Popular Wisconsin Colleges Easy to Get Into
Wisconsin has 30 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, accepting 81% of applicants. Also frequently researched: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin Whitewater and University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
Marquette University
- Private 4 Year
- Milwaukee, WI
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4.3 | 3 reviews
- 81% acceptance rate
- Dec 1 application deadline
Marquette is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and communications. The urban campus sits in Milwaukee near Lake Michigan.
- SAT Range 1200-1360
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Net Price $34,322
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
- Public 4 Year
- Milwaukee, WI
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| 0 reviews
- 91% acceptance rate
- Sep 1 application deadline
UWM is a large public university known for undergraduate architecture, nursing, and freshwater sciences. The urban East Side campus sits near Lake Michigan in Milwaukee.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.16
- Net Price $16,263
University of Wisconsin Whitewater
- Public 4 Year
- Whitewater, WI
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| 0 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
UW-Whitewater is a public university known for undergraduate business and education. The campus is set in the small college town of Whitewater in southeastern Wisconsin.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $12,709
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
- Public 4 Year
- Oshkosh, WI
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
UW Oshkosh is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The campus borders Lake Winnebago in a mid-sized Wisconsin city.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Net Price $12,500
Carthage College
- Private 4 Year
- Kenosha, WI
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4.5 | 4 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
Carthage is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The campus sits on the western shore of Lake Michigan.
- SAT Range 1000-1205
- Avg GPA 3.36
- Net Price $27,066
University of Wisconsin Platteville
- Public 4 Year
- Platteville, WI
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3.0 | 4 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
UW-Platteville is a public university known for undergraduate engineering and agriculture. Most students live on a residential campus in the small college town of Platteville.
- SAT Range -
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $16,266
University of Wisconsin La Crosse
- Public 4 Year
- La Crosse, WI
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| 0 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
UW-La Crosse is a public university known for undergraduate exercise science, biology, and teacher education. The campus sits along the Mississippi River at the base of wooded bluffs.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Net Price $14,712
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
- Public 4 Year
- Eau Claire, WI
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 82% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
UW-Eau Claire is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and music. The campus sits along the Chippewa River in a western Wisconsin college town.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Net Price $15,151
University of Wisconsin Green Bay
- Public 4 Year
- Green Bay, WI
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| 0 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
UW-Green Bay is a public university known for undergraduate environmental science and business. The wooded campus borders Green Bay and includes a large arboretum with trails.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.16
- Net Price $11,429
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
- Public 4 Year
- Stevens Point, WI
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2.5 | 2 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
- Sep 1 application deadline
UW-Stevens Point is a public university known for undergraduate natural resources, forestry, and paper science. The campus sits in the college town of Stevens Point in central Wisconsin.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.27
- Net Price $14,883
University of Wisconsin Stout
- Public 4 Year
- Menomonie, WI
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| 0 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
- Sep 1 application deadline
UW-Stout is a public polytechnic university known for undergraduate industrial design, packaging, and engineering technology. The campus is in Menomonie, a small city in western Wisconsin.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.35
- Net Price $15,673
Concordia University Wisconsin
- Private 4 Year
- Mequon, WI
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| 0 reviews
- 78% acceptance rate
Concordia Wisconsin is a private Lutheran university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The suburban campus sits on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Mequon.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.52
- Net Price $31,916
University of Wisconsin Parkside
- Public 4 Year
- Kenosha, WI
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| 0 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
UW-Parkside is a public university known for undergraduate business, criminal justice, and biological sciences. The wooded Kenosha campus sits between Milwaukee and Chicago.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $10,234
Ripon College
- Private 4 Year
- Ripon, WI
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| 0 reviews
- 80% acceptance rate
Ripon is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate biology, education, and the sciences. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in a small Wisconsin college town.
- SAT Range 980-1270
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $23,772
Madison Area Technical College
- Public 4 Year
- Madison, WI
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
- Sep 30 application deadline
A public technical college known for undergraduate nursing, information technology, and skilled trades programs. Students attend campuses in and around Madison.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $13,284
Lakeland University
- Private 4 Year
- Plymouth, WI
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| 0 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
Lakeland is a private university known for undergraduate business, education, and nursing. The residential campus sits in the small city of Plymouth in eastern Wisconsin.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Net Price $24,253
Alverno College
- Private 4 Year
- Milwaukee, WI
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| 0 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
Alverno is a private Catholic women's college known for undergraduate nursing and an abilities-based curriculum without traditional letter grades. The campus occupies an urban residential setting on Milwaukee's south side.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.27
- Net Price $24,425
Edgewood College
- Private 4 Year
- Madison, WI
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2.7 | 3 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Edgewood is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing and education. The wooded campus overlooks Lake Wingra in Madison.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $27,038