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University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin·Public, 4-year or above·Great Lakes·uwrf.edu
6-yr Graduation
57%
+2.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Total enrollment
5,243
peer median 6,738
Avg net price
$14,054
+$343 vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
5,519
5,519 candidates competed
Admitted
4,510
81.7% acceptance rate
Enrolled
1,133
25.1% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
57%+2.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
4-year graduation
42%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
57%
Full-time retention
76%

Pell equity

12.4pp gap
Pell recipients
48%175 of 362
Non-Pell (all)
60%562 of 931
Subsidized loan, no Pell
55%128 of 233
No Federal Aid
62%434 of 698

Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.4-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.

FVT/GE

Of 77 Title IV programs, 27 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 50 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
77
Passing
27
35.1% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

77programs
  • Passing27 · 35.1%
  • No Data50 · 64.9%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
2
Watch
2
Safe
23
No data
50

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.

27
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+3.9%
$62,481 vs $60,112
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Master's Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+9.6%
$56,497 vs $51,545
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+17.0%
$54,263 vs $46,391
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+19.8%
$41,705 vs $34,808
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+31.4%
$45,741 vs $34,808
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+32.2%
$46,004 vs $34,808
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
+35.2%
$62,733 vs $46,391
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+37.6%
$47,891 vs $34,808

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+3.9%
+$2,369

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

26
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
66%
$40,945 debt · $62,481 earn
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
62%
$25,725 debt · $41,705 earn
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
52%
$27,000 debt · $51,694 earn
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
52%
$23,708 debt · $45,741 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
52%
$28,032 debt · $54,263 earn
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
51%
$32,200 debt · $62,733 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
46%
$21,188 debt · $46,004 earn
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
Bachelor Degree · Natural Resources And Conservation
45%
$23,035 debt · $50,797 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1935Next review Aug 2029

Programmatic accreditations · 4

Action history · 5

  1. May 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education · Montessori Education (MACTE) - Montessori teacher education programs and institutions
  2. Jul 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
  3. Mar 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education
  4. Jan 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  5. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$8,472
$30–48k$9,014
$48–75k$10,796
$75–110k$16,578
$110k+$18,234

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$14,054
+$343vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs median $13,712
Federal loans
43.0%
In-state tuition
$9,008
Out-of-state
$17,470

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,206 students received $6.4M in Pell grants, alongside $16.6M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,206
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$6.4M
$6,427,587 total
Direct Loans
$16.6M
3,266 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$4.3M
1,160 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$7.3M
1,736 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$2.7M
174 loan awards
Parent PLUS$2.1M
182 loan awards
Grad PLUS$107K
14 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,560 borrowers who entered repayment, 24 (1.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.5%
-0.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,560
Defaulted
24
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.9%
2017
2.7%
2018
3.0%
2019
1.5%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at UWRF

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs68
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,021 total completions
01Education
24323.8%
02Agriculture
18918.5%
03Business
17817.4%
04Biological Sciences
777.5%
05Communication
747.2%
06Psychology
727.1%
07Social Sciences
676.6%
08Health Professions
494.8%
09Computer Sciences
424.1%
10Visual/Performing Arts
302.9%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
5,243
12-mo unduplicated
5,910
Undergraduate
5,395
Graduate
515

Gender split

Men
38%2,236
Women
62%3,674

Race / ethnicity composition

White
85.4%
Hispanic
5.0%
Two or more
2.4%
Asian
2.4%
Black
2.1%
Unknown
1.3%
Non-resident
0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
568
361 M · 207 W
Women athletes
36.4%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$4.9M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$22K
$10K
Head-coach salaries
$53K
$40K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 11

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
125 M · 107 W
$380K
Football
121 M · —
$618K
Soccer
30 M · 31 W
$353K
Ice Hockey
30 M · 25 W
$532K
Baseball
53 M · —
$351K
Basketball
22 M · 20 W
$344K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
4.15
21 offenses · 5,064 students

3-year trend

2.972 yrs ago1.541 yr ago4.15Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
45
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
37
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
4

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
14
Fondling
4
Burglary
3

By location

21total
  • On campus21

Includes 20 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

1
Domestic violence
12
Dating violence
7
Stalking
20 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs117
Liquor087

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
19.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
194

UWRF vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions UWRF selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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-River Falls
57%—5,243$14,054Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
40%75.4%3,925$11,772Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
57%91.8%8,233$14,559Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Wisconsin-Superior
42%93.0%2,833$12,220Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
65%82.3%10,049$16,550Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
53%88.6%11,174$13,369Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Peer group median55%88.6%6,738$13,712

Institutions like UWRF

Explore the federal data for institutions in UWRF's comparison group.

IPEDS

UWRF Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research
Email
ir [at] uwrf.edu
Phone
715-425-4481
Address
410 S. 3rd Street, River Falls WI 54022

The Institutional Research department implements research methodologies to collect and analyze information for university decision making, provides information upon request to various clienteles, and proactively educates the campus on the functions of the UWRF IR office.

Visit IR office page
Team
1 member
  • Tracy King
    Director of Institutional Research

Frequently asked questions about University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about UWRF.

What is the graduation rate at University of Wisconsin-River Falls?

University of Wisconsin-River Falls reports a 6-year graduation rate of 57% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend University of Wisconsin-River Falls?

University of Wisconsin-River Falls reports a total enrollment of 5,243 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at University of Wisconsin-River Falls?

The average net price at University of Wisconsin-River Falls is $14,054 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at University of Wisconsin-River Falls?

University of Wisconsin-River Falls's yield rate is 25.1%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is University of Wisconsin-River Falls located?

University of Wisconsin-River Falls is located in River Falls, Wisconsin 54022-5001.

Who runs Institutional Research at University of Wisconsin-River Falls?

University of Wisconsin-River Falls's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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