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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Eau Claire, WI
Population 150,000
Website http://www.uwec.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 2,370 (24%)
Days Without Precipitation 244 (43%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 8,602
Men / Women 40% / 60%
From State 69%
From Region 29%
Athletes 11.0%

Racial/Ethnic

White 84%
Hispanic 4%
Asian 3%
Mixed 3%
International 3%
Black 1%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 38.6% 38.6% 2012 Men: 37.8% 37.8% 2013 Men: 39.9% 39.9% 2014 Men: 39.5% 39.5% 2015 Men: 36.0% 36.0% 2016 Men: 34.6% 34.6% 2017 Men: 63.8% 63.8% 2018 Men: 36.2% 36.2% 2019 Men: 37.0% 37.0% 2020 Men: 36.8% 36.8% 2021 Men: 36.6% 36.6% 2022 Men: 39.5% 39.5% 2023 Men: 37.8% 37.8% 2024 Men: 39.4% 39.4%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2016 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2011 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2012 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2013 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2014 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2015 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2016 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2017 Asian: 4.3% 4.3% 2018 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2019 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2020 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2021 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2022 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2023 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2024 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2011 Black: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Black: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 Black: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Black: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Black: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 Black: 1.0% 1.0% 2018 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2019 Black: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Black: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2011 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2012 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2013 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2014 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2015 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2016 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2017 Hispanic: 2.0% 2.0% 2018 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2019 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2020 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2021 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2022 Hispanic: 3.4% 3.4% 2023 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2024 Hispanic: 3.1% 3.1% 2011 White: 93.7% 93.7% 2012 White: 92.5% 92.5% 2013 White: 92.2% 92.2% 2014 White: 92.6% 92.6% 2015 White: 91.1% 91.1% 2016 White: 90.7% 90.7% 2017 White: 89.9% 89.9% 2018 White: 90.9% 90.9% 2019 White: 91.1% 91.1% 2020 White: 85.8% 85.8% 2021 White: 89.7% 89.7% 2022 White: 89.5% 89.5% 2023 White: 89.2% 89.2% 2024 White: 88.3% 88.3% 2011 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2015 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2019 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 International: 4.8% 4.8% 2021 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 International: 0.7% 0.7%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 3.2% 3.2% 2021 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2022 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2023 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2024 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2025 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2020 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 Black: 1.0% 1.0% 2025 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Hispanic: 3.4% 3.4% 2021 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2022 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8% 2023 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2024 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8% 2025 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2020 White: 85.7% 85.7% 2021 White: 86.1% 86.1% 2022 White: 86.6% 86.6% 2023 White: 86.2% 86.2% 2024 White: 85.5% 85.5% 2025 White: 84.5% 84.5% 2020 International: 3.4% 3.4% 2021 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2022 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2023 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2024 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2025 International: 2.8% 2.8%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 766 40% / 60% 5% $62,854 73 97%
Biomedical Engineering 16 — 44% / 56% 0% $89,592 95 —
Materials Engineering 12 — 100% / 0% 42% $85,421 93 —
