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# University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s reported acceptance rate is 85.7%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
85.7%

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

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater admits 85.7% of applicants, a rate that sits close to the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The university is open to most students who apply, and the admission rate reflects that broad-access mission.

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

The middle half of enrolled students who submitted ACT scores scored between 17 and 24. These are the twenty-fifth and seventy-fifth percentiles among recent score submitters, not a minimum for admission.

Applicants can compare their own results with the university's 17 to 24 range. The figures describe enrolled students who chose to submit scores, not a required threshold. The range offers one way to see where recent score submitters landed.

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

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
17

**75th percentile**
24

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater?

**Pell Grant recipients**
25.2%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
23.7%

**First-year retention**
78.0%

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-Whitewater enrolls 9,405 undergraduates, with 25.2% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 23.7% entering as transfers or part-time students. The student body is shaped by two sizable entry points: a quarter of undergraduates use federal grant aid, and nearly another quarter arrive after starting coursework elsewhere.

That mix suggests a campus where the traditional first-time, full-time path is common but not the only route.

Of full-time students who start at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 78.0% return for a second year and 58.9% finish a bachelor's degree within six years. Both figures run above the peer medians of 73.7% and 49.1% for comparable institutions.

Pell Grant recipients in the same entering cohort complete at a rate of 63.9%, which is 5.0 percentage points above the overall six-year rate. The university graduates its Pell students at a higher clip than the cohort as a whole.

Enrolled students can expect persistence and completion rates that clear the peer benchmarks, and the Pell completion figure suggests the outcome holds for students who arrive with federal grant aid.

## 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/).