
For the application year 2024, the University of Wisconsin - Madison's Regular Decision acceptance rate is 45.2%, with 29,784 out of 65,933 applicants being accepted. This marks an increase from the previous year's acceptance rate of 43.3% for the application year 2023, which had 27,527 admits from 63,537 applicants. However, this rate reflects a decline from the rates seen in earlier years, such as 49.0% in 2022 and 60.3% in 2021. The historical trend indicates that acceptance rates have generally decreased over the past few years, highlighting an increasingly competitive admissions landscape.