Computer Science 67 +1 76% / 24% 28% $108,916 99 98%
Chemistry 18 +1 33% / 67% 0% $62,863 73 95%
Geology 18 +1 50% / 50% 0% $55,465 59 100%
Materials Science 9 — 89% / 11% 67% $64,365 76 —
Mathematics 25 +5 60% / 40% 0% $73,791 85 96%
Physics 14 — 79% / 21% 0% $89,207 95 88%
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology 15 — 67% / 33% 0% $62,863 73 95%
Bioinformatics 2 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Biology 90 +1 27% / 73% 0% $62,174 72 97%
Molecular Biology 16 — 44% / 56% 0% $64,187 75 —
Neuroscience 11 — 27% / 73% 9% $62,735 73 —
Economics 10 +2 40% / 60% 10% $71,880 84 97%
American Indian Studies — — — — $50,299 45 —
Communication 28 +2 29% / 71% 0% $61,061 70 95%
English 45 +2 22% / 78% 0% $48,144 39 96%
French 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $64,092 75 93%
Geographic Information Science 5 — 100% / 0% 0% $58,924 66 97%
Geography 13 — 54% / 46% 0% $58,924 66 97%
German — — — — $63,735 75 —
History 20 +3 45% / 55% 0% $41,134 19 94%
Journalism 8 +2 62% / 38% 0% $50,937 47 95%
Latin American Studies 3 +4 33% / 67% 0% $50,163 45 —
Philosophy 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $49,597 43 —
Political Science 34 +5 50% / 50% 0% $66,975 79 100%
Psychology 110 +9 15% / 85% 3% $51,078 48 99%
Religious Studies 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,069 48 —
Sociology 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $39,227 15 91%
Spanish 12 +14 25% / 75% 0% $64,092 75 93%
Strategic Communication 20 +1 20% / 80% 0% $62,280 72 —
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $49,774 44 —
Art 47 +1 23% / 77% 2% $47,720 38 98%
Music 39 — 44% / 56% 0% $48,381 40 96%
Theatre Arts 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $42,280 22 —
Criminal Justice 38 +3 53% / 47% 0% $57,747 64 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 530 62% / 38% 5% $77,720 88 97%
Information Systems 26 — 81% / 19% 4% $90,587 95 97%
Accounting 61 +2 59% / 41% 2% $80,514 90 96%
Actuarial Science 22 +1 73% / 27% 0% $83,647 92 —
Entrepreneurship 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $72,107 84 —
Finance 118 +26 79% / 21% 11% $80,494 90 97%
Human Resources Management 7 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
International Business 14 +2 21% / 79% 79% $72,787 85 100%
Logistics 5 — 40% / 60% 0% — — —
Management 144 +9 58% / 42% 0% $69,316 81 97%
Marketing 130 +8 55% / 45% 1% $80,288 90 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education and Human Sciences 466 23% / 77% 0% $55,283 59 96%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 89 — 0% / 100% 0% $57,751 64 100%
Kinesiology 65 — 54% / 46% 0% $57,219 63 95%
Rehabilitation Science 47 — 23% / 77% 0% $67,451 79 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 18 — 50% / 50% 0% — — —
Liberal Studies 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $46,356 34 94%
Social Work 42 — 10% / 90% 0% $58,490 65 98%
Elementary Education 87 — 14% / 86% 0% $47,397 37 93%
English Education 6 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Mathematics Teacher Education 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Physical Education 14 — 71% / 29% 0% — — —
Science Education 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $50,506 46 95%
Social Studies Education 26 — 73% / 27% 0% $50,506 46 95%
Special Education 60 — 3% / 97% 0% $52,481 52 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing and Health Sciences 213 11% / 89% 0% $76,919 88 97%
Community Health Promotion 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $66,799 79 100%
Nursing 156 — 7% / 93% 0% $75,566 87 97%
Public Health 15 +2 33% / 67% 0% $66,799 79 100%
Health Care Administration 36 — 22% / 78% 0% $88,687 95 95%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $9,883
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $19,832
Est. In-State Cost $12,785
Est. Out-of-State Cost $25,655
ROI Percentile 79th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 82%
4-Year Graduation Rate 44%
6-Year Graduation Rate 64%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 65.1% 65.1% 2012 Graduated: 65.5% 65.5% 2013 Graduated: 66.9% 66.9% 2014 Graduated: 68.2% 68.2% 2015 Graduated: 64.6% 64.6% 2016 Graduated: 67.7% 67.7% 2017 Graduated: 66.6% 66.6% 2018 Graduated: 66.8% 66.8% 2019 Graduated: 66.8% 66.8% 2020 Graduated: 64.6% 64.6% 2021 Graduated: 68.1% 68.1% 2022 Graduated: 65.3% 65.3% 2023 Graduated: 67.6% 67.6% 2024 Graduated: 63.8% 63.8%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 64.0% 64.0% 2012 Men: 63.7% 63.7% 2013 Men: 63.5% 63.5% 2014 Men: 65.0% 65.0% 2015 Men: 65.1% 65.1% 2016 Men: 66.3% 66.3% 2017 Men: 63.3% 63.3% 2018 Men: 66.1% 66.1% 2019 Men: 65.3% 65.3% 2020 Men: 64.9% 64.9% 2021 Men: 63.6% 63.6% 2022 Men: 61.5% 61.5% 2023 Men: 64.8% 64.8% 2024 Men: 61.5% 61.5% 2011 Women: 65.8% 65.8% 2012 Women: 66.7% 66.7% 2013 Women: 69.1% 69.1% 2014 Women: 70.2% 70.2% 2015 Women: 64.2% 64.2% 2016 Women: 68.6% 68.6% 2017 Women: 68.5% 