College · Private nonprofit · Milwaukee, WI · City
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI
Admit rate59%
6-yr median pay$75k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size2,654
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $75k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 59% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 27.
If you get in
2,654 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $63k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$251k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$90k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$161k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $50.5k
- Room & board
- $14.0k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants24%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans56%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr67%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$75k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$89k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out22%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 2,654
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- MSOE
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White67%
- Hispanic11%
- Asian6%
- International5%
- Unknown5%
- Two or more races3%
- Black3%
First-gen students24%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$68k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 23
What you can study.