Milwaukee School of Engineering Business Programs

Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee School of Engineering is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of MSOE is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Milwaukee School of Engineering Rankings

We have ranked MSOE as #49 out of 1,477 colleges and universities in the country in our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. Out of the 43 colleges in Wisconsin, it is ranked at #3.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

MSOE has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#37	Best Business Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#41	Best Business Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#49	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at MSOE.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#23	Best Management Sciences & Methods Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards MSOE has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#12	Best Construction Management Schools	College Factual
#33	Best Organizational Leadership Schools	College Factual
#57	Best Schools	Grad Degree
#145	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#168	Best General Business Administration and Management Schools	College Factual
#171	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Milwaukee School of Engineering?

Contact details for MSOE are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1025 N Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202-3109
Phone:	800-332-6763
Website:	www.msoe.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/milwaukeeschoolofengineering
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/MSOE

How Do I Get Into MSOE?

You can apply to MSOE online at: www.msoe.edu/visit-and-apply/

Admission Requirements for MSOE

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into MSOE?

MSOE has an acceptance rate of 60%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 71% of accepted students are men and 29% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 62%, and the acceptance rate for women is 56%.

Average Test Scores

About 24% of students accepted to MSOE submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 670. Math scores were between 600 and 700.

MSOE received ACT scores from 82% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 31. Math scores were between 26 and 30. Composite scores were between 25 and 30.

Can I Afford Milwaukee School of Engineering?

The overall average net price of MSOE is $33,068. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At MSOE, approximately 73% of students took out student loans averaging $8,746 a year. That adds up to $34,984 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MSOE is 2.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Milwaukee School of Engineering Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,510 undergraduate students at MSOE, with 2,412 being full-time and 98 being part-time.

There are also 163 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,412 full-time undergraduates at MSOE, 72% are male and 28% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Milwaukee School of Engineering students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	115
Black or African American	52
Hispanic or Latino	193
White	1,746
International Students	78
Other Races/Ethnicities	228

Geographic Diversity

Wisconsin students aren't the only ones who study at Milwaukee School of Engineering. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 36 countries are represented at MSOE. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and India.

Online Learning at Milwaukee School of Engineering

In 2019-2020, 262 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at MSOE has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 18th most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of MSOE

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Milwaukee School of Engineering was $43,575 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how MSOE is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Science/Technology Management	#1	#1

Online Growth Rankings of MSOE

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Milwaukee School of Engineering was 12.5%. This is the #1,152 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at MSOE regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at MSOE ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at MSOE.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Science/Technology Management	#1
Organizational Leadership	#198

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Milwaukee School of Engineering Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Organizational Leadership	0	0	45	45
General Business Administration and Management	26	0	0	26
Science/Technology Management	0	0	19	19
Construction Management	19	0	0	19
Actuarial Science	7	0	0	7
Business Statistics	0	1	0	1
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	52	1	64	117

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jeramey Jannene under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.