Milwaukee School of Engineering's admit rate has held within a 11.7-point band over 13 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 67.1% | 744 | 63.0% | 85.9% | 1,310 |
| 2024-2025 | 62.4% | 640 | 67.0% | 83.8% | 1,270 |
| 2023-2024 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-2023 | 63.4% | 672 | 71.0% | 82.0% | 1,280 |
| 2021-2022 | 66.7% | 650 | 66.0% | 80.3% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Milwaukee School of Engineering applicants most commonly also apply to range from 45.2% admit to 85.5% admit — a 40.3 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Cross-admits concentrated in the home region.
2 of 4 cross-admit schools are in WI — Milwaukee School of Engineering draws applicants weighing it against in-state and adjacent-state alternatives, not coastal or selective national peers.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
Milwaukee School of Engineering's 67.1% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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