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Milwaukee School of Engineering

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Milwaukee, WI
Population 1,300,000
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,607
Men / Women 71% / 29%
White 63%
Asian 13%
Hispanic 10%
International 5%
Black 4%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%
From State 51%
From Region 32%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Engineering 60%
Health Sciences 16%
Computer Science 15%
Business & Economics 6%
Professional 3%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $50,480
Est. Cost of Attendance $62,648
10-Year ROI $299,000
ROI Percentile 98th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 84%
4-Year Graduation Rate 47%
6-Year Graduation Rate 67%
Transfer-Out Rate 22%

Weather

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

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 67%
Yield (Unbound) 17%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R3
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $3M #255
Humanities & Social Sciences $0M #527
Life & Natural Sciences $0M #570

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional

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).

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Milwaukee School of Engineering 542 65% / 35% 6% $87,543 97%
Architectural Engineering 30 57% / 43% 17% $88,204 88 98%
Biomedical Engineering 32 38% / 62% 0% $85,180 86 96%
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 16 50% / 50% 0% $75,043 75 95%
Civil Engineering 39 69% / 31% 5% $90,953 90 100%
Computer Engineering 29 90% / 10% 10% $99,744 95 95%
Electrical Engineering 53 85% / 15% 8% $87,003 87 96%
Engineering $85,145 86
Industrial Engineering 21 81% / 19% 0% $90,239 89 96%
Mechanical Engineering 104 85% / 15% 6% $87,507 88 99%
Computer Science 45 89% / 11% 4% $94,047 92
Human Computer Interaction 12 50% / 50% 0% $79,178 80
Software Engineering 26 85% / 15% 4% $99,744 95 95%
Nursing 87 15% / 85% 2% $78,832 80 95%
Accounting 1 0% / 100% 0% $86,247 87
Actuarial Science 15 67% / 33% 0% $86,723 87
Business Administration 5 60% / 40% 80% $84,819 85 100%
Finance 2 100% / 0% 0% $86,734 87
Marketing 3 67% / 33% 0% $83,649 85
Supply Chain Management 4 100% / 0% 100% $84,819 85 100%
Technical Sales 1 100% / 0% 0% $84,152 85
Construction Management 17 71% / 29% 6% $90,385 90 100%