Total Student Population Comparison
The total student population of Colleges in Wisconsin is 329,749 with 186,752 female students and 142,997 male students. This enrollment statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2024-2025. The following table compares the student population for both undergraduate and graduate schools between Colleges in Wisconsin.
Among the Colleges in Wisconsin, University of -Madison has the most enrolled students of 51,044, while Advanced College of Cosmetology has the least number of students of 24 for both in graduate and undergraduate programs.
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Undergraduate Student Population
The total undergraduate population of Colleges in Wisconsin is 287,176 with 160,399 female students and 126,777 male students. The following table compares 2024-2025 undergraduate enrollment between Colleges in Wisconsin.
Among the Colleges in Wisconsin, University of -Madison has the most enrolled undergraduate students of 38,040, while Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-Racine has the least number of undergraduate students of 1.
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Graduate Student Population
The total graduate population of Colleges in Wisconsin is 42,573 with 26,353 female students and 16,220 male students. The following table compares 2023-2024 graduate enrollment between Colleges in Wisconsin.
Among the Colleges in Wisconsin, University of -Madison has the most enrolled graduate students of 13,004, while Herzing University-Kenosha has the least number of graduate students of 2.
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Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment
The following table compares 2023-2024 distance learning enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate programs between Colleges in Wisconsin. In undergraduate programs, out of total 284,116 students, 37,601 students (13.23%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 82,096 students (28.90%) have learned from at least one online course. For graduate schools, out of total 42,495 students, 14,039 students (33.04%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 7,068 students (16.63%) have learned from at least one online course.
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| Name | Undergraduate | Graduate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | ||
| East-West Healing Arts Institute - Milwaukee | East-West Healing Arts Institute - Milwaukee does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| VICI Beauty School | VICI Beauty School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Alverno College | 673 | 82 (12.18%) |
331 (49.18%) | 644 | 246 (38.20%) |
237 (36.80%) | |
| Madison Area Technical College | 13,610 | 2,908 (21.37%) |
3,332 (24.48%) | 31 | 29 (93.55%) |
1 (3.23%) | |
| Bellin College | 656 | 13 (1.98%) |
386 (58.84%) | 271 | 73 (26.94%) |
107 (39.48%) | |
| Beloit College | 1,004 | 7 (0.70%) |
10 (1.00%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Blackhawk Technical College | 2,811 | 336 (11.95%) |
879 (31.27%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Carroll University | 2,581 | 6 (0.23%) |
423 (16.39%) | 557 | 3 (0.54%) |
47 (8.44%) | |
| Carthage College | 2,675 | - | 32 (1.20%) | 169 | - | 71 (42.01%) | |
| Concordia University-Wisconsin | 2,401 | 524 (21.82%) |
796 (33.15%) | 2,852 | 933 (32.71%) |
492 (17.25%) | |
| Edgewood College | 1,236 | 14 (1.13%) |
287 (23.22%) | 1,223 | 403 (32.95%) |
469 (38.35%) | |
| Fox Valley Technical College | 10,670 | 2,088 (19.57%) |
1,527 (14.31%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Gateway Technical College | 10,100 | 1,871 (18.52%) |
1,472 (14.57%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| The Professional Hair Design Academy | The Professional Hair Design Academy does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Lakeland University | 2,411 | 328 (13.60%) |
492 (20.41%) | 402 | 198 (49.25%) |
76 (18.91%) | |
| Lakeshore Technical College | 3,303 | 641 (19.41%) |
941 (28.49%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Lawrence University | Lawrence University does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Maranatha Baptist University | 735 | 321 (43.67%) |
75 (10.20%) | 225 | 212 (94.22%) |
9 (4.00%) | |
| Marian University | 1,021 | 180 (17.63%) |
172 (16.85%) | 225 | 192 (85.33%) |
10 (4.44%) | |
| Marquette University | 8,045 | 23 (0.29%) |
1,345 (16.72%) | 3,701 | 523 (14.13%) |
983 (26.56%) | |
| Medical College of Wisconsin | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 1,677 | 66 (3.94%) |
191 (11.39%) | |||
| Mid-State Technical College | 3,144 | 796 (25.32%) |
1,147 (36.48%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Milwaukee Area Technical College | 13,792 | 3,499 (25.37%) |
3,863 (28.01%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 838 | 2 (0.24%) |
257 (30.67%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | 2,704 | 20 (0.74%) |
386 (14.28%) | 249 | 146 (58.63%) |
12 (4.82%) | |
| Moraine Park Technical College | 4,171 | 848 (20.33%) |
831 (19.92%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Mount Mary University | 752 | 12 (1.60%) |
449 (59.71%) | 430 | 112 (26.05%) |
166 (38.60%) | |
| Nashotah House | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 143 | 30 (20.98%) |
50 (34.97%) | |||
| Nicolet Area Technical College | 1,384 | 562 (40.61%) |
193 (13.95%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Northcentral Technical College | 6,746 | 1,642 (24.34%) |
896 (13.28%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Northeast Wisconsin Technical College | 11,826 | 2,050 (17.33%) |
2,142 (18.11%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Northland College | 286 | - | 54 (18.88%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Ripon College | 696 | - | 9 (1.29%) | 13 | - | - | |
| Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 128 | 5 (3.91%) |
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| Saint Norbert College | 1,970 | - | 32 (1.62%) | 62 | - | - | |
