Student Population at University of Wisconsin-Madison

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
48,956	36,306	12,650

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 48,956 students have enrolled in University of Wisconsin-Madison with 36,306 undergraduate and 12,650 graduate students.

By gender, 22,993 male and 25,963 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

1,384 students are enrolled exclusively, and 10,399 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

University of Wisconsin-Madison has a total of 48,956 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 36,306 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 12,650 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 22,993 male and 25,963 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	48,956	36,306	12,650
Men	22,993	17,070	5,923
Women	25,963	19,236	6,727

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 29,070 White, 1,219 Black, and 4,231 Asian students out of a total of 48,956 are attending at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	120	45	75
Asian	4,231	2,140	2,091
Black	1,219	519	700
Hispanic	3,543	1,510	2,033
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	31	12	19
White	29,070	12,772	16,298
Two or more races	2,017	804	1,213
Race Unknown	1,394	769	625

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	84	28	56
Asian	3,503	1,818	1,685
Black	884	392	492
Hispanic	2,713	1,150	1,563
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	25	10	15
White	22,461	9,911	12,550
Two or more races	1,601	645	956
Race Unknown	1,174	652	522

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	36	17	19
Asian	728	322	406
Black	335	127	208
Hispanic	830	360	470
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	6	2	4
White	6,609	2,861	3,748
Two or more races	416	159	257
Race Unknown	220	117	103

Student Age Distribution

By age, U of Wisconsin-Madison has 453 students under 18 years old and 23 students over 65 years old. There are 39,471 students under 25 years old, and 9,485 students over 25 years old out of 48,956 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 453 students are younger than 18 and 17 students are older than 65. U of Wisconsin-Madison has 35,096 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,210 students aged 25 and over.

It has 4,375 graduate students aged under 25 and 8,275 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	453	217	236
18-19	15,744	8,848	6,896
20-21	15,637	8,291	7,346
22-24	7,637	3,774	3,863
25-29	5,766	2,871	2,895
30-34	2,010	1,020	990
35-39	809	432	377
40-49	658	379	279
50-64	219	122	97
Over 65	23	9	14

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	453	217	236
18-19	15,741	8,847	6,894
20-21	15,403	8,139	7,264
22-24	3,499	1,459	2,040
25-29	598	244	354
30-34	242	115	127
35-39	135	82	53
40-49	146	93	53
50-64	72	35	37
Over 65	17	5	12

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1,384 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,399 students are enrolled in some online courses.

615 students lived in Wisconsin or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 769 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	48,956	1,384	10,399
Undergraduate	36,306	545	9,098
Graduate	12,650	839	1,301

Online Student Population by Locality
	Wisconsin Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	615	673	96
Undergraduate	301	195	49
Graduate	314	478	47

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 36,306 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,154 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.18%.1,086 students have transferred in as full-time status and 68 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	32,752
Transfer-in Full-time	1,086
Regular Part-time	2,400
Transfer-in Part-time	68

Student Population at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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