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Study finds income doesn’t influence who gets in to University of Wisconsin-Madison

You donâ??t need to be rich to get into UW-Madison if youâ??re from Wisconsin or Minnesota, according to the results of a new study.

An analysis conducted by researchers at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison found that the relative family income of Wisconsin and Minnesota applicants to UW-Madison has remained flat over the past few decades.

The income of out-of-state applicants has increased considerably over that same time.

The study also found family income does not affect who gets admitted or rejected.