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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Menomonie, WI
Population 60,000
Website http://www.uwstout.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 5,058
Men / Women 57% / 43%
From State 60%
From Region 36%
Athletes 15.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 82%
Hispanic 4%
Mixed 4%
International 4%
Asian 3%
Black 2%
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: 51.6% 51.6% 2012 Men: 50.2% 50.2% 2013 Men: 51.3% 51.3% 2014 Men: 53.2% 53.2% 2015 Men: 54.2% 54.2% 2016 Men: 56.2% 56.2% 2017 Men: 41.3% 41.3% 2018 Men: 60.7% 60.7% 2019 Men: 60.5% 60.5% 2020 Men: 59.0% 59.0% 2021 Men: 58.3% 58.3% 2022 Men: 58.2% 58.2% 2023 Men: 58.4% 58.4% 2024 Men: 58.3% 58.3%

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: 0.9% 0.9% 2012 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2019 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2012 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2013 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2014 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2015 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2016 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2017 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2018 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2019 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2020 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2021 Asian: 4.2% 4.2% 2022 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2023 Asian: 3.5% 3.5% 2024 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2011 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2012 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2013 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 Black: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2018 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2019 Black: 1.6% 1.6% 2020 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2021 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 Black: 2.7% 2.7% 2023 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2024 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2011 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2012 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2014 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2015 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2016 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2017 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2018 Hispanic: 2.1% 2.1% 2019 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2020 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2021 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 Hispanic: 3.7% 3.7% 2023 Hispanic: 3.4% 3.4% 2024 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2011 White: 92.1% 92.1% 2012 White: 92.5% 92.5% 2013 White: 92.3% 92.3% 2014 White: 92.0% 92.0% 2015 White: 92.0% 92.0% 2016 White: 90.9% 90.9% 2017 White: 89.1% 89.1% 2018 White: 91.3% 91.3% 2019 White: 89.0% 89.0% 2020 White: 87.1% 87.1% 2021 White: 87.5% 87.5% 2022 White: 86.8% 86.8% 2023 White: 87.4% 87.4% 2024 White: 86.2% 86.2% 2011 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2019 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 International: 0.9% 0.9%

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: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2021 Asian: 3.6% 3.6% 2022 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2023 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2024 Asian: 3.2% 3.2% 2025 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2020 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2021 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2022 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2023 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2025 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2021 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2022 Hispanic: 3.7% 3.7% 2023 Hispanic: 3.7% 3.7% 2024 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2025 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1% 2020 White: 86.0% 86.0% 2021 White: 86.5% 86.5% 2022 White: 84.9% 84.9% 2023 White: 84.3% 84.3% 2024 White: 83.3% 83.3% 2025 White: 81.9% 81.9% 2020 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2021 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2022 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2023 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2024 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2025 International: 4.3% 4.3%

