University of Wisconsin--Green Bay is a public institution that was founded in 1965. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,611, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 700 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Wisconsin--Green Bay's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities (Midwest), 65.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is part of the University of Wisconsin System, a statewide system with 13 university campuses and 13 two-year colleges. UW-Green Bay offers a wide array of undergraduate liberal arts and pre-professional programs and select master's level programs built upon the university's undergraduate strengths