University of Wisconsin-Madison

General Information

Name: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Address: 500 Lincoln Dr, Madison, WI 53706-1380
Phone:

• General information: (608) 262-1234
• Financial aid office: (608) 262-3060
• Admissions office: (608) 262-3961

Website: www.wisc.edu
Type of Institution: Public, 4-year or above
Religious affiliation: None

Financial Aid Recipients

Percentage of Students Who Receive Aid:
• Any form of aid: 64%
• Federal grants: 12%
• State/local grants: 37%
• Institutional grants: 27%
• Student loans: 37%

Average Amount of Aid Received:
• Federal grants:$3395
• State/local grants:$2459
• Institutional grants:$3556
• Student loans:$4755

Enrollment

Characteristics of undergraduate students

White non-hispanic: 85%
Black non-hispanic: 3%
Hispanic: 3%
Asian/pacific islander: 5%
American indian/alaska native: 1%
Other: 4%

Degrees offered

Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences
• Agricultural Business and Management, General - Bachelor
  
• Agricultural Business and Management, Other - Bachelor
  
• Agricultural Communication/Journalism - Bachelor, Master
  
• Agricultural Economics - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Agronomy and Crop Science - Bachelor, Master
  
• Animal Sciences, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Dairy Science - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Food Science - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Horticultural Science - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Poultry Science - Bachelor
  
• Soil Science and Agronomy, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Architecture and Related Services
• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning - Master
  
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) - Bachelor, Master

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• African-American/Black Studies - Bachelor, Master
  
• Area Studies, Other - Master
  
• Asian Studies/Civilization - Bachelor
  
• Latin American Studies - Bachelor, Master
  
• Scandinavian Studies - Bachelor, Master
  
• South Asian Studies - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Southeast Asian Studies - Master
  
• Women's Studies - Bachelor

Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biochemistry - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other - Master, Doctor
  
• Biology/Biological Sciences, General - Bachelor
  
• Biophysics - Doctor
  
• Biotechnology - Master
  
• Botany/Plant Biology - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Conservation Biology - Bachelor
  
• Endocrinology - Master, Doctor
  
• Entomology - Bachelor, Master
  
• Environmental Toxicology - Doctor
  
• Genetics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Human/Medical Genetics - Master
  
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology - Bachelor, Master
  
• Microbiology, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Molecular Biochemistry - Master, Doctor
  
• Molecular Biology - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Oncology and Cancer Biology - Master, Doctor
  
• Pathology/Experimental Pathology - Doctor
  
• Pharmacology - Master, Doctor
  
• Pharmacology and Toxicology - Bachelor
  
• Physiology, General - Master, Doctor
  
• Plant Genetics - Master, Doctor
  
• Plant Pathology/Phytopathology - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Zoology/Animal Biology - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Business, Management, Marketing, & Related Support Services
• Accounting - Bachelor, Master
  
• Actuarial Science - Bachelor, Master
  
• Business Administration and Management, General - Bachelor, Master
  
• Business/Commerce, General - Master, Doctor
  
• Finance, General - Bachelor, Master
  
• Insurance - Bachelor, Master
  
• International Business/Trade/Commerce - Bachelor
  
• Labor Studies - Master, Doctor
  
• Management Information Systems, General - Bachelor, Master
  
• Marketing/Marketing Management, General - Bachelor, Master
  
• Operations Management and Supervision - Bachelor, Master
  
• Real Estate - Bachelor, Master
  
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General - Master

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Journalism - Bachelor, Master
  
• Mass Communication/Media Studies - Doctor

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Computer and Information Sciences, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Education
• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching - Master, Doctor
  
• Agricultural Teacher Education - Bachelor
  
• Art Teacher Education - Bachelor, Master
  
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services - Master, Doctor
  
• Curriculum and Instruction - Master, Doctor
  
• Education, Other - Doctor
  
• Educational Leadership and Administration, General - Master, Doctor
  
• Elementary Education and Teaching - Bachelor
  
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education - Bachelor
  
• Music Teacher Education - Bachelor, Master
  
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education - Bachelor
  
• Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education - Master, Doctor
  
• Social Studies Teacher Education - Bachelor
  
• Special Education and Teaching, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Engineering
• Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Chemical Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Civil Engineering, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Computer Engineering, General - Bachelor
  
