Honors College Statistics

Established1960
Current Student Enrollment690
Student to Faculty Ratio in Honors Courses15:1
% of Students With Double Majors, Minors, Certificates, or Pre-Professional Programs42%
% of Students Who Receive Scholarships59%
% of Students Studying Abroad35.8%
% Completing Undergraduate Research14%

Fall 19 New Freshman Profile

Size of Freshman Class214
Average Unweighted High School GPA3.784
Average Rank Percentile87%
Average ACT28.43

Graduate Profile

% of graduates who have completed a double major and/or minor66%
Average UWM Honors College graduate GPA3.80

Recent UWM Honors College graduates have placed into schools and programs such as:

Medical Schools

  • Indiana University School of Optometry
  • Logan University College of Chiropractic
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Tufts University Dental School
  • University College of London
  • University of California-San Francisco School of Dentistry
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

Law Schools

  • Florida Coastal School of Law
  • Georgetown University
  • John Marshall School of Law in Chicago
  • Marquette University
  • University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

PhD Programs

  • Bowling Green State University, Organizational Psychology
  • Colorado State, Atmospheric Sciences
  • Marquette University, Clinical Psychology
  • San Francisco State University, Philosophy
  • University of Chicago, Physics
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Philosophy
  • University of North Carolina, History
  • University of Southern California, Geobiology
  • University of St. Andrews,Scotland, Modern History
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Creative Writing
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Biomedical and Health Informatics

Masters Programs

  • Boston College
  • Georgetown University, Security Studies
  • John’s Hopkins University, Real Estate and Infrastructure
  • Luther Seminary
  • Marquette University, Clinical Counseling
  • Marquette University, Speech and Language Pathology
  • New School of Research
  • New York University-Tisch School of the Arts
  • North Carolina State University, Financial Mathematics
  • Northern Illinois University, Speech Language Pathology PhD track
  • Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Syracuse University, Architecture
  • Syracuse University Setnor School of Music
  • University of London
  • University of London School of Oriental and African Studies
  • University of Michigan, Accounting
  • University of Michigan, Architecture
  • University of Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh
  • University of Sussex, Anthropology
  • University of Virginia, Systems and Information Engineering
  • University of Westminster, Multimedia Journalism
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Architecture
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Behavioral Psychology
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Business Administration
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Music Composition
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Philosophy
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Public Accounting
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Women’s Studies
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Washington State University, Evolutionary Anthropology

Work

  • 3 Ton Group, Media
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • Aurora Psychiatric Hospital
  • Baha’i World Centre, Israel, Research
  • Betty Brinn Children’s Museum
  • City of Milwaukee Police Department
  • Columnist at FIFPRO
  • EMTEQ Aerospace
  • Fund for Public Interest
  • Google
  • HGA Architects and Engineers
  • Milwaukee Film Festival
  • Milwaukee Public School District
  • Milwaukee Youth Theatre, Educational Outreach Coordinator
  • Mozilla, Public Relations
  • New England Center for Children
  • Novum Structures LLC, Preconstruction Designer
  • Peace Corps
  • United States Marine Corps

Internships

  • Ensemble Theater
  • Gravity Marketing
  • Harley Davidson
  • Nissan Motor Company, Engineering
  • Price Waterhouse Cooper
  • Renaissance Theater
  • Third Coast Digest