HOW UWM MEETS WISCONSIN’S WORKFORCE NEEDS

5,500 GRADUATES ANNUALLY*

$40M IN RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED

Top 4% OF RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES#

1,000+ UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS**

By 2027, southeastern Wisconsin will face a workforce gap of 105,000 employees, with 2/3 of employers needing to hire more college graduates.

82 82% 81 81% of alumni live and work in Wisconsin* of UWM students are Wisconsin residents

What UWM Delivers

420 graduates in computer science fields

635 graduates in STEM fields

1,306 graduates in business fields

2,093 graduates in health and human services fields

186 graduates with associate degrees

The data below reflects the 2021-22 academic year and includes 86% of graduates who earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at UWM’s Milwaukee campus. The remaining 14% includes artists, entrepreneurs, historians, journalists, linguists, musicians, policy analysts, political scientists and others who also meet Wisconsin’s job needs. * in the last decade # per Carnegie Classification of Institutions of HIgher Education