In 2014 Kiplinger's Personal Finance, ranked the university fourth on its list of the "25 Best College Values Under $30,000 a Year".
== Student life ==
As of the fall 2023 semester, UW-La Crosse enrollment stood at 10,327 with 9,406 undergraduate students, 921 graduate students representing 36 states and international students representing 30 countries.
UW-La Crosse offers over 175 different student organizations in a wide range of areas, including academic, religious, cultural, athletic, political, social, and other organizations. Intramural sports programs are also available to students. The Physical Education Club, which was formed in 1912, is the longest-continuously operating organization at the school.
Greek life plays a small role at UWL. Only about 1% of men and 1% of women in the student body are members of a social fraternity or sorority. Delta Sigma Phi is the only Greek organization on campus with a fraternity house.
=== Media ===
The Racquet Press is UWL's student news source. The paper, which …