Points of Pride
Enrolling in UWM Online brings you one step closer to earning a degree from an internationally respected and fully accredited university.
But it’s about more than the degree. For every online student, enrolling in UWM Online is both a professional and a personal decision.
View the benefits of a UWM Online educationWhy UWM Online?
Best Online Bachelor’s
Best online bachelor’s: UWM is ranked 20th nationally
U.S. News and World Report, 2024
Best Online Bachelor’s for Veterans
Best online bachelor’s for veterans: UWM is ranked 11th nationally
U.S. News and World Report, 2024
Best Online Psychology Program
Best online Psychology program: Ranked 11th nationally
U.S. News and World Report, 2024
Library & Information Sciences MS
The UWM Library & Information Science master’s program is ranked No. 14 nationally.
U.S. News & World Report 2017
Top 20 Master’s
The MS in Health Care Informatics is one of the top 20 master’s degree programs in the field for 2018.
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Excellence in Online Teaching Award
Home of the 2014 Excellence in Online Teaching Award
Online Learning Consortium
Best Online Colleges
Best Online Colleges Nursing Program
Best Online College in Wisconsin
Top Research University
One of America’s Top Research Universities
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, 2016-2021
Caring Community
89 percent of recent grads said their UWM professors were there for them.
What Our Students Say
“The BSN@home program worked great for me, because it was flexible with my work and personal life. The online courses were easy to navigate and I think the instructors were helpful.”
Nursing Student
2015 Survey of Graduates
“This program gives any person, at any stage of his or her life, not to mention anywhere in the world, the opportunity to fulfill their professional goals.”
Lorena
Northern Virginia
English to Spanish Translation Master’s Program
“UWM’s program was recommended to me by a few professional translators I spoke to as the best program they were aware of for providing solid professional training for the translation industry.”
Andrea
Portland, Oregon
German to English Translation Master’s Program
“I chose an online degree program because I’m a working mother. I needed something that was flexible and allowed me to complete my work in a way that enabled me to still be completely present in my children’s lives.”
Theresa
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Psychology graduate
“My degree of choice was offered at UWM, and allowed me to transfer many credits from Milwaukee Area Technical College and complete my degree online.”
Letters & Science Student
2014 Survey of Graduates
“Fantastic advisor. Easy to complete classes online. Without the online class availability, I would not have gone back to school. Easy to transfer credits from the other UW schools I attended.”
Letters & Science Student
2014 Survey of Graduates
“Being able to earn my degree completely online was a necessity. I am a nontraditional student and already work more than full time. Traditional courses were not an option; UWM’s online program gave me a choice.”
Letters & Science Student
2014 Survey of Graduates
“The flexibility was the best part. I could do my work in small bits when I had a moment during the week, or get all of it done on Sunday, whatever happened to work best with my schedule that week.”
Maegen
Alberta, Canada
Therapeutic Recreation Certificate
“It is important to me to receive my degree from a real college with a physical location. It might be old school, but it’s important to me.”
Sara
Verona, Wisconsin
Sociology graduate