University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Public College in Oshkosh, WI. Six-year graduation rate 54%. Median 10-year earnings $55,548.
Students who entered University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh land at a median of $55,548 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 54%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $21,500, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 87% of applicants are accepted. 7,660 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. About 21% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 30% of enrolled first-years submitted an ACT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 18–25 | 425 (30%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 54% finish inside six years. 69% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 38% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The student-faculty ratio is 22:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,613 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,500 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $9,236 at the $0–30k band to $19,223 at $110k+. 49% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. About 40% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 1,691 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 | $9,236 |
| $30–48k | $9,654 |
| $48–75k | $11,601 |
| $75–110k | $16,853 |
| $110k+ | $19,223 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,070 of these 7,613 students, totalling $18,246,048 — an average of $5,943 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Winnebago 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)