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| Student Demographics | All Combined | Wisconsin residents | 83% | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | Washington County | Tuition 2019-20: Wisconsin residents | $5,148 | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | Waukesha | Tuition 2019-20: Wisconsin residents | $5,154 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Waukesha | Areas of study | 29 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Washington County | Areas of study | 29 | EMBED | |
| Admissions & Financial Aid | Milwaukee | Percentage of students using financial aid | 75% | EMBED | |
| Teaching & Class Size | Washington County | Average class size | 24.1 | EMBED | |
| Teaching & Class Size | Waukesha | Average class size | 24.6 | EMBED | |
| Student Life | Washington County | Student organizations | 15+ | EMBED | |
| Student Life | Waukesha | Student organizations | 22+ | EMBED | |
| Rankings | Forbes: America’s Best Midsize Employers | No. 365 | EMBED | ||
| University History | Washington County | Year opened | 1968 | EMBED | |
| University History | Waukesha | Year opened | 1966 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | College of General Studies | Areas of study | 30 | EMBED | |
| Rankings | College of Nursing | Largest nursing program in Wisconsin | No. 1 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | College of General Studies | Faculty and instructional staff | 129 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | College of General Studies | Faculty | 64 | EMBED | |
| Athletics | Milwaukee | Horizon League all-sport trophies | 7 | EMBED | |
| Athletics | Milwaukee | Major League Baseball draft picks | 23 | EMBED | |
| Student Demographics | Milwaukee | Number of Wisconsin counties that UWM students come from | 71 | EMBED | |
| Athletics | Milwaukee | Conference championships | 142 | EMBED | |
| Admissions & Financial Aid | Milwaukee | Students receiving scholarships in 2018-19 | 4,121 | EMBED | |
| Admissions & Financial Aid | Milwaukee | Average scholarship award in 2018-19 | $1,991 | EMBED | |
| Admissions & Financial Aid | Milwaukee | Scholarships awarded in 2018-19 | $10,943,224 | EMBED | |
| Research | Milwaukee | Undergraduates receiving paid research assistantships each year | 500+ | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health | Bachelor’s programs | 1 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | College of General Studies | Total academic programs | 1 | EMBED | |
| All Combined | Schools and colleges | 15 | EMBED | ||
| Housing | Milwaukee | Graduate students living in residence halls | 131 | EMBED | |
| Housing | Milwaukee | Undergraduates living in residence halls | 3,812 | EMBED | |
| Buildings & Facilities | Milwaukee | Number of buildings | 54 | EMBED | |
| Rankings | Milwaukee | Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai rankings) | No. 401-500 (tied) | EMBED | |
| Degrees Awarded | Milwaukee | Bachelor’s degrees awarded: 2017-18 | 3,683 | EMBED | |
| Development/Fundraising | Milwaukee | Fundraising campaign ended in 2008: total raised | $125 million | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | College of General Studies | Associate programs | 1 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Milwaukee | Undergraduate majors | 81 | EMBED | |
| Housing | Milwaukee | Total occupants in residence halls | 3,965 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | Milwaukee | Enrollment | 24,018 | EMBED | |
| Teaching & Class Size | School of Education | Student-to-teacher ratio | 16:1 | EMBED | |
| Buildings & Facilities | Milwaukee | Largest classroom | Bolton Hall 150, a lecture hall that seats 465 people | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | College of General Studies | Enrollment | 2,149 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | Waukesha | Enrollment | 1,544 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | Washington County | Enrollment | 605 | EMBED | |
| Rankings | Milwaukee | Center for World University Rankings | No. 572 | EMBED | |
| Teaching & Class Size | School of Education | Average class size | 20 | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | School of Education | Scholarships awarded 2019-20 | $350,000 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Milwaukee | Online courses offered | 850+ | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | Milwaukee | Graduate students receiving assistantships | 24.4% | EMBED | |
| Research | Milwaukee | Research centers | 24 | EMBED | |
| Job Placement | Milwaukee | Companies that recruit at UWM | 1,766 | EMBED | |
| Community Engagement | Milwaukee | UWM partnerships with businesses, nonprofits, schools and other organizations | 4,418 | EMBED | |
| Internships & Experiential Learning | Milwaukee | Businesses hosting UWM interns: 2017-18 | 1,340 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | College of Health Sciences | Faculty | 40 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | College of Health Sciences | Faculty and instructional staff | 137 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | School of Architecture & Urban Planning | Faculty | 21 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | School of Architecture & Urban Planning | Faculty and instructional staff | 50 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | Lubar School of Business | Faculty | 48 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | Lubar School of Business | Faculty and instructional staff | 118 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | School of Education | Faculty | 44 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | School of Education | Faculty and instructional staff | 165 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | College of Engineering & Applied Science | Faculty | 68 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | College of Engineering & Applied Science | Faculty and instructional staff | 97 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | Peck School of the Arts | Faculty | 45 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | Peck School of the Arts | Faculty and instructional staff | 206 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | School of Freshwater Sciences | Faculty | 14 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | School of Freshwater Sciences | Faculty and instructional staff | 14 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | College of Letters & Science | Faculty