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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Platteville, WI
Population 40,000
Website http://www.uwplatt.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 2,370 (24%)
Days Without Precipitation 244 (44%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,485
Men / Women 62% / 38%
From State 77%
From Region 22%
Athletes 12.0%

Racial/Ethnic

White 88%
Hispanic 5%
Mixed 2%
Asian 1%
Black 1%
International 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: 65.8% 65.8% 2012 Men: 66.6% 66.6% 2013 Men: 65.2% 65.2% 2014 Men: 67.4% 67.4% 2015 Men: 68.0% 68.0% 2016 Men: 67.7% 67.7% 2017 Men: 34.3% 34.3% 2018 Men: 65.0% 65.0% 2019 Men: 62.4% 62.4% 2020 Men: 62.1% 62.1% 2021 Men: 63.4% 63.4% 2022 Men: 62.4% 62.4% 2023 Men: 63.2% 63.2% 2024 Men: 62.6% 62.6%

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: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2012 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2014 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2015 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2018 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2020 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2021 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2011 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2012 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2013 Black: 1.8% 1.8% 2014 Black: 2.5% 2.5% 2015 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2016 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2017 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2018 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2019 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2020 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2021 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2022 Black: 1.0% 1.0% 2023 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2024 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2011 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2012 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2013 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6% 2014 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 Hispanic: 2.0% 2.0% 2016 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2017 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2018 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2019 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8% 2020 Hispanic: 3.5% 3.5% 2021 Hispanic: 3.5% 3.5% 2022 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2023 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2024 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2011 White: 94.6% 94.6% 2012 White: 93.2% 93.2% 2013 White: 93.5% 93.5% 2014 White: 92.2% 92.2% 2015 White: 92.0% 92.0% 2016 White: 93.1% 93.1% 2017 White: 90.6% 90.6% 2018 White: 90.8% 90.8% 2019 White: 90.0% 90.0% 2020 White: 89.8% 89.8% 2021 White: 89.9% 89.9% 2022 White: 89.0% 89.0% 2023 White: 88.2% 88.2% 2024 White: 86.8% 86.8% 2011 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2013 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2014 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2018 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2019 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2020 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2021 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 International: 2.0% 2.0%

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: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2021 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2025 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2020 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2023 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2025 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2020 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2% 2021 Hispanic: 5.0% 5.0% 2022 Hispanic: 4.4% 4.4% 2023 Hispanic: 4.4% 4.4% 2024 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9% 2025 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9% 2020 White: 88.8% 88.8% 2021 White: 89.4% 89.4% 2022 White: 89.9% 89.9% 2023 White: 89.6% 89.6% 2024 White: 88.7% 88.7% 2025 White: 88.4% 88.4% 2020 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2021 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2022 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 International: 0.7% 0.7%

