University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, WI
University of Wisconsin-Stout is a public university in Menomonie, Wisconsin, a town 10 to 35 miles from a city, with 5,842 undergraduates. Computer science and the arts are its signature fields: together they make up 27% of its bachelor's degrees, two and a half times their share across the colleges we cover. 55% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $58,084 ten years after starting.
University of Wisconsin-Stout admitted 5,457 of 6,440 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (84.7%).
- Acceptance rate
- 84.7%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $10,701
- $19,265 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $17,490
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 19–26
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of Wisconsin-Stout is known for
Measured by the 1,412 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Computer science
13.6%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 5.6% share across the colleges we cover.
The arts
13.4%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 4.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations17112.1% of degrees$68,697About the $68,257 national median
- Design and Applied Arts14610.3% of degrees$57,718+12% vs $51,490 nationally
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas795.6% of degrees$56,563+10% vs $51,389 nationally
- Mechanical Engineering795.6% of degrees$87,645−5% vs $92,135 nationally
- Computer Software and Media Applications755.3% of degrees$74,146+26% vs $58,894 nationally
- Computer and Information Sciences664.7% of degrees$82,853−10% vs $92,374 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Town, 10–35 miles from a city
Menomonie, WI
Undergraduates
5,842
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Master's university, larger programs
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
18 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at University of Wisconsin-Stout
Two things University of Wisconsin-Stout published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
39% of the enrolled class sent an ACT.
The ACT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. University of Wisconsin-Stout files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $17,490 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
84.7%
5,457 admitted of 6,440 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
19–26
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
39%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at University of Wisconsin-Stout?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of Wisconsin-Stout costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $10,701 ($19,265 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $22,797. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $17,490 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$10,701
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$19,265
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$22,797
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$17,490
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $22,797 full cost.
- Under $30k$10,966Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$12,229Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$13,164Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$19,528Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$22,028Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
55%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
79%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$58,084
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$23,000
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What University of Wisconsin-Stout says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 26, 2027
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Wisconsin
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Carthage College84.1%
- Ripon College83.9%
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater82.8%
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh86.7%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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