University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 67 Title IV programs, 18 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 47 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing18 · 26.9%
- No Data47 · 70.1%
- Failing2 · 3.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Action history · 2
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Sep 2013Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,388 students received $7.6M in Pell grants, alongside $12.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,168 borrowers who entered repayment, 25 (2.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at UWP
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 8
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
- Public property1
Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
UWP vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UWP selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Wisconsin-Parkside | 40% | — | 3,925 | $11,772 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
| 57% | 81.7% | 5,243 | $14,054 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 42% | 93.0% | 2,833 | $12,220 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 57% | 91.8% | 8,233 | $14,559 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 65% | 82.3% | 10,049 | $16,550 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 53% | 88.6% | 11,174 | $13,369 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| Peer group median | 55% | 88.6% | 6,738 | $13,712 |
Institutions like UWP
Explore the federal data for institutions in UWP's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsWisconsin
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Grad rate57%Admit rate81.7%Enrollment5,243Net price$14,054View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsWisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Superior
Grad rate42%Admit rate93.0%Enrollment2,833Net price$12,220View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsWisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Grad rate57%Admit rate91.8%Enrollment8,233Net price$14,559View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsWisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Grad rate65%Admit rate82.3%Enrollment10,049Net price$16,550View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsWisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Grad rate53%Admit rate88.6%Enrollment11,174Net price$13,369View data
Campuses
The 1 campus that make up University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
UWP Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The office provides timely and reliable data, analysis, and research to support evidence-based decision-making aimed at improving student success and operational excellence.
Visit IR office page- Han ZhangAcademic Assessment Analyst
Common Data Set
UWP's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $18,259 (2020-2021).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $18,259 → about $11,917 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($6,342); 61% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H10% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H570% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $29,551 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 45%; first-year retention 72%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 5 pts below the overall rate (40% vs 45%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I343% of classes have under 20 students; 6% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~15% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B22% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B13,938 undergraduates and 482 graduate students.
Source publications
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