University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Population and Demographics

UWM Student Population

There are 22,450 students including 18,288 undergraduate and 4,162 graduate students at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 17,330 full-time and 5,120 part-time students with gender distribution of 9,606 male and 12,844 female students.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,134 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has a total enrollment of 22,450 with a gender distribution of 42.79% male (9,606 students) and 57.21% female (12,844 students). There are 8,005 male and 10,283 female students in undergraduate school and 1,601 male and 2,561 female students are attending graduate school at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Student Population By Gender
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
	Total	Men	Women
Total	22,450	9,606	12,844
Undergraduate	18,288	8,005	10,283
Graduate	4,162	1,601	2,561
Full-time	17,330	7,447	9,883
Part-time	5,120	2,159	2,961

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

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has 17,330 full-time and 5,120 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 14,904 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,384 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,426 students are full-time and 1,736 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	22,450	17,330	5,120
Undergraduate	18,288	14,904	3,384
Graduate	4,162	2,426	1,736
Men	9,606	7,447	2,159
Women	12,844	9,883	2,961

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

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3,134 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 11,401 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 22,450 students.

In undergraduate schools, 12,107 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,428 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	22,450	18,288	4,162
Online Exclusively	3,134	2,128	1,006
In Some Online Classes	11,401	9,979	1,422
Not In Online Classes	7,915	6,181	1,734

[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 88 American Indian/Native American, 12,499 White, 2,052 Black/African American, 1,714 Asian, 3,275 Hispanic, 17 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 582 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
	Total	Men	Women
Total	22,450	9,606	12,844
American Indian/Native American	88	29	59
Asian	1,714	768	946
Black/African American	2,052	811	1,241
Hispanic	3,275	1,376	1,899
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	9	8
White	12,499	5,276	7,223
Two More	1,055	413	642
Race Un-Known	387	169	218

[Chart] University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following 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	22,450	18,288	4,162
Under 18	1,006	1,006	0
Age 18-19	5,742	5,742	0
Age 20-21	5,489	5,420	69
Age 22-24	4,511	3,320	1,191
Age 25-29	2,678	1,405	1,273
Age 30-34	1,223	564	659
Age 35-39	734	347	387
Age 40-49	767	326	441
Age 50-64	270	145	125
Over 64	30	13	17
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

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

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