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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE 2019−20 15 VISIT Why you should minutes from downtown CAMPUS Best Midwestern University 5 Milwaukee 90 — CHOOSE UWM PRINCETON REVIEW IN 2019 minutes from minutes from Lake Michigan Chicago Seeing our campus in person is the best way to figure out if UWM is right 1 We’re nationally recognized for our for you. Tours are available six days undergraduate research, which a week during the school year and means students get to meaningfully Monday through Friday in the summer. contribute to their field from day one. uwm.edu/visituwm 2 We have some of Wisconsin’s leading Go on a UWM campus tour and… + programs, like the largest college → Learn about our 190 programs. → Meet current students. of nursing and one of the largest → Talk to an admissions advisor. schools of education. → See inside a residence hall. → Walk through major campus hubs. 3 Our unique schools include Wisconsin’s only architecture school and the SIGN UP FOR SPECIAL state's only school of public health. CAMPUS VISIT EVENTS: Meet Milwaukee: 4 In 2018, The Hollywood Reporter Oct. 18 ranked us amongst the top 25 film Get a true taste of life as a UWM schools in the country. student with this full-day event for high school students interested in UWM. 5 We have the largest freshwater- uwm.edu/meetmilwaukee focused academic research institution on the Great Lakes and even have our own research vessel, the Neeskay. Go Milwaukee: Feb. 21, March 7 and March 27 Designed for admitted students But it’s not impressive stats that set us Take a virtual tour! and their families, this event is the apart. It’s our students. They’re determined uwm.edu/virtualtour perfect opportunity to finalize your problem-solvers who refuse to be one college decision. thing. They’re researchers and artists, uwm.edu/gomilwaukee innovators and caregivers, scientists and communicators. Students choose UWM because they don’t want to settle for just reading the textbooks — they want to write them. Sound like you? 2 Lucio FILM MAJOR, SENIOR BACHELOR’S ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Programs ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION ENGINEERING INFORMATION German PUBLIC HEALTH UWM Was My & URBAN Community Engagement & APPLIED SCIENCE STUDIES Global Studies Public Health PLANNING & Education Applied Mathematics Information Science History First Choice Architectural Studies Education & Computer Science & Technology International Studies SOCIAL WELFARE “USC accepted me into their film program, • Concentrations include: Biomedical Engineering Italian Criminal Justice ARTS LETTERS & SCIENCE but after weighing tuition and being closer → American Sign Civil Engineering Japanese* Social Work Animation Actuarial Science to home, UWM was my first choice. The Language Studies Computer Engineering Jewish Studies Art & Design → Bilingual Education Computer Science African & African PRE-PROFESSIONAL film program here is fun, has a high level Diaspora Studies Journalism, Advertising • Concentrations include: → Early Adolescence Electrical Engineering & Media Studies PROGRAMS of prestige, and tuition is affordable.” Anthropology → Design & Visual and Adolescence-level Environmental Engineering Latin American, Caribbean Anesthesiologist Assistant Communication English, Mathematics, Industrial Engineering Applied Mathematics & U.S. Latin@ Studies Chiropractic (Graphic Design) Science and & Computer Science Materials Engineering Linguistics Dentistry → Photography Social Studies Art History & Criticism My Scholarship Mechanical Engineering Mathematics Dietetics & Imaging → Early Childhood Level Atmospheric Science “To complete my senior film, I needed to Microbiology Law Art Education → Interpreter Training Biochemistry travel to Mexico with my grandparents. HEALTH SCIENCES Philosophy Medicine Dance Program (ASL) Biological Sciences Without the scholarship, I wouldn’t have Biomedical Sciences Physics Occupational Therapy Film → Middle Childhood - Chemistry been able to do that. It was pivotal.” Early Adolescence • Concentrations include: Political Science Optometry Music Chinese* (Elementary Education) → Biomedical Sciences Psychology Pathologists' Assistant Music Education Classics Exceptional Education → Cytotechnology Religious Studies Pharmacy Theatre Arts Communication • Concentrations include: → Diagnostic Medical Physical Therapy Favorite Class Russian → Early Adolescence - Sonography Comparative Ethnic Physician Assistant “The introductory course to the film BUSINESS Studies* Sociology Adolescence → Public Health Spanish Podiatry program was probably my favorite. Accounting Microbiology Comparative Literature → Early Childhood Urban Studies Veterinary Medicine It was all hands-on, cutting and splicing Finance Special Education Medical Laboratory Conservation & → Women’s & Gender Studies actual celluloid.” Human Resources → Middle Childhood - Science Environmental Science Management UWM ONLINE Early Adolescence → Radiologic Technology Digital Arts & Culture* NURSING Award-winning teaching Information Technology Communication Sciences Economics Management Nursing and maximum flexibility & Disorders English mean you can pursue Marketing Health Care Administration Film Studies Nursing-Collaborative** a degree that fits your Supply Chain & Operations Kinesiology French lifestyle and schedule. Management uwm.edu/online Nutritional Sciences Geography Occupational Studies Geosciences * This program is offered as a committee interdisciplinary major (CIM). ** Collaborative programs offered in partnership with other UW System campuses. For a complete list of UNDECIDED? Six metamajors let you explore 1 Arts, Design, & Innovation 4 Health our academic programs, multiple majors, but make sure that you graduate on 2 Business, Industry, & Applied Technology 5 Humanities & Communication schedule. An advisor helps you choose classes that including 70 minors, visit satisfy degree requirements. uwm.edu/undecided 3 Engineering & Natural Science 6 Social & Behavioral Sciences uwm.edu/academics. UWM.EDU 4 $60,000 WHAT IT AVERAGE Costs SALARY for grads with bachelor’s degrees in 2017 —Bureau of Labor Statistics WISCONSIN ILLINOIS MINNESOTA ALL OTHER RESIDENTS RESIDENTS RECIPROCITY STATES 3,900 * scholarship recipients $9,588 $12,634 $13,513 $20,867 in 2017-18 2019-20 estimated yearly tuition and fees tuition yearly estimated 2019-20 189,000+ UWM alumni MIDWEST STUDENT AVERAGE STANDARD BOOKS AND OTHER EXCHANGE PROGRAM NOTABLE ROOM RATE MEAL PLAN CLASS MATERIALS (MSEP) *** *** ALUMNI ** $6,175 $4,189 $800 $13,634 Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft * Illinois residents qualify for MSEP and the $1,000 Milwaukee Advantage Award. ** Residents of Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and Ohio have special pricing agreements through the MSEP. Willem Dafoe, *** A number of room and meal-plan rates are available. The annual fees listed cover the cost of an average double room and the Level 2 meal plan. Oscar-nominated actor A residence hall room rate between $5,440 and $6,779 is the price range for 84.8% of University Housing residents at UWM. HOW TO AFFORD IT Kimberley Motley, international attorney FAFSA: Seventy-five percent of UWM students receive financial aid — SCHOLARSHIPS: UWM awarded students more than $10 million Raquel Rutledge, usually a combo of scholarships, loans, grants and work-study. To receive in scholarships in 2017-18. Incoming freshmen admitted by Dec. 1, 2019, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist financial aid, submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), are considered for certain university scholarships. UWM’s schools and Eric Haywood, available Oct. 1, 2019, at fafsa.gov. Submit early; the FAFSA determines colleges offer a range of scholarships to students as well. Go to UWM’s writer and co-executive the types of financial aid you’re eligible for. uwm.edu/financialaid Panther Scholarship Portal to learn more. uwm.edu/scholarships producer of “Empire” UWM.EDU 6 ASDF TOP INTERNSHIP SITES: 1,700+ AND CONNECTIONS American Family Insurance COMPANIES Aurora Health Care recruit at UWM Career Cannes Film Festival Vianca : Journalism, advertising Mitchell: Computer science major Brandon: Education major Jordan ARCHITECTURE MAJOR, SENIOR Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and media studies major Hired before graduation at Interned and hired before graduation GREENFIELD, WISCONSIN Hired before graduation at 88Nine Amazon as a software development at Milwaukee Sign Language School Discovery World 7 Radio as a multimedia producer. engineer. as a K-12 educational interpreter. Disney FORTUNE 500 Hired Before EPIC Creative Graduation GE Healthcare COMPANIES “I was hired as a junior designer at headquartered in Bjarke Ingels Group in New York Harley-Davidson metro Milwaukee City. The architecture professors Hoffman York at UWM really know the industry.” Johnson Controls 5+ Kohl’s Corporate INTERNSHIP Manpower Group Milwaukee Art Museum AND CAREER Milwaukee Brewers FAIRS A YEAR Milwaukee County Zoo uwm.edu/careerplan Milwaukee Public Schools Milwaukee Repertory Theater Milwaukee Police Department A TOP-RANKED Northwestern Mutual Rockwell Automation CITY FOR Rachel: Kinesiology major Ashley: Finance major Bandana: Information technology Interned at Froedert Hospital in Interned and hired before graduation management major Urban Ecology Center NEW COLLEGE cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. at Rockwell Automation as a finance Interned and hired before graduation leadership development program at STRATTEC Security as a Tesla associate. programmer analyst. 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