rate is computed based on the completion in the 150% of normal time. For example, for the 4-years bachelor's degree programs, the number of completers who completed in 6 years is used to compute the graduation rate.

The average graduation rate of Wisconsin colleges is 56.49%. It includes all institutions' rate (i.e. 4-years and 2-years or less) where the graduation data is available. In public colleges, the graduation rate is 48.33% and private schools' rate is 57.07%.

By gender, the female students' graduation rate is 69.10% and male students' rate is 63.03%.

The schools in below list are the top 5 Wisconsin colleges that have the highest graduation rate. University of Wisconsin-Madison has the highest graduation rate of 89% among Wisconsin colleges. Marquette University and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse also have higher graduation rate of 81% and 73% respectively. For the ranking, we exclude colleges with less than 5,000 students. You can view more schools at Wisconsin colleges with high graduation rate.

For the four-years Wisconsin institutions where BS degree grants, the average graduation rate is 66.33%. 22,356 students graduated out of 33,705 candidates. 494 students are still enrolled in the schools and 1,070 students are no longer enrolled or transferred out to other institutions.

By completion time, 15,370 students have completed their degree in 4 years or less as the rate is 45.60% at Wisconsin colleges. 5,946 students completed in 5 years and 576 students earned their BS degree in 6 years.

The following table summarizes the graduation rate and number of completers by gender and completion time for Wisconsin collegesNumbers in parentheses in each column indicate the number of completers over candidates in the corresponding category.