and instructional staff | 561 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | College of Letters & Science | Faculty | 330 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | School of Information Studies | Faculty | 17 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | School of Information Studies | Faculty and instructional staff | 45 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | College of Nursing | Faculty | 24 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | College of Nursing | Faculty and instructional staff | 113 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health | Faculty | 23 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health | Faculty and instructional staff | 28 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | Helen Bader School of Social Welfare | Faculty | 20 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | Helen Bader School of Social Welfare | Faculty and instructional staff | 70 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | School of Continuing Education | Faculty and instructional staff | 3 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | School of Continuing Education | Faculty | 0 | EMBED | |
| Research | Milwaukee | Students who have undergraduate research experience by the time they graduate | 50% | EMBED | |
| Entrepreneurship | Milwaukee | Lubar Entrepreneurship Center | Ideas submitted through Student Startup Challenge since 2012 | 360 | EMBED |
| Entrepreneurship | Milwaukee | Lubar Entrepreneurship Center | Participants in Fresh Ideas workshops in 2019 | 4,304 | EMBED |
| Entrepreneurship | Milwaukee | Lubar Entrepreneurship Center | I-Corps teams trained | 121 | EMBED |
| Study Abroad & International Education | Milwaukee | Countries where students can study abroad | 35+ | EMBED | |
| Athletics | Milwaukee | Students who are Panther athletes | 306 | EMBED | |
| Athletics | Milwaukee | Consecutive semesters student athletes have earned at or above 3.0 GPA | 39 | EMBED | |
| Athletics | Milwaukee | NCAA Tournament appearances | 61 | EMBED | |
| Athletics | Milwaukee | NCAA Division I teams | 15 | EMBED | |
| Community Engagement | Milwaukee | Community service hours provided by students | 58,769 | EMBED | |
| Research | Milwaukee | Undergraduate research opportunities available annually | 1,000+ | EMBED | |
| Study Abroad & International Education | Milwaukee | Students who study abroad annually | 600 | EMBED | |
| Student Demographics | Milwaukee | Wisconsin residents | 81% | EMBED | |
| Entrepreneurship | Milwaukee | Startup businesses associated with UWM Research Foundation | 15 | EMBED | |
| Research | Milwaukee | Licenses and option agreements through UWM Research Foundation | 42 | EMBED | |
| Research | Milwaukee | Patents issued through UWM Research Foundation | 82 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Milwaukee | Service-learning courses | 78 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Milwaukee | Students enrolled in service-learning courses | 3,152 | EMBED | |
| Community Engagement | Milwaukee | Value of student volunteer service to community | $1.5 million | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | All Combined | Graduate programs: includes master’s and doctoral programs | 104 | EMBED | |
| Student Demographics | Milwaukee | Hispanic students | 3% | EMBED | |
| Teaching & Class Size | Milwaukee | Average class size | 26 | EMBED | |
| Housing | Milwaukee | Freshmen who live on campus | 76% | EMBED | |
| Admissions & Financial Aid | Milwaukee | Average financial aid package in 2017-18 | $9,130 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | School of Education | Bachelor’s programs | 3 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | School of Architecture & Urban Planning | Bachelor’s programs | 1 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Peck School of the Arts | Bachelor’s programs | 12 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Lubar School of Business | Bachelor’s programs | 6 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | College of Nursing | Bachelor’s programs | 2 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | College of Letters & Science | Bachelor’s programs | 50 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | College of Health Sciences | Bachelor’s programs | 6 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | College of Engineering & Applied Science | Bachelor’s programs | 10 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Helen Bader School of Social Welfare | Bachelor’s programs | 2 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | School of Information Studies | Bachelor’s programs | 1 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | School of Information Studies | Total academic programs | 4 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | School of Freshwater Sciences | Total academic programs | 2 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | School of Education | Total academic programs | 11 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Peck School of the Arts | Total academic programs | 18 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Lubar School of Business | Total academic programs | 11 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health | Total academic programs | 6 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Helen Bader School of Social Welfare | Total academic programs | 5 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | College of Nursing | Total academic programs | 6 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | College of Letters & Science | Total academic programs | 99 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | College of Health Sciences | Total academic programs | 17 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | College of Engineering & Applied Science | Total academic programs | 14 | EMBED | |
| Student Demographics | Milwaukee | Multi-ethnic students | 14% | EMBED | |
| Student Demographics | Milwaukee | Male students | 45% | EMBED | |
| Student Demographics | Milwaukee | Female students | 55% | EMBED | |
| Student Demographics | Milwaukee | Asian American students | 6% | EMBED | |
| Student Demographics | Milwaukee | African-American students | 7% | EMBED | |
| Admissions & Financial Aid | Milwaukee | Average ACT composite (Fall 2018 new freshmen) | 22.69 | EMBED | |
| Admissions & Financial Aid | Milwaukee | Average high school GPA for admitted students | 3.2 | EMBED | |
