It received the Outstanding Higher Education Award from the National Recycling Council, a Gold STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™) rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, a Silver Sustainability Award from the National Association of College and University Food Services, and the 2017 Green Ribbon Award. UWSP was named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation eight years in a row and is on The Princeton Review's Green Honor Roll. It is on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Top 30 Colleges and University list of the largest green power users through the Green Power Partnership.