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, Communication, Humanities, and Social Sciences 367 34% / 66% 1% $53,211 53 99%
Game and Interactive Media Design 49 — 51% / 49% 0% $54,257 56 100%
Interdisciplinary Studies 14 — 86% / 14% 0% $54,041 56 —
Psychology 53 — 19% / 81% 0% $54,686 57 100%
Social Sciences 12 — 50% / 50% 0% $48,451 40 97%
Technical and Professional Communication 17 — 24% / 76% 0% $52,826 52 100%
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,189 33 —
Digital Arts 39 +1 46% / 54% 0% $42,396 22 98%
Fashion Design 6 — 17% / 83% 0% — — —
Film/Video Technology 23 — 39% / 61% 0% $55,278 59 —
Graphic Communications 12 — 50% / 50% 0% $64,331 76 100%
Graphic Design 48 — 27% / 73% 2% $54,257 56 100%
Industrial Design 29 — 34% / 66% 3% $54,257 56 100%
Interior Design 36 — 3% / 97% 0% $54,257 56 100%
Studio Art 15 +1 27% / 73% 7% $51,507 49 95%
Criminology 13 — 46% / 54% 0% $59,211 67 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education, Hospitality, Health and Human Sciences 193 25% / 75% 0% $52,677 52 95%
Dietetics 9 — 0% / 100% 0% $61,664 71 100%
Health and Wellness 19 — 58% / 42% 0% $51,604 49 100%
Rehabilitation Science 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,011 56 100%
Hospitality Management 28 +2 29% / 71% 0% $56,981 62 97%
Human Development and Family Studies 32 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,889 38 87%
Early Childhood Education 28 — 0% / 100% 0% $43,549 25 100%
Family and Consumer Sciences Education 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $57,452 63 93%
Marketing Education 7 — 57% / 43% 0% $57,452 63 93%
Science Education — — — — $57,452 63 93%
Special Education 20 — 5% / 95% 0% $50,665 46 100%
Teacher Education 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Technical Teacher Education 14 — 79% / 21% 0% $57,452 63 93%
Technology Education 11 — 100% / 0% 0% $57,452 63 93%
Apparel and Textiles 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $61,245 71 96%
Art Education 14 — 7% / 93% 0% $57,452 63 93%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Management 256 67% / 33% 1% $81,726 91 98%
Business Administration 98 +4 66% / 34% 3% $74,662 86 97%
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services 7 — 86% / 14% 0% $61,837 72 100%
Logistics 6 +1 83% / 17% 0% $74,662 86 97%
Operations Management 65 — 45% / 55% 0% $74,662 86 97%
Real Estate 13 +3 46% / 54% 0% $82,847 92 100%
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,262 72 96%
Construction Management 65 — 94% / 6% 0% $102,611 98 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 417 76% / 24% 4% $85,285 93 99%
Electrical & Computer Engineering 31 — 90% / 10% 0% $95,103 97 —
Manufacturing Engineering 24 +2 79% / 21% 4% $86,022 93 96%
Mechanical Engineering 84 +5 86% / 14% 1% $91,009 95 100%
Plastics Engineering 15 +1 73% / 27% 0% $91,484 96 100%
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 22 — 95% / 5% 0% $96,852 97 100%
Computer and Information Sciences 29 — 76% / 24% 0% $85,699 93 100%
Cybersecurity 63 +2 83% / 17% 3% $83,747 92 97%
Cybersecurity 6 +1 83% / 17% 17% $85,141 93 —
Informatics 12 +2 33% / 67% 0% $85,699 93 100%
Applied Mathematics 13 +3 69% / 31% 0% $98,561 98 100%
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $62,699 73 —
Biology 9 — 33% / 67% 0% — — —
Environmental Science 16 — 44% / 56% 6% $51,106 48 100%
Food Science 18 +1 44% / 56% 67% $61,041 70 —
Science Technologies/Technicians 14 — 36% / 64% 0% $76,219 87 100%
Engineering Technologies 35 — 97% / 3% 0% $80,185 90 95%
Packaging Science 25 — 68% / 32% 0% $88,063 94 100%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,242
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $20,495
Est. In-State Cost $14,543
Est. Out-of-State Cost $26,512
ROI Percentile 82th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 79%
4-Year Graduation Rate 28%
6-Year Graduation Rate 55%
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: 52.5% 52.5% 2013 Graduated: 54.3% 54.3% 2014 Graduated: 53.2% 53.2% 2015 Graduated: 57.3% 57.3% 2016 Graduated: 54.2% 54.2% 2017 Graduated: 54.3% 54.3% 2018 Graduated: 58.2% 58.2% 2019 Graduated: 60.0% 60.0% 2020 Graduated: 60.0% 60.0% 2021 Graduated: 56.1% 56.1% 2022 Graduated: 51.9% 51.9% 2023 Graduated: 52.5% 52.5% 2024 Graduated: 54.9% 54.9%

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: 46.8% 46.8% 2012 Men: 51.9% 51.9% 2013 Men: 51.5% 51.5% 2014 Men: 50.6% 50.6% 2015 Men: 52.8% 52.8% 2016 Men: 49.9% 49.9% 2017 Men: 48.9% 48.9% 2018 Men: 53.5% 53.5% 2019 Men: 57.4% 57.4% 2020 Men: 55.1% 55.1% 2021 Men: 52.1% 52.1% 2022 Men: 48.1% 48.1% 2023 Men: 48.1% 48.1% 2024 Men: 52.0% 52.0% 2011 Women: 58.1% 58.1% 2012 Women: 53.0% 53.0% 2013 Women: 56.9% 56.9% 2014 Women: 55.6% 55.6% 2015 Women: 61.4% 61.4% 2016 Women: 58.9% 58.9% 2017 Women: 59.6% 59.6% 2018 Women: 63.2% 63.2% 2019 Women: 62.7% 62.7% 2020 Women: 65.6% 65.6% 2021 Women: 60.8% 60.8% 2022 Women: 56.8% 56.8% 2023 Women: 58.9% 58.9% 2024 Women: 59.3% 59.3%

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: 52.3% 52.3% 2012 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2013 Asian: 43.5% 43.5% 2014 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2015 Asian: 53.7% 53.7% 2016 Asian: 40.5% 40.5% 2017 Asian: 52.1% 52.1% 2018 Asian: 52.5% 52.5% 2019 Asian: 46.8% 46.8% 2020 Asian: 41.8% 41.8% 2021 Asian: 40.0% 40.0% 2022 Asian: 31.8% 31.8% 2023 Asian: 36.5% 36.5% 2024 Asian: 48.1% 48.1% 2011 White: 53.4% 53.4% 2012 White: 53.9% 53.9% 2013 White: 55.7% 55.7% 2014 White: 54.0% 54.0% 2015 White: 58.4% 58.4% 2016 White: 55.5% 55.5% 2017 White: 55.3% 55.3% 2018 White: 59.1% 59.1% 2019 White: 62.1% 62.1% 2020 White: 62.1% 62.1% 2021 White: 58.1% 58.1% 2022 White: 54.9% 54.9% 2023 White: 54.6% 54.6% 2024 White: 56.4% 56.4%

