University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Population and Demographics

Wisconsin-Madison Student Population

There are 48,956 students including 36,306 undergraduate and 12,650 graduate students at University of Wisconsin-Madison for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 44,262 full-time and 4,694 part-time students with gender distribution of 22,993 male and 25,963 female students. University of Wisconsin-Madison is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,384 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Wisconsin-Madison has a total enrollment of 48,956 with a gender distribution of 46.97% male (22,993 students) and 53.03% female (25,963 students). There are 17,070 male and 19,236 female students in undergraduate school and 5,923 male and 6,727 female students are attending graduate school at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Student Population By Gender
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Men	Women
Total	48,956	22,993	25,963
Undergraduate	36,306	17,070	19,236
Graduate	12,650	5,923	6,727
Full-time	44,262	20,663	23,599
Part-time	4,694	2,330	2,364

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-Madison 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Wisconsin-Madison has 44,262 full-time and 4,694 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 33,838 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,468 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 10,424 students are full-time and 2,226 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	48,956	44,262	4,694
Undergraduate	36,306	33,838	2,468
Graduate	12,650	10,424	2,226
Men	22,993	20,663	2,330
Women	25,963	23,599	2,364

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-Madison Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1,384 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,399 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 48,956 students. In undergraduate schools, 9,643 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,140 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	48,956	36,306	12,650
Online Exclusively	1,384	545	839
In Some Online Classes	10,399	9,098	1,301
Not In Online Classes	37,173	26,663	10,510

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-Madison Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of Wisconsin-Madison. There are 120 American Indian/Native American, 29,070 White, 1,219 Black/African American, 4,231 Asian, 3,543 Hispanic, 31 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,573 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Men	Women
Total	48,956	22,993	25,963
American Indian/Native American	120	45	75
Asian	4,231	2,140	2,091
Black/African American	1,219	519	700
Hispanic	3,543	1,510	2,033
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	12	19
White	29,070	12,772	16,298
Two More	2,017	804	1,213
Race Un-Known	1,394	769	625

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-MadisonRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Age Distribution
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	48,956	36,306	12,650
Under 18	453	453	0
Age 18-19	15,744	15,741	3
Age 20-21	15,637	15,403	234
Age 22-24	7,637	3,499	4,138
Age 25-29	5,766	598	5,168
Age 30-34	2,010	242	1,768
Age 35-39	809	135	674
Age 40-49	658	146	512
Age 50-64	219	72	147
Over 64	23	17	6
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-Madison 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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