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 Business, Industry, Life Science and Agriculture 362 65% / 35% 0% $74,430 86 98%
Communications Technology — — — — $56,182 62 95%
Agricultural Business 34 +2 41% / 59% 0% $68,550 81 100%
Agronomy and Crop Science 5 +2 20% / 80% 0% $67,445 80 100%
Animal Sciences 32 +2 22% / 78% 0% $54,298 58 98%
Dairy Science 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $54,298 58 98%
Horticultural Science 4 +1 0% / 100% 0% $67,445 80 100%
Accounting 11 +4 64% / 36% 0% $72,529 85 100%
Business Administration 46 +4 54% / 46% 2% $65,658 78 99%
Finance 23 +2 87% / 13% 0% $71,631 84 —
Human Resources Management 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $66,029 78 —
Logistics 7 +1 57% / 43% 0% $65,658 78 99%
Marketing 16 +3 50% / 50% 0% $65,611 78 —
Professional Sales 4 +1 100% / 0% 0% $67,989 81 —
Natural Resources and Conservation 7 — 71% / 29% 0% $65,718 78 —
Sustainability Studies 9 — 78% / 22% 0% $75,093 87 100%
Agricultural Teacher Education 16 — 25% / 75% 0% $51,372 50 96%
Technology Education 5 — 100% / 0% 0% $51,372 50 96%
Construction Management 81 +1 94% / 6% 0% $94,607 97 —
Manufacturing Engineering Technology 54 — 83% / 17% 0% $86,344 94 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science 495 74% / 26% 1% $85,319 93 98%
Civil Engineering 79 — 82% / 18% 0% $86,153 94 100%
Computer Engineering 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $104,439 98 96%
Electrical Engineering 50 — 90% / 10% 0% $101,501 98 100%
Engineering Physics 8 — 100% / 0% 0% $90,311 95 100%
Environmental Engineering 11 — 45% / 55% 0% $79,406 90 100%
Industrial Engineering 14 — 43% / 57% 0% $86,825 94 95%
Mechanical Engineering 166 +1 82% / 18% 0% $91,648 96 98%
Computer Science 18 +1 83% / 17% 6% $95,899 97 93%
Computer Science and Engineering 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $100,101 98 —
Computer Software Engineering 25 +1 80% / 20% 8% $104,439 98 96%
Cybersecurity 21 +2 95% / 5% 0% $85,595 93 —
Data Science 2 +1 100% / 0% 0% $99,237 98 —
Chemistry 7 +2 43% / 57% 0% $66,728 79 100%
Mathematics 6 +1 50% / 50% 17% $72,509 85 —
Biological and Physical Sciences 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $63,188 75 —
Biology 67 +4 37% / 63% 1% $54,915 59 97%
Environmental Science 14 — 50% / 50% 0% $58,119 66 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts and Education 300 40% / 60% 0% $51,626 51 98%
Kinesiology 31 — 68% / 32% 0% $52,220 53 100%
Applied and Professional Ethics — — — — $53,262 55 —
English 11 +1 45% / 55% 0% $47,376 39 —
History 5 +1 60% / 40% 0% $45,885 34 100%
Interdisciplinary Studies — — — — $53,967 57 —
Liberal Arts 21 — 67% / 33% 0% $42,965 26 98%
Modern Languages 7 +2 57% / 43% 0% $50,052 46 —
Political Science 6 +1 67% / 33% 0% $61,395 72 —
Psychology 41 +4 20% / 80% 0% $53,331 55 94%
Social Sciences 11 — 55% / 45% 0% $50,486 48 —
Elementary Education 47 — 17% / 83% 0% $45,378 32 98%
Middle School Education — — — — $45,378 32 98%
Art 12 +1 42% / 58% 0% $36,859 12 97%
Music 8 — 62% / 38% 0% $43,328 27 94%
Criminal Justice 67 +4 45% / 55% 1% $60,901 71 99%
Forensic Science and Technology 33 +10 24% / 76% 0% $53,135 55 98%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $9,081
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $18,727
Est. In-State Cost $11,747
Est. Out-of-State Cost $24,225
ROI Percentile 85th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 79%
4-Year Graduation Rate 33%
6-Year Graduation Rate 56%
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: 52.5% 52.5% 2012 Graduated: 52.1% 52.1% 2013 Graduated: 54.2% 54.2% 2014 Graduated: 51.6% 51.6% 2015 Graduated: 54.0% 54.0% 2016 Graduated: 53.9% 53.9% 2017 Graduated: 52.8% 52.8% 2018 Graduated: 53.6% 53.6% 2019 Graduated: 55.9% 55.9% 2020 Graduated: 56.2% 56.2% 2021 Graduated: 59.0% 59.0% 2022 Graduated: 61.1% 61.1% 2023 Graduated: 61.5% 61.5% 2024 Graduated: 55.8% 55.8%

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: 51.3% 51.3% 2012 Men: 52.1% 52.1% 2013 Men: 51.8% 51.8% 2014 Men: 48.3% 48.3% 2015 Men: 51.8% 51.8% 2016 Men: 51.0% 51.0% 2017 Men: 51.5% 51.5% 2018 Men: 51.9% 51.9% 2019 Men: 53.8% 53.8% 2020 Men: 55.2% 55.2% 2021 Men: 57.5% 57.5% 2022 Men: 59.0% 59.0% 2023 Men: 58.7% 58.7% 2024 Men: 54.5% 54.5% 2011 Women: 54.7% 54.7% 2012 Women: 52.2% 52.2% 2013 Women: 59.0% 59.0% 2014 Women: 58.3% 58.3% 2015 Women: 58.4% 58.4% 2016 Women: 59.8% 59.8% 2017 Women: 55.6% 55.6% 2018 Women: 56.9% 56.9% 2019 Women: 60.2% 60.2% 2020 Women: 58.2% 58.2% 2021 Women: 62.0% 62.0% 2022 Women: 65.3% 65.3% 2023 Women: 67.0% 67.0% 2024 Women: 58.2% 58.2%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2012 Hispanic: 40.0% 40.0% 2013 Hispanic: 39.1% 39.1% 2014 Hispanic: 53.3% 53.3% 2015 Hispanic: 40.0% 40.0% 2016 Hispanic: 38.5% 38.5% 2017 Hispanic: 42.2% 42.2% 2018 Hispanic: 44.4% 44.4% 2019 Hispanic: 46.8% 46.8% 2020 Hispanic: 49.2% 49.2% 2021 Hispanic: 46.4% 46.4% 2022 Hispanic: 45.8% 45.8% 2023 Hispanic: 60.9% 60.9% 2024 Hispanic: 48.6% 48.6% 2011 White: 53.8% 53.8% 2012 White: 53.7% 53.7% 2013 White: 55.9% 55.9% 2014 White: 53.4% 53.4% 2015 White: 56.5% 56.5% 2016 White: 55.5% 55.5% 2017 White: 54.8% 54.8% 2018 White: 55.5% 55.5% 2019 White: 56.9% 56.9% 2020 White: 58.0% 58.0% 2021 White: 60.9% 60.9% 2022 White: 63.2% 63.2% 2023 White: 63.4% 63.4% 2024 White: 58.5% 58.5%