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
Arts 18.2% 225 28% / 72% 1% $52,847 52 99%
Business & Economics 17.8% 219 54% / 46% 1% $72,364 84 98%
Computer Science 14.7% 181 71% / 29% 2% $77,845 88 99%
Engineering 12.5% 154 84% / 16% 1% $91,102 95 99%
Professional 11.2% 138 86% / 14% 0% $90,199 95 98%
Humanities & Social Sciences 10.4% 128 25% / 75% 0% $52,085 51 96%
Education 7.1% 87 32% / 68% 0% $51,347 48 97%
Agriculture & Food Science 3.5% 43 35% / 65% 30% $57,475 63 100%
Health Sciences 2.8% 35 46% / 54% 0% $61,588 71 100%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.1% 13 69% / 31% 0% $98,561 98 100%
Life & Natural Sciences 0.8% 10 40% / 60% 0% $62,699 73 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $0.1M #554 57% — — — — —
Engineering $0.0M #426 0% — — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — — — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Total $0.1M #619 49% — — — — —

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 91%
Yield (Unbound) 24%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 91% 91% 91%

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: 88.6% 88.6% 2012 Acceptance: 88.4% 88.4% 2013 Acceptance: 89.3% 89.3% 2014 Acceptance: 90.8% 90.8% 2015 Acceptance: 93.1% 93.1% 2016 Acceptance: 88.4% 88.4% 2017 Acceptance: 87.2% 87.2% 2018 Acceptance: 90.1% 90.1% 2019 Acceptance: 90.5% 90.5% 2020 Acceptance: 90.1% 90.1% 2021 Acceptance: 91.4% 91.4% 2022 Acceptance: 86.3% 86.3% 2023 Acceptance: 84.7% 84.7% 2024 Acceptance: 87.7% 87.7% 2011 Yield: 56.0% 56.0% 2012 Yield: 49.3% 49.3% 2013 Yield: 53.3% 53.3% 2014 Yield: 53.0% 53.0% 2015 Yield: 53.0% 53.0% 2016 Yield: 52.4% 52.4% 2017 Yield: 53.8% 53.8% 2018 Yield: 54.3% 54.3% 2019 Yield: 51.4% 51.4% 2020 Yield: 43.6% 43.6% 2021 Yield: 29.6% 29.6% 2022 Yield: 23.3% 23.3% 2023 Yield: 23.2% 23.2% 2024 Yield: 24.4% 24.4%

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: 3,218 3,218 2012 Applicants: 3,390 3,390 2013 Applicants: 3,150 3,150 2014 Applicants: 3,055 3,055 2015 Applicants: 3,195 3,195 2016 Applicants: 3,430 3,430 2017 Applicants: 3,260 3,260 2018 Applicants: 2,873 2,873 2019 Applicants: 3,202 3,202 2020 Applicants: 3,393 3,393 2021 Applicants: 4,890 4,890 2022 Applicants: 6,231 6,231 2023 Applicants: 6,440 6,440 2024 Applicants: 5,547 5,547 2011 Admitted: 2,851 2,851 2012 Admitted: 2,996 2,996 2013 Admitted: 2,812 2,812 2014 Admitted: 2,774 2,774 2015 Admitted: 2,973 2,973 2016 Admitted: 3,032 3,032 2017 Admitted: 2,842 2,842 2018 Admitted: 2,589 2,589 2019 Admitted: 2,899 2,899 2020 Admitted: 3,057 3,057 2021 Admitted: 4,469 4,469 2022 Admitted: 5,378 5,378 2023 Admitted: 5,457 5,457 2024 Admitted: 4,863 4,863 2011 Enrolled: 1,596 1,596 2012 Enrolled: 1,476 1,476 2013 Enrolled: 1,498 1,498 2014 Enrolled: 1,469 1,469 2015 Enrolled: 1,575 1,575 2016 Enrolled: 1,588 1,588 2017 Enrolled: 1,528 1,528 2018 Enrolled: 1,406 1,406 2019 Enrolled: 1,491 1,491 2020 Enrolled: 1,332 1,332 2021 Enrolled: 1,324 1,324 2022 Enrolled: 1,252 1,252 2023 Enrolled: 1,267 1,267 2024 Enrolled: 1,187 1,187

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 32%
SAT Range 990 – 1210
SAT Math Range 480 – 600
SAT RW Range 510 – 610

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: 98.0% 98.0% 2012 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2013 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2014 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2015 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2016 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2017 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2018 Submitted: 96.0% 96.0% 2019 Submitted: 95.0% 95.0% 2020 Submitted: 94.0% 94.0% 2021 Submitted: 63.0% 63.0% 2022 Submitted: 46.0% 46.0% 2023 Submitted: 39.0% 39.0% 2024 Submitted: 32.0% 32.0%

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.