UIUC vs University of Wisconsin-Madison: admit rates, GPA and how Taiwanese applicants choose
OfferLand users have reported 230 application results for UIUC and 76 for University of Wisconsin-Madison; 36 applicants applied to both. The table puts admit rates, admitted applicants’ scores, top fields and programs side by side.
Self-reported sample from OfferLand users, not official school data; figures based on fewer than 5 results are not shown. Data as of 2026-10-22.
Side by side
Admit rate = (admitted + enrolled) ÷ (admitted + enrolled + rejected); waitlisted and pending results are left out. Median GPA and TOEFL count each admitted applicant once. Figures based on fewer than 5 results are not shown.
| Metric | UIUC | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
|---|---|---|
| Country | United States | United States |
| QS ranking (2027) | #74 | #131 |
| US News ranking (2027) | #34 | #34 |
| Application results | 230 | 76 |
| Applicants | 214 | 68 |
| Admit rate | 68.3% | 61.3% |
| Median GPA (admitted) | 3.70 | 3.71 |
| Median TOEFL (admitted) | 102 | 102 |
| Most-reported fields | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (100),Finance & Investment (27),General Engineering (25),Information Technology (24) | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (29),General Engineering (13),Business Analytics (12),Physics & Chemistry (6) |
Most-reported programs
Programs with at least 5 results, by number of results.
UIUC
| Program | Results | Admit rate |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science, M.C.S. (Master's) | 58 | 39.7% |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.Eng. (Master's) | 35 | 60.0% |
| M.S. in Finance (MSF) (Master's) | 27 | 100.0% |
| Information Management, Master of Science (Master's) | 21 | 95.2% |
| Materials Science & Engineering, MS (Master's) | 12 | 83.3% |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
| Program | Results | Admit rate |
|---|---|---|
| MS Computer Sciences: Professional Program (Master's) | 17 | 29.4% |
| Master's in Business Analytics (Master's) | 11 | 100.0% |
| Chemistry (PhD) | 6 | 50.0% |
Applicants to both schools
36 applicants reported results at both schools: 23 were admitted to UIUC, 23 to University of Wisconsin-Madison, and 16 to both.
Of those admitted to both who reported a final choice, 7 chose UIUC and 3 chose University of Wisconsin-Madison. A small sample; treat it as a hint only.
AI summary (from OfferLand data and posts on the site, 2026-10-21)
UIUC's admit rate in OfferLand results is 68.3% (230 results) against 61.3% for UW-Madison (76 results), and admitted students' median GPA (3.70 vs 3.71) and median TOEFL (102 at both) are almost the same. For CS master's, UIUC's MCS has a 39.7% admit rate across 58 results and UW-Madison's professional CS master's (PMP) 29.4% across 17, while all 11 results for UW-Madison's business analytics master's were admits. Of the 16 applicants admitted to both, 10 reported a decision: 7 chose UIUC and 3 chose UW-Madison, the clearest preference signal in this comparison, though the sample is still small.
- Of the 16 applicants admitted to both schools, 7 chose UIUC, 3 chose UW-Madison and the other 6 did not report a final decision.Source: data on this page
- An NTU electrical engineering graduate with a 3.66/4.0 GPA and a TOEFL of 105 was rejected by both UIUC's MCS and UW-Madison's CS PMP, and was admitted to UCSD and Cornell Tech the same year.Source: 2023 Fall CS 申請心得
- An MSBA applicant says UIUC's business analytics master's has a financial track that matched a financial analysis project from their past, and used that in the SOP to explain why they were applying.Source: MSBA申請心得(二)
Written by AI from the data on this page and the cited posts and interview reports. It may contain mistakes and is neither official school information nor application advice; check the original posts and the schools’ own announcements.
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