68.5% 2018 Women: 67.2% 67.2% 2019 Women: 67.7% 67.7% 2020 Women: 64.4% 64.4% 2021 Women: 70.5% 70.5% 2022 Women: 67.3% 67.3% 2023 Women: 69.1% 69.1% 2024 Women: 65.1% 65.1%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 44.1% 44.1% 2012 Asian: 52.2% 52.2% 2013 Asian: 57.6% 57.6% 2014 Asian: 44.2% 44.2% 2015 Asian: 62.3% 62.3% 2016 Asian: 71.6% 71.6% 2017 Asian: 55.4% 55.4% 2018 Asian: 56.7% 56.7% 2019 Asian: 62.1% 62.1% 2020 Asian: 54.5% 54.5% 2021 Asian: 68.7% 68.7% 2022 Asian: 60.3% 60.3% 2023 Asian: 64.3% 64.3% 2024 Asian: 63.6% 63.6% 2011 White: 65.7% 65.7% 2012 White: 66.4% 66.4% 2013 White: 67.9% 67.9% 2014 White: 70.1% 70.1% 2015 White: 65.5% 65.5% 2016 White: 68.0% 68.0% 2017 White: 68.0% 68.0% 2018 White: 68.1% 68.1% 2019 White: 68.3% 68.3% 2020 White: 68.6% 68.6% 2021 White: 69.2% 69.2% 2022 White: 66.3% 66.3% 2023 White: 68.5% 68.5% 2024 White: 65.8% 65.8%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 27.8% 550 58% / 42% 5% $77,724 88 97%
Health Sciences 19.1% 378 16% / 84% 0% $66,720 79 98%
Humanities & Social Sciences 19.1% 377 27% / 73% 1% $54,474 57 97%
Education 10.1% 200 24% / 76% 0% $49,657 44 94%
Life & Natural Sciences 6.8% 134 33% / 67% 1% $62,543 73 97%
Arts 4.7% 93 30% / 70% 1% $47,588 37 97%
Computer Science 4.7% 93 77% / 23% 22% $103,792 98 98%
Physical Sciences & Math 4.3% 84 58% / 42% 7% $69,082 81 95%
Professional 1.9% 38 53% / 47% 0% $57,747 64 98%
Engineering 1.4% 28 68% / 32% 18% $87,804 94 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $1.9M #297 57% $0.1M — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.7M #362 49% $0.2M — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.3M #426 55% $0.0M — — — —
Health Sciences $0.3M #325 47% $0.1M — — — —
Business & Economics $0.1M #364 0% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.0M #465 0% $0.0M — — — —
Education $0.0M #413 0% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.0M #420 0% $0.0M — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Total $3.4M #432 52% $0.4M — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 39%
Yield (Unbound) 67%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 39% 37% 71%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 75.9% 75.9% 2012 Acceptance: 76.7% 76.7% 2013 Acceptance: 76.5% 76.5% 2014 Acceptance: 83.7% 83.7% 2015 Acceptance: 85.2% 85.2% 2016 Acceptance: 78.0% 78.0% 2017 Acceptance: 75.7% 75.7% 2018 Acceptance: 78.0% 78.0% 2019 Acceptance: 81.6% 81.6% 2020 Acceptance: 84.4% 84.4% 2021 Acceptance: 77.5% 77.5% 2022 Acceptance: 76.6% 76.6% 2023 Acceptance: 76.1% 76.1% 2024 Acceptance: 82.3% 82.3% 2011 Yield: 41.1% 41.1% 2012 Yield: 39.2% 39.2% 2013 Yield: 41.0% 41.0% 2014 Yield: 46.2% 46.2% 2015 Yield: 45.3% 45.3% 2016 Yield: 45.6% 45.6% 2017 Yield: 45.8% 45.8% 2018 Yield: 47.4% 47.4% 2019 Yield: 47.4% 47.4% 2020 Yield: 43.2% 43.2% 2021 Yield: 30.9% 30.9% 2022 Yield: 26.8% 26.8% 2023 Yield: 27.6% 27.6% 2024 Yield: 28.1% 28.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 6,634 6,634 2012 Applicants: 6,489 6,489 2013 Applicants: 6,610 6,610 2014 Applicants: 5,433 5,433 2015 Applicants: 5,806 5,806 2016 Applicants: 6,510 6,510 2017 Applicants: 6,781 6,781 2018 Applicants: 6,734 6,734 2019 Applicants: 6,283 6,283 2020 Applicants: 6,202 6,202 2021 Applicants: 9,420 9,420 2022 Applicants: 10,403 10,403 2023 Applicants: 10,315 10,315 2024 Applicants: 8,824 8,824 2011 Admitted: 5,036 5,036 2012 Admitted: 4,979 4,979 2013 Admitted: 5,054 5,054 2014 Admitted: 4,547 4,547 2015 Admitted: 4,947 4,947 2016 Admitted: 5,078 5,078 2017 Admitted: 5,131 5,131 2018 Admitted: 5,250 5,250 2019 Admitted: 5,129 5,129 2020 Admitted: 5,232 5,232 2021 Admitted: 7,297 7,297 2022 Admitted: 7,971 7,971 2023 Admitted: 7,848 7,848 2024 Admitted: 7,266 7,266 2011 Enrolled: 2,072 2,072 2012 Enrolled: 1,953 1,953 2013 Enrolled: 2,073 2,073 2014 Enrolled: 2,100 2,100 2015 Enrolled: 2,239 2,239 2016 Enrolled: 2,318 2,318 2017 Enrolled: 2,352 2,352 2018 Enrolled: 2,486 2,486 2019 Enrolled: 2,433 2,433 2020 Enrolled: 2,258 2,258 2021 Enrolled: 2,253 2,253 2022 Enrolled: 2,134 2,134 2023 Enrolled: 2,163 2,163 2024 Enrolled: 2,044 2,044

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 41%
SAT Range 1050 – 1280
SAT Math Range 500 – 620
SAT RW Range 510 – 680

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2012 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2013 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2014 Submitted: 95.0% 95.0% 2015 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2016 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2017 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2018 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2019 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2020 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2021 Submitted: 63.0% 63.0% 2022 Submitted: 51.0% 51.0% 2023 Submitted: 39.0% 39.0% 2024 Submitted: 44.0% 44.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.