Milwaukee School
of Engineering
Private College in Milwaukee, WI. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $89,070.
Students who entered Milwaukee School of Engineering reach a median of $89,070 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. 67% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 59% of applicants are offered a place. 6,287 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 17% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 67% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 84% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 22% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,627 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $25,669 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $11,607 at the $0–30k band to $30,292 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $33,602. Most students borrow — 57% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 672 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,607 |
| $30–48k | $15,919 |
| $48–75k | $14,495 |
| $75–110k | $19,034 |
| $110k+ | $30,292 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,503 of these 2,627 students, totalling $9,578,487 — an average of $6,373 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Milwaukee County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)