UWM Student Population and Demographics

UWM Student Population

There are 24,565 students including 20,056 undergraduate and 4,509 graduate students at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 19,265 full-time and 5,300 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,881 male and 13,684 female students. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 10,987 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has a total enrollment of 24,565 with a gender distribution of 44.29% male (10,881 students) and 55.71% female (13,684 students). There are 9,137 male and 10,919 female students in undergraduate school and 1,744 male and 2,765 female students are attending graduate school at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Student Population By Gender
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
	Total	Men	Women
Total	24,565	10,881	13,684
Undergraduate	20,056	9,137	10,919
Graduate	4,509	1,744	2,765
Full-time	19,265	8,593	10,672
Part-time	5,300	2,288	3,012

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

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has 19,265 full-time and 5,300 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 16,620 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,436 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,645 students are full-time and 1,864 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	24,565	19,265	5,300
Undergraduate	20,056	16,620	3,436
Graduate	4,509	2,645	1,864
Men	10,881	8,593	2,288
Women	13,684	10,672	3,012

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

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 10,987 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12,077 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 24,565 students. In undergraduate schools, 19,368 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,696 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	24,565	20,056	4,509
Online Exclusively	10,987	8,838	2,149
In Some Online Classes	12,077	10,530	1,547
Not In Online Classes	1,501	688	813

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. There are 82 American Indian/Native American, 16,192 White, 1,602 Black/African American, 1,597 Asian, 2,913 Hispanic, 23 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 470 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
	Total	Men	Women
Total	24,565	10,881	13,684
American Indian/Native American	82	29	53
Asian	1,597	741	856
Black/African American	1,602	581	1,021
Hispanic	2,913	1,270	1,643
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	13	10
White	16,192	7,186	9,006
Two More	1,010	411	599
Race Un-Known	128	59	69

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

Next table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Age Distribution
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	24,565	20,056	4,509
Under 18	479	479	0
Age 18-19	5,862	5,862	0
Age 20-21	6,300	6,269	31
Age 22-24	5,074	3,995	1,079
Age 25-29	3,294	1,807	1,487
Age 30-34	1,564	722	842
Age 35-39	860	397	463
Age 40-49	748	346	402
Age 50-64	359	168	191
Over 64	25	11	14
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

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

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