The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire prepares students to succeed in a connected world influenced by global economic and social forces. It is UW-Eau Claire's goal that before graduation, every student experience at least one of the meaningful hands-on learning opportunities that set us apart - including study abroad, internships, domestic or international cultural immersion programs, and faculty-student research. Ranked fourth among the top public regional universities in the Midwest for 2024 by U.S. News & World Report. Our students earn top-level honors, including Rhodes, Truman and Goldwater scholarships. Over the past decade, 29 UW-Eau Claire students have received prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards - nearly double the number from any other master's-level public university in Wisconsin or Minnesota. UW-Eau Claire was named by the Council on Undergraduate Research as the top master's-level university in the country in providing excellent undergraduate research programs. By their senior year, more than 45 percent of students have worked with faculty on research and other scholarly projects. UW-Eau Claire hosted the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in 2023. Our highly respected music program features faculty and students who perform worldwide, and our Jazz Ensemble I has been honored eight times (most recently in 2018) with prestigious national Down Beat Magazine awards. Over the past 20 years, UW-Eau Claire consistently ranks among the top master's-level schools nationwide for the number of students it sends abroad. In 2021-2022, it was ranked 15th nationwide and the only Wisconsin or Minnesota institution in the top 30. Students also have meaningful domestic cultural immersion experiences, ranging from civil rights pilgrimages in the South to volunteer work in Wisconsin tribal schools to research in Western mountain ranges. UW-Eau Claire is one of just a handful of public regional universities in the country - and the only one in Wisconsin - to include service-learning as a graduation requirement. The Princeton Review included UW-Eau Claire on its 2024 list of "academically outstanding" Best Midwestern Colleges. In 2023, UW-Eau Claire was one of just four UW schools in Wisconsin and Minnesota with a five-star (the highest possible) rating in the Campus Pride Index.
