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Tightest Wisconsin Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Wisconsin colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. University of Wisconsin-Madison has the lowest acceptance rate as of 45.20% for academic year 2023-2024 in Wisconsin. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Wisconsin.
Tightest Wisconsin Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1University of Wisconsin-Madison
Public, four-yearsMadison, WI
45.20%65,89429,7828,51428.59%
2Milwaukee School of Engineering
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMilwaukee, WI
58.93%6,2873,70563717.19%
3Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMilwaukee, WI
60.54%1,03962920933.23%
4Mount Mary University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMilwaukee, WI
62.33%1,32282411614.08%
5Beloit College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBeloit, WI
63.04%3,8532,4292249.22%
6Lawrence University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAppleton, WI
63.94%3,2702,09135116.79%
7Carroll University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaukesha, WI
66.84%6,1644,12072217.52%
8Maranatha Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWatertown, WI
71.90%27419713568.53%
9Viterbo University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLa Crosse, WI
72.43%1,7341,25620015.92%
10Marian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFond Du Lac, WI
74.98%1,6191,21421918.04%