Admissions & selectivity
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh?
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s reported acceptance rate is 86.5%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 86.5%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh admitted 86.5% of applicants, placing its published admission outcome slightly above the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh students report?
For University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, the available ACT figures provide a reference point for the academic profile of recent enrollees. Applicants should compare their own ACT score with the university's 18 to 25 range, which covers the middle half of enrolled students who submitted scores.
It is not a minimum for admission, and scores beyond its endpoints also appear among enrolled score submitters. The range describes the central portion of reported ACT scores rather than a cutoff or an individual admission forecast, giving applicants context for submitted scores in the entering class.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- 25th percentile
- 18
- 75th percentile
- 25
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 16.1%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 18.5%
- First-year retention
- 69.3%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh enrolls 6,877 undergraduates, and its attendance pattern includes both Pell Grant recipients and transfer entrants. Pell Grant recipients account for 16.1% of undergraduates, a financial-access measure, while an estimated 18.5% of undergraduates entered as transfers or part-time students.
The mix points to an undergraduate body that includes people using federal grant aid and others continuing college after prior enrollment. Financial aid and prior coursework are relevant considerations for these applicant groups.
At University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, six-year completion is less common than returning for a second year, and both outcomes sit below comparable-institution medians. For the first-time full-time cohort, the six-year graduation rate is 46.1%, compared with the peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), of 49.1%.
The first-year retention rate for full-time bachelor’s-seeking newcomers is 69.3%, versus a peer median of 73.7%. Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort have a six-year completion rate of 56.3%, above the overall graduation rate by 10.2 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect retention and completion to describe different points in the path through college.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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