University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 250,000

Weather

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 6,195
Men / Women 43% / 57%
From State 88%
From Region 9%
Athletes 694 (11.7%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 78%
Hispanic 7%
Asian 4%
Black 3%
Mixed 3%
International 3%
Native American 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Business 216 65% 88% 1% 1% 6% 0% $84,861 83 +0.06 90 98%
Accounting 19 +10 58% 89% 0% 0% 11% 0% $100,976 81 +0.90 97 100% — — — —
Business Administration 34 +2 71% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $81,483 71 +0.20 88 99% — — — —
Finance 53 +16 77% 83% 2% 4% 8% 2% $84,535 32 -0.50 90 96% — — — —
Human Resources Development 22 +3 5% 91% 0% 0% 5% 0% $80,489 65 +0.32 88 97% — — — —
Management Information Systems 17 — 82% 76% 6% 0% 12% 0% $98,271 67 +0.33 96 94% — — — —
Marketing 45 +4 73% 91% 0% 0% 4% 0% $80,018 62 +0.19 88 100% — — — —
Operations Management 15 +2 73% 93% 0% 7% 0% 0% $81,483 30 -0.63 88 99% — — — —
Organizational Leadership 11 — 45% 73% 0% 0% 9% 0% $81,483 78 +0.40 88 99% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Education and Human Services 256 23% 88% 3% 2% 4% 0% $56,015 3 -0.12 55 98%
Rehabilitation Science 46 +1 28% 91% 0% 2% 4% 0% $67,027 40 -0.21 75 — — — — —
Human Services 33 — 12% 79% 6% 3% 12% 0% $56,362 70 +0.37 56 — — — — —
Social Work 29 — 14% 76% 10% 10% 3% 0% $56,657 72 +0.40 57 100% — — — —
Elementary Education 70 +8 7% 94% 1% 0% 1% 0% $50,017 35 -0.34 39 94% — — — —
Physical Education 29 — 72% 86% 3% 3% 3% 0% $56,255 48 -0.18 56 100% — — — —
Science Teacher Education 4 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,255 53 -0.14 56 100% — — — —
Social Science Teacher Education 15 +1 33% 87% 0% 0% 7% 0% $56,255 64 +0.12 56 100% — — — —
Special Education 27 +9 7% 89% 4% 0% 0% 0% $51,241 27 -0.70 43 99% — — — —
Teaching English as a Second Language — — — — — — — — $56,094 62 +0.09 55 — — — — —
Technology Teacher Education — — — — — — — — $56,255 53 -0.14 56 100% — — — —
Music Education 3 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,255 92 +1.02 56 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Letters and Science 642 46% 80% 4% 3% 6% 1% $65,116 27 +0.06 73 97% 6.3%
Computer Science 24 — 83% 79% 4% 4% 4% 4% $107,319 33 -0.52 98 — — — — —
Computer Science and Engineering 3 — 33% 67% 33% 0% 0% 0% $104,157 28 -0.61 98 — — — — —
Web and Digital Media Management 6 +1 67% 50% 33% 0% 17% 0% $71,730 39 -0.47 81 96% — — — —
Chemistry 6 — 50% 83% 0% 0% 0% 0% $67,193 30 -0.42 76 — — — — —
Geosciences 8 — 25% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,668 50 -0.13 70 100% — — — —
Mathematics 13 — 31% 92% 0% 0% 8% 0% $69,015 28 -0.62 78 — — — — —
Physics 6 — 100% 67% 0% 0% 17% 0% $82,360 49 -0.09 89 — — — — —
Biology 59 +4 41% 75% 8% 2% 5% 2% $66,155 50 -0.03 74 98% — — — —
Microbiology 3 +1 67% 67% 33% 0% 0% 0% $69,841 38 -0.06 79 — — — — —
Environmental Studies 21 — 29% 86% 5% 0% 0% 0% $51,976 18 -0.84 45 97% — — — —
Environmental Health 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $68,877 56 +0.03 78 — — — — —
Exercise Science 21 — 76% 76% 5% 0% 10% 0% $61,807 51 +0.00 67 — — — — —
Advertising 2 +1 100% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% $62,697 10 -1.16 69 100% — — — —
Economics 18 +10 89% 89% 0% 0% 0% 6% $97,143 62 -0.03 96 100% — — — —
English 21 — 24% 90% 5% 0% 0% 0% $49,157 35 -0.40 37 96% — — — —
French 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,824 50 -0.11 57 96% — — — —
History 11 +1 64% 82% 0% 0% 9% 0% $63,601 85 +0.65 70 95% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 35 — 57% 94% 0% 0% 0% 0% $60,966 76 +0.35 66 — — — — —
Japanese Studies 7 — 43% 86% 14% 0% 0% 0% $56,707 49 -0.20 57 — — — — —
Liberal Studies 8 — 38% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% $68,409 92 +1.06 77 96% 6.3% — — —
Philosophy 3 +1 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $57,102 42 -0.33 58 — — — — —
Spanish 9 — 44% 67% 0% 0% 22% 0% $56,824 50 -0.11 57 96% — — — —
Women's Studies 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,780 51 -0.06 55 — — — — —
Anthropology 14 +2 29% 86% 7% 0% 0% 0% $59,506 71 +0.24 63 — — — — —
Communication Studies 30 +1 37% 63% 7% 17% 7% 0% $63,703 59 +0.17 70 97% — — — —
Geography 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,183 48 -0.11 66 — — — — —
International Studies 3 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,820 22 -0.57 67 — — — — —
Journalism 6 +1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,415 34 -0.44 61 98% — — — —
Political Science 15 — 40% 80% 0% 13% 7% 0% $61,670 21 -0.78 67 93% — — — —
Psychology 77 +4 22% 73% 5% 6% 9% 1% $56,429 62 +0.21 56 96% — — — —
Public Relations and Advertising 20 +1 20% 75% 0% 5% 10% 0% $62,697 24 -0.82 69 100% — — — —
Radio and Television 32 +2 75% 84% 0% 0% 9% 0% $52,459 17 -0.88 46 93% — — — —
Sociology 14 — 43% 79% 0% 0% 7% 0% $58,383 66 +0.14 61 — — — — —
Drama and Theatre Arts 5 +1 80% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $43,994 56 +0.12 23 — — — — —
Fine Arts 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $45,802 47 -0.11 28 93% — — — —
Music 9 — 67% 78% 11% 0% 0% 0% $48,048 55 +0.14 34 — — — — —
Studio Art 29 — 3% 86% 7% 0% 3% 0% $45,802 47 -0.11 28 93% — — — —
Criminal Justice 55 +4 49% 69% 2% 9% 11% 0% $72,972 97 +1.80 82 99% — — — —
Electrical Engineering Technology 13 +1 100% 85% 8% 0% 8% 0% $88,967 45 +0.02 93 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering Technology 2 — 100% 0% 50% 0% 50% 0% $87,492 37 -0.10 92 — — — — —
Fire Services Administration 13 — 77% 92% 0% 0% 0% 0% $86,041 86 +0.78 91 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering Technology 11 — 82% 91% 0% 0% 9% 0% $89,520 47 +0.07 93 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Nursing 307 14% 88% 4% 0% 5% 0% $84,037 82 -0.65 90 99% 4.1%
Clinical Laboratory Science 5 +1 40% 60% 20% 0% 0% 0% $72,773 29 -0.44 82 — — — — —
Nursing 274 — 14% 89% 4% 0% 4% 0% $86,396 28 -0.58 91 99% 4.1% — — —
Radiation Therapy 28 — 11% 82% 7% 0% 11% 0% $62,968 5 -1.40 69 100% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,964
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $17,496
Est. In-State Cost $11,596
Est. Out-of-State Cost $22,633
ROI Percentile 79th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 69%
4-Year Graduation Rate 27%
6-Year Graduation Rate 46%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

