University Of Wisconsin-Madison

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

The University of Wisconsin-Madison, or UW-Madison, is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. The university's roots lay in a clause in the Wisconsin Constitution decreeing that the state should have a prominent public university. In 1848, Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin's first governor, signed the act that formally created the university.

The university became a land-grant institution in 1866. It is the oldest and largest campus and the flagship school in the University of Wisconsin System, a statewide network of 13 comprehensive universities, 13 freshman-sophomore transfer colleges and an extensive service.

UW-Madison's campus sits on 933 acres of land and has a diverse student population of about 40,000 annually.

The university offers various degrees and programs through the following academic divisions:

• College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
• College of Engineering
• College of Letters and Science
• Division of Continuing Studies
• Division of International Studies
• Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
• Graduate School
• Law School
• Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs
• School of Business, Wisconsin
• School of Education
• School of Human Ecology
• School of Journalism and Mass Communication
• School of Library and Information Studies
• School of Medicine and Public Health
• School of Music
• School of Nursing
• School of Pharmacy
• School of Social Work
• School of Veterinary Medicine

The University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked ninth among public institutions in annual rankings released in the U.S. News and World Report's 2010 edition of America's Best Colleges.

The university also tied for 39th out of 262 national doctoral universities. In 2008, UW-Madison ranked seventh among public universities and tied for 35th among national doctoral institutions.

UW-Madison has more 750 student organizations and clubs. The university's sports teams participate in the NCAA's Division I-A and in the Big Ten Conference. Their official mascot is Bucky Badger.

Among the famous alumni are several Nobel Laureates: John Bardeen, who received two awards in physics; John H. Van Vleck, also in physics; Saul Bellow, in literature; GŸnter Blobel, Herbert Spencer Gasser, Erwin Neher, and Edward Lawrie Tatum, in physiology or medicine; Paul D. Boyer, Alan G. MacDiarmid, and Stanford Moore, in chemistry; and Theodore Schultz, in economics. Notable alumni in sports are Alan Ameche, 1954 Heisman Trophy Winner, NFL player, Baltimore Colts; Cindy Bremser, Olympic athlete, Pan American Games medalist; Cy Buker, retired MLB player, Brooklyn Dodgers; Eddie Cochems, father of the forward pass; Dan Immerfall, Olympic medalist, member of National Speedskating Hall of Fame; and Bud Selig, baseball commissioner.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in science, religion and philosophy, liberal arts, engineering, and mathematics.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

University Of Wisconsin participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 68% of students received financial aid of some sort.

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 41,620 in 2009-2010 (36,680 full-time equivalent).

About 47% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 53% of the class.

Undergrads are 44% of enrolled students and graduate students are 56%.

Students under 25 years old represent 75% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of Wisconsin provides on-campus housing for 8,111 of its 36,680 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Big Ten Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 234 male students received the aid (men were 51% of those receiving aid) and 222 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 49% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

University Of Wisconsin offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (97 awarded)

• Agricultural Business and Management
• Agricultural Communication/Journalism
• Agricultural Economics
• Food Science

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (66 awarded)

• Animal Sciences
• Dairy Science
• Poultry Science

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (41 awarded)

• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (153 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (829 awarded)

• Accounting
• Actuarial Science
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Finance
• Insurance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Labor Studies
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Operations Management and Supervision
• Retailing and Retail Operations
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (154 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (72 awarded)

• Forest Sciences and Biology
• Forestry
• Land Use Planning and Management/Development
• Natural Resources/Conservation
• Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (38 awarded)

• Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (29 awarded)

• Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (59 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (304 awarded)

• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Art Teacher Education
• Bilingual and Multilingual Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (953 awarded)

• Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Engineering Physics
• Engineering
• Geological/Geophysical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Materials Science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Water Resources Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (464 awarded)

• Consumer Economics
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communication
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Public Policy Analysis
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (52 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (43 awarded)

• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Horticultural Science
• Soil Science and Agronomy

LAW (408 awarded)

• Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (2,437 awarded)

• African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• African-American/Black Studies
• Anthropology
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Cartography
• Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• Development Economics and International Development
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Hebrew Language and Literature
• History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Italian Language and Literature
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Polish Language and Literature
• Political Science and Government
• Portuguese Language and Literature
• Russian Language and Literature
• Scandinavian Studies
• Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Sociology
• South Asian Studies
• Southeast Asian Studies
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (162 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (465 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism
• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (21 awarded)

• Community Health and Preventive Medicine
• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (167 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Physician Assistant

MEDICINE (452 awarded)

• Health/Medical Physics
• Medicine (MD)
• Neuroscience
• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
• Pharmacy Administration/Policy/Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD)
• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
• Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
• Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sci, Gen (Cert,MS,PhD)

MUSIC (89 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (232 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (239 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Nutrition Sciences
• Occupational Therapy/Therapist
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (71 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (88 awarded)

• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (1,323 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Astrophysics
• Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biometry/Biometrics
• Biophysics
• Biotechnology
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Chemistry
• Conservation Biology
• Endocrinology
• Entomology
• Environmental Toxicology
• Genetics
• Geology/Earth Science
• Geophysics and Seismology
• Human/Medical Genetics
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biochemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
• Oncology and Cancer Biology
• Pathology/Experimental Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Physics
• Physiology
• Plant Genetics
• Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
• Zoology/Animal Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (370 awarded)

• Educational Psychology
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology