The University of Wisconsin-Madison is Wisconsin's comprehensive teaching and research university with a statewide, national, and international mission, offering programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels in a wide range of fields, while engaging in extensive scholarly research, continuing adult education, and public service. The primary purpose of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is to provide a learning environment in which faculty, staff, and students can discover, examine critically, preserve, and transmit the knowledge, wisdom, and values that will help ensure the survival of this and future generations and improve the quality of life for all. The University seeks to help students to develop an understanding and appreciation for the complex cultural and physical worlds in which they live and to realize their highest potential of intellectual, physical, and human development. It also seeks to attract and serve students from diverse social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds and to be sensitive and responsive to those groups which have been underserved by higher education.
Admission Considerations:
Secondary school GPA (Required), Secondary school rank (Required), Secondary school record (Required), Completion of college-prepatory program (Required), Recommendations (Recommended), Formal demonstration of competencies (Recommended), Admission test scores (Required), TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) (Required)
Test Scores (2006) :
25th Percentile
75th Percentile
SAT Critical Reading
560
670
SAT Math
600
700
SAT Writing
ACT Composite
26
30
ACT English
25
30
ACT Math
25
30
Notes:
25th Percentile = 25% of students scored at or below
75th Percentile = 25% of students scored above
Tuition and Fees :
Undergraduate Academic Year Cost:
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
Tuition and fees (in-state)
$6,280
$6,726
$7,185
Tuition and fees (out-of-state)
$20,280
$20,726
$21,435
Books and supplies
$860
$890
$930
Room and board (on campus)
$5,730
$6,180
$6,650
Room and board (off campus)
$6,500
$6,920
$7,390
Financial Aid Information:
Financial Aid Office Phone: (608) 262-3060
Percentage of students receiving any financial aid: 62%
Average amount of types of financial aid received from:
Federal Grants: $4,408
State/Local Grants: $2,237
Institutional Grants: $2,618
Student Loans: $5,260
