Wisconsin-Madison Student Population and Demographics

Wisconsin-Madison Student Population

There are 44,640 students including 32,688 undergraduate and 11,952 graduate students at University of Wisconsin-Madison for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 39,887 full-time and 4,753 part-time students with gender distribution of 21,359 male and 23,281 female students. University of Wisconsin-Madison is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 21,672 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Wisconsin-Madison has a total enrollment of 44,640 with a gender distribution of 47.85% male (21,359 students) and 52.15% female (23,281 students). There are 15,714 male and 16,974 female students in undergraduate school and 5,645 male and 6,307 female students are attending graduate school at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Student Population By Gender
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Men	Women
Total	44,640	21,359	23,281
Undergraduate	32,688	15,714	16,974
Graduate	11,952	5,645	6,307
Full-time	39,887	19,037	20,850
Part-time	4,753	2,322	2,431

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-Madison 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Wisconsin-Madison has 39,887 full-time and 4,753 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 30,063 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,625 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 9,824 students are full-time and 2,128 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	44,640	39,887	4,753
Undergraduate	32,688	30,063	2,625
Graduate	11,952	9,824	2,128
Men	21,359	19,037	2,322
Women	23,281	20,850	2,431

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

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Wisconsin-Madison, 21,672 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 19,756 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 44,640 students. In undergraduate schools, 32,508 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 8,920 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	44,640	32,688	11,952
Online Exclusively	21,672	18,015	3,657
In Some Online Classes	19,756	14,493	5,263
Not In Online Classes	3,212	180	3,032

[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 104 American Indian/Native American, 28,837 White, 995 Black/African American, 3,178 Asian, 2,729 Hispanic, 31 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,354 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Total	Men	Women
Total	44,640	21,359	23,281
American Indian/Native American	104	39	65
Asian	3,178	1,558	1,620
Black/African American	995	405	590
Hispanic	2,729	1,193	1,536
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	12	19
White	28,837	13,315	15,522
Two More	1,518	656	862
Race Un-Known	1,346	698	648

[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	44,640	32,688	11,952
Under 18	350	350	0
Age 18-19	13,919	13,914	5
Age 20-21	14,042	13,806	236
Age 22-24	7,152	3,316	3,836
Age 25-29	5,485	681	4,804
Age 30-34	1,987	284	1,703
Age 35-39	822	120	702
Age 40-49	619	136	483
Age 50-64	243	70	173
Over 64	21	11	10
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-Madison 2021 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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