| Student Life | Milwaukee | Student organizations | 300 | EMBED | |
| Student Demographics | Milwaukee | Undergraduates age 25+ | 19% | EMBED | |
| Degrees Awarded | Milwaukee | Graduate and undergraduate degrees awarded, 2017-18 | 5,009 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | School of Architecture & Urban Planning | Enrollment | 616 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | Helen Bader School of Social Welfare | Enrollment | 1,195 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health | Enrollment | 158 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | College of Nursing | Enrollment | 1,485 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | College of Letters & Science | Enrollment | 6,057 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | School of Information Studies | Enrollment | 1,027 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | College of Health Sciences | Enrollment | 1,752 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | School of Freshwater Sciences | Enrollment | 53 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | College of Engineering & Applied Science | Enrollment | 2,142 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | School of Education | Enrollment | 1,799 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | Lubar School of Business | Enrollment | 3,757 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | Peck School of the Arts | Enrollment | 1,616 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | Milwaukee | Part-time students | 5,640 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | Milwaukee | Full-time students | 18,378 | EMBED | |
| Research | Helen Bader School of Social Welfare | 2017-18 research expenditures | $1.5 million | EMBED | |
| Research | Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health | 2018-19 research expenditures | $2.5 million | EMBED | |
| Research | College of Nursing | 2017-18 research expenditures | $1.3 million | EMBED | |
| Research | College of Letters & Science | 2017-18 research expenditures | $24.2 million | EMBED | |
| Research | School of Information Studies | 2017-18 research expenditures | $223,748 | EMBED | |
| Research | College of Health Sciences | 2017-18 research expenditures | $1.6 million | EMBED | |
| Research | School of Freshwater Sciences | 2017-18 research expenditures | $6.2 million | EMBED | |
| Research | College of Engineering & Applied Science | 2017-18 research expenditures | $9.4 million | EMBED | |
| Research | School of Education | 2017-18 research expenditures | $390,626 | EMBED | |
| Research | Lubar School of Business | 2017-18 research expenditures | $250,076 | EMBED | |
| Research | Peck School of the Arts | 2017-18 research expenditures | $20,130 | EMBED | |
| Research | School of Architecture & Urban Planning | 2017-18 research expenditures | $23,356 | EMBED | |
| Research | Milwaukee | 2018-19 research expenditures | $53 Million | EMBED | |
| Study Abroad & International Education | Milwaukee | Languages taught | 20 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | School of Architecture & Urban Planning | Total academic programs | 5 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | Milwaukee | Undergraduate minors | 70 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | All Combined | Total employees | 8,149 | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | All Combined | Faculty | 754 | EMBED | |
| Budget | All Combined | 2019-20 state appropriations | $146 million | EMBED | |
| Student Demographics | Milwaukee | Undergraduates who are first-generation college students | 36% | EMBED | |
| Faculty & Staff | All Combined | Student workers | 4,915 | EMBED | |
| Student Demographics | Milwaukee | Number of states students come from | 50 | EMBED | |
| Study Abroad & International Education | All Combined | Number of countries that UWM students come from | 90 | EMBED | |
| Study Abroad & International Education | Milwaukee | International students | 1,245 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | Milwaukee | Undergraduate enrollment | 19,388 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | Milwaukee | Graduate enrollment | 4,630 | EMBED | |
| University History | Milwaukee | Year that UWM was founded | 1956 | EMBED | |
| University History | Milwaukee | Opening Day | Sept. 25, 1956 | EMBED | |
| Budget | Milwaukee | UWM Foundation assets | $262 million | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | Milwaukee | Veterans and military-related students enrolled | 1,315 | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | Milwaukee | Undergraduate tuition 2019-20: Wisconsin residents | $9,598 | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | Milwaukee | Undergraduate tuition 2019-20: Illinois residents | $12,644 | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | Milwaukee | Undergraduate tuition 2019-20: Minnesota residents | $13,701 | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | Milwaukee | Undergraduate tuition 2019-20: Midwest Student Exchange Program | $13,644 | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | Milwaukee | Undergraduate tuition 2019-20: non-residents | $21,168 | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | Milwaukee | Graduate tuition 2019-20: Wisconsin residents | $12,050 | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | Milwaukee | Graduate tuition 2019-20: Minnesota residents | $19,087 | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | Milwaukee | Graduate tuition 2019-20: non-residents | $25,282 | EMBED | |
| Tuition & Cost | Milwaukee | Graduate tuition 2019-20: Midwest Student Exchange Program | $17,321 | EMBED | |
| Teaching & Class Size | Milwaukee | Student-to-teacher ratio | 18:1 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | All Combined | Doctoral programs | 37 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | All Combined | Master’s programs | 67 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | All Combined | Academic programs | 199 | EMBED | |
| Academic Programs | All Combined | Bachelor’s programs | 94 | EMBED | |
| Development/Fundraising | All Combined | Fundraising campaign ended in 2019: total raised | $251 million | EMBED | |
| Budget | All Combined | 2019-20 operating budget | $707 million | EMBED | |
| Alumni | Milwaukee | UWM alumni living in Wisconsin | 74% | EMBED | |
| Alumni | Milwaukee | Alumni | 191,327 | EMBED | |
| Enrollment | All Combined | Enrollment | 26,167 | EMBED |
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