Fast Facts: Student and Faculty Profile
Student Facts
Total Student Enrollment,
Fall 2021
4,143
- Undergraduate Full-Time: 2,563 (75.9%)
- Undergraduate Part-Time: 813 (24.1%)
- Undergraduate Total: 3,376 (100%)
- Graduate Full-Time: 193 (25.2%)
- Graduate Part-Time: 574 (74.8%)
- Graduate Total: 767 (100%)
Age
- Average age of full-time undergraduate students: 22 years old
- Percentage of undergraduate students 25 years and older: 21%
Sex
- Male: 1,836 (44.3%)
- Female: 2,307 (55.7%)
Ethnicity
- White: 2,629 (63.5%)
- Hispanic: 720 (17.4%)
- African American: 308 (7.4%)
- Asian: 131 (3.2%)
- American Indian or Alaskan Native: 14 (0.3%)
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 2 (0.1%)
- Unknown: 31 (0.7%)
- International: 106 (2.6%)
- Two or more race/ethnicities, non-Hispanic: 202 (4.9%)
- Total Underrepresented Minority: 1,206 (29.1%)
Geographic Distribution
Percentage of first-time, first-year degree seeking freshmen who live in Wisconsin: 89%
Retention
Percentage of retention of Fall 2020 first-time, full-time students to Fall 2021: 65.4%
Admissions
First-time, First-year Freshmen
- Total Applications: 1,920
- Total Admitted: 1,713 (89.2%)
- Total Enrolled: 468 (27.3% of Admitted)
Transfer Students
- Total Applications: 451
- Total Admitted: 437 (96.9%)
- Total Enrolled: 286 (65.4% of Admitted)
Student Life
First-time, First-year Freshmen
- Percentage who live on campus: 26%
- Average age of full-time students: 18 years old
Faculty Facts
Faculty and Instructor Type:
- Full-Time: 167
- Part-Time: 108
Members of Minority Groups:
- Full-Time: 51 (30.5%)
- Part-Time: 21 (19.4%)
Sex:
- Male: 141 (51.3%)
- Female: 134 (48.7%)
International (Excluding Naturalized): 6 (2.2%)
Faculty and Instructors with a Terminal Degree*:
- Full-Time: 130 (77.8%)
- Part-Time: 30 (27.7%)
Student to Faculty Ratio, Fall 2021: 17:1
*A terminal degree is the highest academic degree in a given field of study
Data Source: 2020 Common Dataset File