University of Wisconsin-Stout
Public College in Menomonie, WI. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $58,084.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $58,084 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 55%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $23,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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: 88% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 5,547, typical for a school of this reach. Yield sits at 24% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. The score bands below rest on the 32% of enrolled first-years who submitted an ACT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 20–27 | 383 (32%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 55% finish inside six years. Retention of 79% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 40% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The student-faculty ratio is 18:1 — 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 5,900 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,673 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $10,966 while those at $110k+ pay $22,028. 45% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Federal borrowing reaches 50% of students.
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 · 1,237 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 | $10,966 |
| $30–48k | $12,229 |
| $48–75k | $13,164 |
| $75–110k | $19,528 |
| $110k+ | $22,028 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,923 of these 5,900 students, totalling $17,953,431 — an average of $6,142 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dunn 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)