UW Madison Class of 2027 Official Thread

UW–Madison’s Fall 2023 freshmen acceptance rates are out:

Overall: 43.3% (last year was 49.0%)
Wisconsin resident: 60.7% (60.3%)
Minnesota compact: 39.7% (44.9%)
Domestic non-resident: 43.1% (51.4%)
International: 31.9% (35.1%)

Other notables:

  • Record number of freshmen applications, exceeding last year by 11.4%
  • Lowest overall acceptance rate since at least 1989
  • Enrollment exceeds 50,000 for the first time
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Thank you for sharing this! Reflects what I’m seeing out of the twin cities. Seems like a harder admit every year. Spend some time with that Why UW Madison if you are interested. It’s not your safety if you are OOS.

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