Fast Facts: Student and Faculty Profile

Total Student Enrollment,
Fall 2024

3,948

• Undergraduate Full-Time: 2,314 (72.2%)
• Undergraduate Part-Time: 893 (27.8%)
• Undergraduate Total: 3,207 (100%)
   
• Graduate Full-Time: 168 (22.7%)
• Graduate Part-Time: 573 (77.3%)
• Graduate Total: 741 (100%)

Age

• Average age of full-time undergraduate students: 21.5 years old
• Percentage of undergraduate students 25 years and older: 19.8%

Sex

• Male: 1,763 (44.7%)
• Female: 2,184 (55.3%)
• Other/Unknown: 1 (<0.1%)

Ethnicity

• White: 2,341 (59.3%)
• Hispanic: 774 (19.6%)
• African American: 340 (8.6%)
• Asian: 141 (3.6%)
• American Indian or Alaskan Native: 9 (0.2%)
• Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0
• Unknown: 42 (1.1%)
• International: 97 (2.5%)
• Two or more race/ethnicities, non-Hispanic: 204 (5.2%)

• Total Underrepresented Minority: 1,299 (32.9%)

Income/First-Generation Status

Degree-seeking Undergraduates

• Pell Grant eligible: 43.1%
• First-generation students: 48.8%

Geographic Distribution

Percentage of first-time, first-year degree seeking freshmen who live in Wisconsin: 83.5%

Retention

Retention of Fall 2023 first-time, full-time students to Fall 2024: 68.7%

Admissions

First-time, First-year Freshmen

• Total Complete Applications: 2,048
• Total Admitted: 1,997 (97.5%)
• Total Enrolled: 522 (26.1% of Admitted)

Transfer Students

• Total Complete Applications: 525
• Total Admitted: 515 (98.1%)
• Total Enrolled: 330 (64.1% of Admitted)

Student Life

First-time, First-year Freshmen

• Percentage who live on campus: 41.2%
• Average age of full-time students: 18.7 years old