University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Population and Demographics

Wisconsin-Madison Student Population

There are 51,044 students including 38,040 undergraduate and 13,004 graduate students at University of Wisconsin-Madison for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 46,279 full-time and 4,765 part-time students with gender distribution of 23,932 male and 27,112 female students.

University of Wisconsin-Madison is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,454 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Wisconsin-Madison has a total enrollment of 51,044 with a gender distribution of 46.89% male (23,932 students) and 53.11% female (27,112 students). There are 17,815 male and 20,225 female students in undergraduate school and 6,117 male and 6,887 female students are attending graduate school at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Student Population By Gender
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Men	Women
Total	51,044	23,932	27,112
Undergraduate	38,040	17,815	20,225
Graduate	13,004	6,117	6,887
Full-time	46,279	21,500	24,779
Part-time	4,765	2,432	2,333

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-Madison 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Wisconsin-Madison has 46,279 full-time and 4,765 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 35,466 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,574 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 10,813 students are full-time and 2,191 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	51,044	46,279	4,765
Undergraduate	38,040	35,466	2,574
Graduate	13,004	10,813	2,191
Men	23,932	21,500	2,432
Women	27,112	24,779	2,333

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

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1,454 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,996 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 51,044 students.

In undergraduate schools, 10,378 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,072 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	51,044	38,040	13,004
Online Exclusively	1,454	563	891
In Some Online Classes	10,996	9,815	1,181
Not In Online Classes	38,594	27,662	10,932

[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 135 American Indian/Native American, 28,707 White, 1,353 Black/African American, 4,955 Asian, 4,068 Hispanic, 24 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,811 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Men	Women
Total	51,044	23,932	27,112
American Indian/Native American	135	48	87
Asian	4,955	2,589	2,366
Black/African American	1,353	602	751
Hispanic	4,068	1,756	2,312
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	11	13
White	28,707	12,346	16,361
Two More	2,300	968	1,332
Race Un-Known	1,547	843	704

[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	51,044	38,040	13,004
Under 18	384	384	0
Age 18-19	15,590	15,586	4
Age 20-21	17,518	17,246	272
Age 22-24	7,880	3,562	4,318
Age 25-29	5,921	625	5,296
Age 30-34	2,042	246	1,796
Age 35-39	807	141	666
Age 40-49	676	164	512
Age 50-64	202	71	131
Over 64	24	15	9
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-Madison 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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