University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee is a public institution that was founded in 1956. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 24,175, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 104 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, Tier 2.

The University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee (UWM) is located in the north side of the city and offers nearly 100 bachelor’s degree programs. Graduate students can choose from more than 50 degrees, including those in the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, the fields of education and engineering, and in the highly ranked library and information studies program