The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee is a doctoral-degree granting public research university that consists of 14 colleges and schools, and 70 academic centers, institutes and laboratory facilities.
[5][6] The university is categorized as an R1 Research University (very high research activity) in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
[7] Per U.S. News & World Report 2012, the university is ranked 121st nationally by America's Best High School guidance counselors as offering the best undergraduate education to their students.
[14][15] It was also ranked among the top 100 universities in the U.S. by Vanguard College Ranking,[16] 247th by Washington Monthly[17] and one of the best Midwest colleges by Princeton Review.
[21] The SCImago Institutions Rankings rated UW-Milwaukee 759th among 3,042 universities and research institutions worldwide in term of research output, international collaboration, normalized impact and publication rate in 2011.