Student Population at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
22,67618,3484,328
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 22,676 students have enrolled in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with 18,348 undergraduate and 4,328 graduate students.
By gender, 9,913 male and 12,763 female students are attending the school.
It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
3,100 students are enrolled exclusively, and 11,496 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-Milwaukee has a total of 22,676 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 18,348 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,328 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 9,913 male and 12,763 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total22,67618,3484,328
Men9,9138,2671,646
Women12,76310,0812,682

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 14,181 White, 1,530 Black, and 1,448 Asian students out of a total of 22,676 are attending at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American782058
Asian1,448636812
Black1,530569961
Hispanic2,8771,2251,652
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders221012
White14,1816,1837,998
Two or more races928377551
Race Unknown329174155
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American601743
Asian1,283578705
Black1,314496818
Hispanic2,5671,1241,443
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders19811
White11,6675,3476,320
Two or more races805336469
Race Unknown261150111
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American18315
Asian16558107
Black21673143
Hispanic310101209
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders321
White2,5148361,678
Two or more races1234182
Race Unknown682444

Student Age Distribution

By age, UWM has 753 students under 18 years old and 29 students over 65 years old. There are 16,720 students under 25 years old, and 5,956 students over 25 years old out of 22,676 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 753 students are younger than 18 and 13 students are older than 65. UWM has 15,528 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,820 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,192 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,136 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18753494259
18-195,5733,1432,430
20-215,5663,1072,459
22-244,8282,6632,165
25-292,7651,4911,274
30-341,398761637
35-39767436331
40-49715463252
50-6428219191
Over 65291415
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18753494259
18-195,5723,1422,430
20-215,5033,0732,430
22-243,7001,9141,786
25-291,417681736
30-34621317304
35-39334175159
40-49297187110
50-641389147
Over 651376
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

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-Milwaukee, 3,100 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 11,496 students are enrolled in some online courses.
2,605 students lived in Wisconsin or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 495 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students22,6763,10011,496
Undergraduate18,3482,0779,998
Graduate4,3281,0231,498
Online Student Population by Locality
Wisconsin ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,60544352
Undergraduate1,83921820
Graduate76622532

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 18,348 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,076 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.86%.895 students have transferred in as full-time status and 181 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time14,014
Transfer-in Full-time895
Regular Part-time3,258
Transfer-in Part-time181
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