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Engineering Mechanics - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Engineering, General - Master
  
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering - Master, Doctor
  
• Geological/Geophysical Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Industrial Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Materials Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Mechanical Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Metallurgical Engineering - Master
  
• Nuclear Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Systems Engineering - Master
  
• Water Resources Engineering - Master, Doctor

English Language and Literature/Letters
• Creative Writing - Master
  
• English Language and Literature, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Apparel and Textile Manufacture - Bachelor
  
• Consumer Economics - Bachelor
  
• Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management - Bachelor
  
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communication - Bachelor, Master
  
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Human Development and Family Studies, General - Bachelor

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics - Bachelor, Master
  
• Chinese Language and Literature - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General - Bachelor, Master
  
• Comparative Literature - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• French Language and Literature - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Hebrew Language and Literature - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Italian Language and Literature - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Japanese Language and Literature - Bachelor, Master
  
• Latin Language and Literature - Bachelor
  
• Linguistics - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Polish Language and Literature - Bachelor
  
• Portuguese Language and Literature - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Russian Language and Literature - Bachelor
  
• Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General - Master, Doctor
  
• Spanish Language and Literature - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences - Master
  
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist - Bachelor
  
• Community Health and Preventive Medicine - Master, Doctor
  
• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD) - Bachelor
  
• Health/Health Care Administration/Management - Master
  
• Medicine (MD) - First Professional
  
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Occupational Therapy/Therapist - Bachelor
  
• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD) - Master, Doctor
  
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada]) - First Professional
  
• Pharmacy Administration/Policy/Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD) - Master, Doctor
  
• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other - Master
  
• Physical Therapy/Therapist - Master
  
• Physician Assistant - Bachelor
  
• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies - Bachelor
  
• Veterinary Medicine (DVM) - First Professional
  
• Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sci, Gen (Cert,MS,PhD) - Master, Doctor
  
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

History
• History and Philosophy of Science and Technology - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• History, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Legal Professions and Studies
• Law (LL.B.,J.D.) - First Professional
  
• Legal Studies, General - Bachelor, Master

Library Science
• Library Science/Librarianship - Master, Doctor

Mathematics and Statistics
• Applied Mathematics - Bachelor
  
• Mathematics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Statistics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• International/Global Studies - Bachelor
  
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other - Bachelor, Doctor
  
• Neuroscience - Master, Doctor
  
• Nutrition Sciences - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Natural Resources and Conservation
• Forest Sciences and Biology - Bachelor
  
• Forestry, General - Master, Doctor
  
• Land Use Planning and Management/Development - Master, Doctor
  
• Natural Resources/Conservation, General - Master
  
• Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management - Master
  
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Parks, Recreation, Leisure and Fitness Studies
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management - Bachelor

Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Jewish/Judaic Studies - Bachelor
  
• Philosophy - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Religion/Religious Studies - Bachelor

Physical Sciences
• Astronomy - Master, Doctor
  
• Astrophysics - Bachelor
  
• Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Chemistry, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Geology/Earth Science, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Geophysics and Seismology - Master
  
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical - Master, Doctor
  
• Physics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Psychology
• Educational Psychology - Master, Doctor
  
• Psychology, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Public Administration and Social Service Professions
• Public Policy Analysis - Master
  
• Social Work - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Social Sciences
• Anthropology - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Cartography - Bachelor, Master
  
• Development Economics and International Development - Doctor
  
• Economics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Geography - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• International Relations and Affairs - Master
  
• Political Science and Government, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Sociology - Bachelor, Master, Doctor

Visual and Performing Arts
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Art/Art Studies, General - Bachelor, Master
  
• Arts Management - Master
  
• Dance, General - Bachelor
  
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  
• Interior Design - Bachelor
  
• Music History, Literature, and Theory - Master
  
• Music Performance, General - Bachelor, Master
  
• Music Theory and Composition - Master
  
• Music, General - Bachelor, Doctor
  
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology - Master