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 bachelor's, 53 master's and 32 doctorate degrees.[1] The School of Freshwater Sciences is the only graduate school of freshwater science in the U.S. and the third in the world.[2][3][4] The School of Architecture and Urban Planning, the College of Nursing and the College of Health Sciences are the largest in Wisconsin.[5][6]
The university is categorized as an R1 Research University (very high research activity) in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.[7] Per U.S. News & World Report 2012, the university is ranked 121st nationally by America's Best High School guidance counselors as offering the best undergraduate education to their students.[8]
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| Academic rankings | |
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| National | |
| U.S. News & World Report[9] | 230-301 |
| Washington Monthly[10] | 206 |
| Global | |
| ARWU[11] | 401-500 |
| THE[12] | 401-500 |
| U.S. News & World Report[13] | 448 |
Based on the statistical analysis by H.J. Newton, Professor of Statistics at Texas A&M 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.[14][15] It was also ranked among the top 100 universities in the U.S. by Vanguard College Ranking,[16] 247th by Washington Monthly[17] and one of the best Midwest colleges by Princeton Review.[18] The university ranked 189th in the US by research expenditure in 2007.[19]
The university ranks 98th in the world in the Professional Ranking of World Universities conducted by the École des Mines de Paris in 2011[20] and ranked as one of the top 500 world universities in the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.[21] 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.[22] The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities ranked UW-Milwaukee 200th worldwide[23] and 96th in North American.[24]
