Wisconsin-Madison Student Population and Demographics

Wisconsin-Madison Student Population

There are 44,257 students including 32,399 undergraduate and 11,858 graduate students at University of Wisconsin-Madison for academic year 2019-2020. By attending status, there are 39,935 full-time and 4,322 part-time students with gender distribution of 21,314 male and 22,943 female students. University of Wisconsin-Madison is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 850 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Wisconsin-Madison has a total enrollment of 44,257 with a gender distribution of 48.16% male (21,314 students) and 51.84% female (22,943 students). There are 15,644 male and 16,755 female students in undergraduate school and 5,670 male and 6,188 female students are attending graduate school at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Student Population By Gender
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Men	Women
Total	44,257	21,314	22,943
Undergraduate	32,399	15,644	16,755
Graduate	11,858	5,670	6,188
Full-time	39,935	19,093	20,842
Part-time	4,322	2,221	2,101

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-Madison 2020 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Wisconsin-Madison has 39,935 full-time and 4,322 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 30,157 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,242 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 9,778 students are full-time and 2,080 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	44,257	39,935	4,322
Undergraduate	32,399	30,157	2,242
Graduate	11,858	9,778	2,080
Men	21,314	19,093	2,221
Women	22,943	20,842	2,101

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

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Wisconsin-Madison, 894 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,170 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 44,257 students. In undergraduate schools, 6,920 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,144 students are attending some online courses.

2020 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	44,257	32,399	11,858
Online Exclusively	894	290	604
In Some Online Classes	7,170	6,630	540
Not In Online Classes	36,193	25,479	10,714

[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 99 American Indian/Native American, 28,823 White, 913 Black/African American, 2,916 Asian, 2,418 Hispanic, 35 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,200 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Men	Women
Total	44,257	21,314	22,943
American Indian/Native American	99	37	62
Asian	2,916	1,398	1,518
Black/African American	913	397	516
Hispanic	2,418	1,097	1,321
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	17	18
White	28,823	13,419	15,404
Two More	1,455	635	820
Race Un-Known	1,080	565	515

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-MadisonRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

Next 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	44,257	32,399	11,858
Under 18	366	366	0
Age 18-19	13,456	13,452	4
Age 20-21	13,882	13,640	242
Age 22-24	7,567	3,736	3,831
Age 25-29	5,404	637	4,767
Age 30-34	1,911	260	1,651
Age 35-39	842	123	719
Age 40-49	597	116	481
Age 50-64	207	56	151
Over 64	25	13	12
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-Madison 2020 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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