| State College of Beauty Culture Inc | State College of Beauty Culture Inc does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Southwest Wisconsin Technical College | 2,849 | 617 (21.66%) |
458 (16.08%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Viterbo University | 1,299 | 260 (20.02%) |
412 (31.72%) | 795 | 329 (41.38%) |
179 (22.52%) | |
| Chippewa Valley Technical College | 8,330 | 1,795 (21.55%) |
1,735 (20.83%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Waukesha County Technical College | 8,367 | 503 (6.01%) |
1,326 (15.85%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Western Technical College | 3,625 | 962 (26.54%) |
1,251 (34.51%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 10,084 | 1,349 (13.38%) |
3,699 (36.68%) | 1,662 | 1,269 (76.35%) |
125 (7.52%) | |
| Northwood Technical College | 2,940 | 526 (17.89%) |
1,513 (51.46%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology | Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 9,351 | 441 (4.72%) |
3,538 (37.84%) | 698 | 529 (75.79%) |
5 (0.72%) | |
| University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 10,632 | 2,488 (23.40%) |
4,061 (38.20%) | 542 | 266 (49.08%) |
134 (24.72%) | |
| University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 9,501 | 23 (0.24%) |
4,909 (51.67%) | 945 | 509 (53.86%) |
159 (16.83%) | |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College | 957 | - | 29 (3.03%) | 70 | 44 (62.86%) |
26 (37.14%) | |
| University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 11,994 | 812 (6.77%) |
3,628 (30.25%) | 959 | 581 (60.58%) |
227 (23.67%) | |
| University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 3,184 | 367 (11.53%) |
1,732 (54.40%) | 741 | 606 (81.78%) |
93 (12.55%) | |
| Herzing University-Madison | 2,521 | 2,144 (85.05%) |
362 (14.36%) | 2,753 | 2,697 (97.97%) |
56 (2.03%) | |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout | 6,136 | 743 (12.11%) |
1,898 (30.93%) | 790 | 522 (66.08%) |
90 (11.39%) | |
| University of Wisconsin-Superior | 2,037 | 610 (29.95%) |
318 (15.61%) | 796 | 681 (85.55%) |
110 (13.82%) | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 38,040 | 563 (1.48%) |
9,815 (25.80%) | 13,004 | 891 (6.85%) |
1,181 (9.08%) | |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 18,288 | 2,128 (11.64%) |
9,979 (54.57%) | 4,162 | 1,006 (24.17%) |
1,422 (34.17%) | |
| University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 6,045 | 501 (8.29%) |
1,220 (20.18%) | 344 | 344 (100.00%) |
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| University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 4,880 | 185 (3.79%) |
2,676 (54.84%) | 363 | 159 (43.80%) |
108 (29.75%) | |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 7,490 | 582 (7.77%) |
3,705 (49.47%) | 743 | 404 (54.37%) |
143 (19.25%) | |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University | 196 | 131 (66.84%) |
37 (18.88%) | 8 | 8 (100.00%) |
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| Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-Racine | 1 | - | 1 (100.00%) | 36 | - | 36 (100.00%) | |
| Empire Beauty School-Green Bay | Empire Beauty School-Green Bay does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| College of Menominee Nation | 300 | - | 98 (32.67%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Ottawa University-Milwaukee | 41 | 38 (92.68%) |
3 (7.32%) | 75 | 16 (21.33%) |
53 (70.67%) | |
| Empire Beauty School-Milwaukee | Empire Beauty School-Milwaukee does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Milwaukee Career College | 67 | - | 67 (100.00%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Rasmussen University-Wisconsin | 55 | - | 28 (50.91%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| The Institute of Beauty and Wellness | The Institute of Beauty and Wellness does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa | 1,037 | - | 363 (35.00%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| The Salon Professional Academy-Appleton | The Salon Professional Academy-Appleton does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| The Salon Professional Academy-Onalaska | The Salon Professional Academy-Onalaska does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Paul Mitchell the School-Milwaukee | Paul Mitchell the School-Milwaukee does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Herzing University-Kenosha | 524 | 194 (37.02%) |
283 (54.01%) | 2 | 2 (100.00%) |
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| Herzing University-Brookfield | 380 | 142 (37.37%) |
193 (50.79%) | 5 | 5 (100.00%) |
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| Advanced College of Cosmetology | Advanced College of Cosmetology does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| First Class Cosmetology School | First Class Cosmetology School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| The Salon Professional Academy-Kenosha | The Salon Professional Academy-Kenosha does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| East-West Healing Arts Institute | East-West Healing Arts Institute does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Paul Mitchell the School-Madison | Paul Mitchell the School-Madison does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Aveda Institute-Madison | Aveda Institute-Madison does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Academy of Beauty Professionals | Academy of Beauty Professionals does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Academy of Beauty Professionals | Academy of Beauty Professionals does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Academy of Beauty Professionals | Academy of Beauty Professionals does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Janesville | Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Janesville does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Flex | 551 | 551 (100.00%) |
- | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| University of Wisconsin-Parkside Flex | 173 | 173 (100.00%) |
- | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Average | 284,116 | 37,601 (13.23%) |
82,096 (28.90%) |
42,495 | 14,039 (33.04%) |
7,068 (16.63%) | |
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