Admissions & selectivity
University of Wisconsin-Stout Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Wisconsin-Stout?
University of Wisconsin-Stout’s reported acceptance rate is 87.7%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 87.7%
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-Stout admitted 87.7% of applicants in the reported cycle, meaning admission was extended to a large share of that year's applicant pool. The figure sits near the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do University of Wisconsin-Stout students report?
Among enrolled students who submitted ACT scores at University of Wisconsin-Stout, the middle half scored between 20 and 27. That range marks the twenty-fifth through seventy-fifth percentiles of recent submitters, not an admission threshold.
Applicants can compare their own ACT results with the university's 20 to 27 span to see where they would sit among enrolled score submitters. These figures describe only students who chose to submit scores, not all students in the entering class.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Wisconsin-Stout. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- 25th percentile
- 20
- 75th percentile
- 27
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at University of Wisconsin-Stout?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 23.9%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 27.8%
- First-year retention
- 78.9%
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.
Students reach University of Wisconsin-Stout through more than one entry route, with transfer enrollment forming a visible part of the undergraduate mix. The university enrolls 5,842 undergraduates; 23.9% receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 27.8% entered after transferring from elsewhere.
These figures describe a public university serving both Pell Grant recipients and students continuing coursework begun at another institution. The Pell and transfer figures point to a campus composition that includes financial-aid recipients as well as students arriving with prior college experience.
For first-time full-time students, University of Wisconsin-Stout posts retention and completion figures above those of comparable institutions. Its first-year retention rate is 78.9%, above the peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), of 73.7%.
The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 54.9%, compared with a peer median of 49.1%. Pell recipients in that cohort have a six-year completion rate of 52.7%, below the overall rate by 2.2 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect most first-year students to return and overall six-year completion to sit above the comparable-institution benchmark. Above-peer retention and graduation rates point in the same direction, even as Pell completion remains below the overall rate.
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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