{"id":196,"date":"2025-09-15T17:57:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability-new\/?page_id=196"},"modified":"2026-06-03T08:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:59:25","slug":"economic-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability\/economic-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Economic Development includes research and public service funding, degrees in STEM and health fields, businesses receiving development assistance, and UW alumni outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Measures of performance and success should be viewed through the lens of university context and mission. The Universities of Wisconsin have differences in missions, students served, and resource capacity. All UW universities work to create environments that respond to their unique mission-driven mandates and support their student success goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:85%\"><div id='tableauViz' height='679px'><\/div>\n                <div id='dialog'><\/div><script>jQuery(document).ready(function() {initializeViz('https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/UWAccountability-EconomicDevelopment\/EconomicDevelopment','100%','679px',true,false,'','');});<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Additional Dashboards<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability\/access\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/361\/2025\/09\/key-solid-full.png\" alt=\"Key Icon\" class=\"wp-image-13\" style=\"width:80px\" title=\"Access\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/361\/2025\/09\/key-solid-full.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/361\/2025\/09\/key-solid-full-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/361\/2025\/09\/key-solid-full-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-size:12px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability\/economic-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/361\/2025\/09\/city-solid-full.png\" alt=\"City Icon\" class=\"wp-image-10\" style=\"width:80px\" title=\"Economic Development\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/361\/2025\/09\/city-solid-full.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/361\/2025\/09\/city-solid-full-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/361\/2025\/09\/city-solid-full-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability\/faculty-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/accountability-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/361\/2025\/09\/person-chalkboard-solid-full.png\" alt=\"Person Chalkboard Icon\" class=\"wp-image-14\" style=\"width:80px\" title=\"Faculty &amp; 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Public service expenditures include activities established primarily to provide noninstructional services beneficial to individuals and groups external to the university. Values are not adjusted for inflation. Beginning in fiscal year 2020, university totals include the former UW Extension and UW Colleges. (Due to an IPEDS decision to exclude costs incurred under the UW-Colleges and UW-Extension administrative entities from their survey structure, associated research and public service funding are not reflected in fiscal year 20189 totals.) Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Note: beginning in fiscal year 2010, operation and maintenance expenses were distributed among other expenses and no longer reported as a separate category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degrees in STEM and health fields<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Health fields are defined using the following Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) 2020 areas: Agricultural Sciences (01.0308, 01.80, 01.09, 01.10, 01.11, 01.12), Natural Resources and Conservation (03), Computer Science and Info Systems (11), Engineering (14), Engineering Technology (15), Life\/Biological Science (26), Mathematics and Statistics (27), Multi\/Interdisciplinary Studies (30.01, 30.19, 30.27, 30.30, 30.70, 30.71), Kinesiology (31.0505), Physical Science (40), Science Technologies (41.9999), and Health (51).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UW STEM and health degrees are offered at the bachelor\u2019s and graduate\/professional levels. UW-Platteville did not confer degrees in health programs prior to 2021-22. UW Colleges did not offer a STEM or health degree, but provided the foundation for students interested in STEM or health majors through a certificate program and areas of emphasis in STEM or health-related fields. UW and national proportions are based on bachelor\u2019s and graduate\/professional level degrees. National proportions are based on public four-year institutions. Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Projected employment in STEM and health occupations is available from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Small business development center clients<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Clients are counted at each UW university served during each year. At the end of FY18, the Wisconsin Business AnswerLine (BAL) specialty center was transferred from UW-Madison to the SBDC State Office,&nbsp;housed within UW Administration. &nbsp;The Wisconsin Innovation Service Center (WISC) is combined with UW-Whitewater\u2019s local SBDC center. Service provided by UW-Extension through FY18 is included within UW Administration. Service to southwestern Wisconsin transferred from UW-Platteville to&nbsp;the SBDC State Office,&nbsp;housed within UW Administration,&nbsp;in January 2016. UW-Stout does not have a local SBDC center. UW-Stout\u2019s numbers through December 2016 reflect its Center for Innovation and Development (CID) specialty center. UW-Stout conducts most of its business development and support through the UW-Stout Discovery Center (not shown), part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing and Extension Partnership program. Wisconsin SBDC assists a small number of out-of-state residents who have businesses in Wisconsin or intend to start a business in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UW bachelor\u2019s degree recipients by address in 2021<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>UW bachelor\u2019s degree recipients are shown by their current addresses, provided by UW universities and their alumni associations. Included are alumni who graduated 2009-10 and more recently and who have an address with a U.S. zip code. Field of study is the academic program area of the alumnus\u2019 bachelor\u2019s degree. Residency status reflects the fee basis when enrolled as a student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UW bachelor\u2019s degree recipients living in Wisconsin in 2021<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The percent of UW bachelor\u2019s degree recipients living in Wisconsin is based on current addresses provided by UW universities and their alumni associations. Denominators include graduates with international or unknown addresses. Field of study is the academic program area of the alumnus\u2019 bachelor\u2019s degree. Residency status reflects the fee basis when enrolled as a student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UW bachelor\u2019s degree recipients living in Wisconsin three years after graduation<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The percent of UW bachelor\u2019s degree recipients living in Wisconsin is shown for graduates in 2011-12 by address in 2015, graduates in 2014-15 by address in 2018, and graduates in 2017-18 by address in 2021. Addresses were provided by UW universities and their alumni associations. Denominators include graduates with international or unknown addresses. Field of study is the academic program area of the alumnus\u2019 bachelor\u2019s degree. Residency status reflects the fee basis when enrolled as a student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career outcomes of undergraduates<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>UW universities collect information on initial career outcomes of undergraduates following standards and protocols of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE):&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naceweb.org\/job-market\/graduate-outcomes\/first-destination\/standards-and-protocols\">https:\/\/www.naceweb.org\/job-market\/graduate-outcomes\/first-destination\/standards-and-protocols<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Earnings for UW Bachelor\u2019s Degree Recipients<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The Universities of Wisconsin and the U.S. Census Bureau have partnered to track the median annual earnings of UW graduates that completed their bachelor\u2019s degree anywhere from 2001-2021. Graduate earnings are identified through the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s national jobs database that covers 96 percent of all employment in the United States. Data corresponds to the 2024Q4 release. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lehd.ces.census.gov\/data\/pseo_documentation.html\">http:\/\/lehd.ces.census.gov\/data\/pseo_documentation.html&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economic Development includes research and public service funding, degrees in STEM and health fields, businesses receiving development assistance, and UW alumni outcomes. Measures of performance and success should be viewed through the lens of university context and mission. The Universities of Wisconsin have differences in missions, students served, and resource capacity. 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