Fast Facts: Student and Faculty Profile
Student Facts
Total Student Enrollment,
Fall 2020
4,465
- Undergraduate Full-Time: 2,947 (77.5%)
- Undergraduate Part-Time: 857 (22.5%)
- Undergraduate Total: 3,804 (100%)
- Graduate Full-Time: 162 (24.5%)
- Graduate Part-Time: 499 (75.5%)
- Graduate Total: 661 (100%)
Age
- Average age of full-time undergraduate students: 22 years old
- Percentage of undergraduate students 25 years and older: 21%
Sex
- Male: 1,988 (44.5%)
- Female: 2,477 (55.5%)
Ethnicity
- White: 2,806 (62.8%)
- Hispanic: 833 (18.7%)
- African American: 344 (7.7%)
- Asian: 159 (3.6%)
- American Indian or Alaskan Native: 13 (0.3%)
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 4 (0.1%)
- Unknown: 4 (0.1%)
- International: 84 (1.9%)
- Two or more race/ethnicities, non-Hispanic: 218 (4.9%)
- Total Underrepresented Minority: 1,375 (30.8%)
Geographic Distribution
Percentage of first-time, first-year degree seeking freshmen who live in Wisconsin: 85%
Retention
Percentage of retention of Fall 2019 first-time, full-time students to Fall 2020: 72.07%
Admissions
First-time, First-year Freshmen
- Total Applications: 2,048
- Total Admitted: 1,358 (66.3%)
- Total Enrolled: 535 (39.4% of Admitted)
Transfer Students
- Total Applications: 711
- Total Admitted: 512 (72.0%)
- Total Enrolled: 343 (67.0% of Admitted)
Student Life
First-time, First-year Freshmen
- Percentage who live on campus: 31%
- Average age of full-time students: 18 years old
Faculty Facts
Faculty and Instructor Type:
- Full-Time: 167
- Part-Time: 120
Members of Minority Groups:
- Full-Time: 49 (29.3%)
- Part-Time: 26 (21.7%)
Sex:
- Male: 139 (48.4%)
- Female: 148 (51.6%)
International (Excluding Naturalized): 5 (1.7%)
Faculty and Instructors with a Terminal Degree*:
- Full-Time: 126 (75.4%)
- Part-Time: 33 (27.5%)
Student to Faculty Ratio, Fall 2020: 16:1
*A terminal degree is the highest academic degree in a given field of study
Data Source: 2020 Common Dataset File