The UW System has identified accountability measures in the areas of Administrative Management, Educational Performance, Financial Management, and Research and Economic Development, in accordance with 2015 Wisconsin Act 55.
Educational Performance measures include graduates rates, equity gaps, and degrees conferred.
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Technical Notes
Graduation rates
Graduation rates are reported for new freshmen entering full-time at UW four-year campuses and graduating with a bachelor’s degree from the same UW institution or from any UW institution. Beginning with fall 2013 cohort, six-year graduation at same UW includes graduation at the four-year campus and its affiliated two-year campus(es). Beginning with fall 2015 cohort, four-year graduation at same UW includes graduation at the four-year campus and its affiliated two-year campus(es). The UW System also graduates additional students who enter four-year campuses as part-time new freshmen or as new transfer students from the two-year campuses and from non-UW institutions.
Gaps in six-year graduation rates
Underrepresented minority (URM) students include those who indicated African American, American Indian, Hispanic/Latino(a), or Southeast Asian alone or in combination with other race/ethnicities. Non-URM students include students identifying as White, other Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or any combination of these three race/ethnicities. International students are not included.
Pell Grant recipients include students receiving a Pell Grant in the freshman year. All other students are classified as non-Pell. Pell Grant data are available beginning in 1977.
To protect student privacy, rates are not shown when 5 or fewer students were graduated.
Degrees conferred
Degrees are reported by level: Associate, Bachelor’s, and Graduate/Professional.
