Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 16,762 undergraduate students. 268 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
UNITID 240453 · OPEID 003896 · IPEDS HDVINTAGE · COLLEGE SCORECARD · 2025-05 · HISTORY 1996–2024
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at UW-Milwaukee
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.8% → 0.0%).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+36%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee rose 36% between 2021 and 2024 (22.5% → 30.7%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Wisconsin
Each tile compares this institution to the Wisconsin median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$54,990+20% · 6→10y
Wisconsin median $46,297
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$45,851
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
51.2%+22% · '97→'24
Wisconsin median 58.4%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$15,250+347% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
16,762+10% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
72.1%-0% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
88.4%+0% · '01→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$10,020+176% · '00→'24
out-of-state $22,020
SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.7%
0%8% · GE20%+
Median federal debt $15,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $54,990 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
UNDERGRAD · 1996–202416,758
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997–202449.3%
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997–2020$23,000
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 150% · 1997→2024+22%
UW-Milwaukee · completion · 150% rose
40.3% → 49.3%
COMPLETION · 100% · 1997→2024+194%
UW-Milwaukee · completion · 100% rose
10.4% → 30.7%
IN-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+176%
UW-Milwaukee · in-state tuition rose
$3,761 → $10,398
OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+70%
UW-Milwaukee · out-of-state tuition rose
$13,209 → $22,398
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997→2020+347%
UW-Milwaukee · median debt rose
$5,147 → $23,000
COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 2011→2024-100%
UW-Milwaukee · cohort default rate fell
5.7% → 0.0%
PELL SHARE · 2008→2024+46%
UW-Milwaukee · pell share rose
22.4% → 32.8%
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 2007→2020+26%
UW-Milwaukee · earnings_median_10yr rose
$43,700 → $54,990
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 2005→2020+25%
UW-Milwaukee · earnings_median_8yr rose
$40,700 → $50,789
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 2003→2020+24%
UW-Milwaukee · earnings_median_6yr rose
$36,900 → $45,851
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$485,930
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
Cost per year
$15,762
HS-only baseline · WI
$37,100
Years to complete
4
CIP family
52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Wisconsin
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
“UW-Milwaukee graduates earn $X” — not “UW-Milwaukee makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending UW-Milwaukee caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.