University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee academics Information

The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee is a doctoral-degree granting public research university that consists of 14 colleges and schools, and 70 academic centers, institutes and laboratory facilities. It offers a total of 180 degree programs, including 94 bachelors, 53 masters and 32 doctorate degrees. The School of Freshwater Sciences is the only graduate school of freshwater science in the U.S. and the third in the world. The School of Architecture and Urban Planning, the College of Nursing and the College of Health Sciences are the largest in Wisconsin.

The university is categorized as an RU/H Research University (high research activity) in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Per US News and World Report 2012, the University is ranked 121st nationally by Americas Best High School guidance counselors as offering the best undergraduate education to their students.

Based on the statistical analysis by H.J. Newton, Professor of Statistics at Texas AandM University in 1997 on the National Research Council report issued in 1995, the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee was ranked 72nd among public universities in the U.S. in the NRC Rankings. It was also ranked among the top 100 universities in the U.S. by Vanguard College Ranking, 247th by Washington Monthly and one of the best Midwest colleges by Princeton Review. The University ranked 189th in the US by research expenditure in 2007.

The university ranks 98th in the world in the Professional Ranking of World Universities conducted by the École des Mines de Paris in 2011 and ranked as one of the top 500 world universities in the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The SCImago Institutions Rankings rated UW-Milwaukee 759th among 3,042 universities and research institutions worldwide in term of research output, international collaboration, normalized impact and publication rate in 2011. The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities ranked UW-Milwaukee 200th worldwide and 96th in North American.

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