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 White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Health Sciences 26.5% 377 19% 88% 4% 1% 5% 0% $80,603 65 -0.56 88 99% 4.1%
Social Sciences 19.3% 274 29% 77% 4% 6% 8% 0% $57,899 48 -0.04 59 96% —
Business & Economics 16.6% 236 67% 88% 1% 1% 5% 1% $85,610 63 +0.05 91 98% —
Education 10.2% 145 26% 91% 2% 1% 2% 0% $52,310 41 -0.32 45 97% —
Humanities 6.9% 98 47% 89% 2% 0% 3% 0% $58,346 68 +0.16 60 95% 6.3%
Professional 6.6% 94 65% 76% 3% 5% 10% 0% $79,237 75 +1.17 87 99% —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.4% 62 42% 74% 10% 2% 5% 2% $66,333 43 -0.04 74 98% —
Arts 3.4% 48 23% 88% 6% 0% 2% 0% $46,688 26 +0.03 30 94% —
Computer Science 2.3% 33 76% 73% 12% 3% 6% 3% $100,561 33 -0.51 97 96% —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.3% 33 45% 85% 0% 0% 6% 0% $69,814 26 -0.37 79 100% —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.5% 21 29% 86% 5% 0% 0% 0% $51,976 15 -0.84 45 97% —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences $1.4M #292 72% $0.1M — — — —
Education $0.6M #280 96% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.6M #311 24% $0.1M — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.4M #400 28% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.2M #512 40% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.1M #337 0% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.0M #270 32% $0.0M — — — —
Health Sciences $0.0M #392 0% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.0M #518 0% $0 — — — —
Total $3.4M #433 57% $0.2M — — — —

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.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 175 $239K $310K -$71K
Football 131 $927K $756K $171K
Baseball 44 $489K $343K $145K
Basketball 23 $410K $400K $9K
Swimming & Diving 19 $99K $140K -$41K
Wrestling 18 $73K $143K -$69K
Total 395 $2.2M $2.1M $145K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 149 $289K $299K -$10K
Soccer 26 $198K $283K -$84K
Volleyball 24 $486K $312K $174K
Gymnastics 23 $236K $302K -$65K
Softball 22 $219K $232K -$13K
Swimming & Diving 21 $98K $141K -$43K
Basketball 18 $278K $287K -$8K
Wrestling 15 $47K $96K -$49K
Tennis 14 $59K $92K -$33K
Golf 9 $86K $90K -$3K
Total 299 $2.0M $2.1M -$137K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 324 $529K $610K -$81K
Football 131 $927K $756K $171K
Baseball 44 $489K $343K $145K
Basketball 41 $689K $688K $1K
Swimming & Diving 40 $197K $281K -$84K
Wrestling 33 $121K $239K -$118K
Soccer 26 $198K $283K -$84K
Volleyball 24 $486K $312K $174K
Gymnastics 23 $236K $302K -$65K
Softball 22 $219K $232K -$13K
Tennis 14 $59K $92K -$33K
Golf 9 $86K $90K -$3K
Total 694 $5.8M $5.1M $689K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 90%
Yield (non-ED) 21%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 90% 90% 90%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 30%
SAT Range 920 – 1170
SAT Math Range 450 – 580
SAT RW Range 470 – 590