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
Engineering 28.5% 330 81% / 19% 0% $91,258 96 99%
Professional 20.3% 235 68% / 32% 0% $77,275 88 98%
Humanities & Social Sciences 10.2% 118 47% / 53% 0% $52,961 55 96%
Business & Economics 9.6% 111 63% / 37% 1% $67,667 80 99%
Agriculture & Food Science 8.0% 93 33% / 67% 0% $61,356 72 99%
Life & Natural Sciences 6.1% 70 39% / 61% 1% $55,270 60 97%
Computer Science 5.9% 68 87% / 13% 4% $96,078 97 95%
Education 5.9% 68 25% / 75% 0% $47,229 38 98%
Health Sciences 2.7% 31 68% / 32% 0% $52,220 53 100%
Arts 1.7% 20 50% / 50% 0% $39,447 17 96%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.1% 13 46% / 54% 8% $69,396 82 100%

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 88%
Yield (Unbound) 29%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 88% 88% 88%

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: 95.6% 95.6% 2012 Acceptance: 96.9% 96.9% 2013 Acceptance: 96.5% 96.5% 2014 Acceptance: 94.4% 94.4% 2015 Acceptance: 94.3% 94.3% 2016 Acceptance: 80.3% 80.3% 2017 Acceptance: 79.7% 79.7% 2018 Acceptance: 82.4% 82.4% 2019 Acceptance: 84.8% 84.8% 2020 Acceptance: 81.5% 81.5% 2021 Acceptance: 87.6% 87.6% 2022 Acceptance: 85.4% 85.4% 2023 Acceptance: 87.3% 87.3% 2024 Acceptance: 89.4% 89.4% 2011 Yield: 53.9% 53.9% 2012 Yield: 53.9% 53.9% 2013 Yield: 53.5% 53.5% 2014 Yield: 51.3% 51.3% 2015 Yield: 48.7% 48.7% 2016 Yield: 48.0% 48.0% 2017 Yield: 48.7% 48.7% 2018 Yield: 52.9% 52.9% 2019 Yield: 51.6% 51.6% 2020 Yield: 46.4% 46.4% 2021 Yield: 28.0% 28.0% 2022 Yield: 31.4% 31.4% 2023 Yield: 28.8% 28.8% 2024 Yield: 29.7% 29.7%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 3,112 3,112 2012 Applicants: 3,297 3,297 2013 Applicants: 3,399 3,399 2014 Applicants: 3,519 3,519 2015 Applicants: 3,531 3,531 2016 Applicants: 4,047 4,047 2017 Applicants: 3,676 3,676 2018 Applicants: 3,872 3,872 2019 Applicants: 3,410 3,410 2020 Applicants: 3,671 3,671 2021 Applicants: 5,156 5,156 2022 Applicants: 5,354 5,354 2023 Applicants: 5,754 5,754 2024 Applicants: 4,934 4,934 2011 Admitted: 2,974 2,974 2012 Admitted: 3,195 3,195 2013 Admitted: 3,279 3,279 2014 Admitted: 3,322 3,322 2015 Admitted: 3,330 3,330 2016 Admitted: 3,251 3,251 2017 Admitted: 2,930 2,930 2018 Admitted: 3,189 3,189 2019 Admitted: 2,893 2,893 2020 Admitted: 2,991 2,991 2021 Admitted: 4,515 4,515 2022 Admitted: 4,574 4,574 2023 Admitted: 5,021 5,021 2024 Admitted: 4,410 4,410 2011 Enrolled: 1,604 1,604 2012 Enrolled: 1,721 1,721 2013 Enrolled: 1,754 1,754 2014 Enrolled: 1,705 1,705 2015 Enrolled: 1,621 1,621 2016 Enrolled: 1,561 1,561 2017 Enrolled: 1,426 1,426 2018 Enrolled: 1,688 1,688 2019 Enrolled: 1,494 1,494 2020 Enrolled: 1,389 1,389 2021 Enrolled: 1,265 1,265 2022 Enrolled: 1,437 1,437 2023 Enrolled: 1,445 1,445 2024 Enrolled: 1,310 1,310

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 28%
SAT Range 1090 – 1280
SAT Math Range 540 – 630
SAT RW Range 550 – 650

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: 92.0% 92.0% 2012 Submitted: 93.0% 93.0% 2013 Submitted: 93.0% 93.0% 2014 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2015 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2016 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2017 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2018 Submitted: 88.0% 88.0% 2019 Submitted: 88.0% 88.0% 2020 Submitted: 87.0% 87.0% 2021 Submitted: 58.0% 58.0% 2022 Submitted: 40.0% 40.0% 2023 Submitted: 33.0% 33.0% 2024 Submitted: 28.0% 28.0%

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.