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School of Freshwater Sciences (SFS) is the only graduate school of freshwater science in the U.S. and the third in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It offers Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Master of Science (M.S.) of Freshwater Sciences in Freshwater System Dynamics, Human and Ecosystem Health, Freshwater Technology and Freshwater Economics ...
Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology, also in Milwaukee, is the state's smallest institution, with an enrollment of 75 for fall 2010. Waukesha -based Carroll University is the state's oldest four-year post-secondary institution as it was founded on January 31, 1846, two years before Wisconsin achieved statehood.
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee was founded with the belief that Milwaukee needed a great public university to become a great city. [13] In 1955, the Wisconsin state legislature passed a bill to create a large public university that offered graduate programs in Wisconsin's largest city.
Main Hall, now known as Maurice O. Graff Main Hall, is the original campus building. The university was founded as the La Crosse State Normal School in 1909, the eighth of nine state normal schools established in Wisconsin between 1866 and 1916 for teacher preparation. [15]
Ivy-Plus admissions rates vary with the income of the students' parents, with the acceptance rate of the top 0.1% income percentile being almost twice as much as other students. [234] While many "elite" colleges intend to improve socioeconomic diversity by admitting poorer students, they may have economic incentives not to do so.
Test-optional admissions is expected to be extended two more years through the 2026-27 school year.
The Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing is a post-graduate program for emerging writers offered by the Creative Writing Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It was founded in 1985 by the poet Ronald Wallace , who taught at the university's English department from 1972 to 2015. [ 144 ]
The new bill promises a seat at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to in-state students ranking in the top 5% of their high school class.