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# University of Wisconsin-Parkside Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at University of Wisconsin-Parkside?

University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s reported acceptance rate is 75.4%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
75.4%

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.

First-year applicants and admitted students · CDS 2024-25

**Applicants**
2,048

**Admitted**
1,997

Source: University of Wisconsin-Parkside Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside admits 75.4% of applicants, a rate that sits below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 2,048 first-year applicants and 1,997 admitted applicants.

## What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled University of Wisconsin-Parkside students report?

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.11 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students. The figure is an average of those who reported, not a minimum for admission.

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters scored from 17 to 25, and they made up 29% of the entering class. The 4% who submitted SAT scores had a middle-half range of 1020 to 1230.

Among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 13% finished in the highest tenth of their high-school class and 27% in the highest quarter.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

**4% of entering students submitted SAT scores**

SAT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
1020

**Median**
1130

**75th percentile**
1230

CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

**29% of entering students submitted ACT scores**

ACT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
17

**Median**
21

**75th percentile**
25

CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Source: University of Wisconsin-Parkside Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.

## Who enrolls at University of Wisconsin-Parkside?

**Pell Grant recipients**
35.0%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
42.8%

**First-year retention**
68.7%

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.

The university reported 525 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 515 admitted, and 330 enrolled in its 2024-25 Common Data Set. An estimated 42.8% of the undergraduate body arrives as transfers or part-time students.

Many of these students enter after prior college work elsewhere. 35.0% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and the campus enrolls 2,844 undergraduates overall.

The student body therefore includes both federal grant recipients and students arriving from other colleges.

The completion picture at University of Wisconsin-Parkside is mixed. Retention and graduation rates trail the peer medians, but Pell recipients finish at the same rate as the entering cohort as a whole.

For full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants, 68.7% return for a second year. The median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is 73.7%.

The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 40.4%, below the peer median of 49.1%. Pell recipients in the same cohort complete at 40.4%, which is 0.0 percentage points from the overall rate.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).