Student Facts

 

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

Faculty Facts


Faculty and Instructor Type:

  • Full-Time: 130
  • Part-Time: 115

Members of Minority Groups:

  • Full-Time: 38 (31.3%)
  • Part-Time: 24 (20.9%)

Sex:

  • Male: 118 (48.2%)
  • Female: 126 (51.4%)

International (Excluding Naturalized): 3 (1.2%)

Faculty and Instructors with a Terminal Degree*: 

  • Full-Time: 108 (83.1%)
  • Part-Time: 24 (20.9%)

Student to Faculty Ratio, Fall 2024: 16:1

*A terminal degree is the highest academic degree in a given field of study
Data Source: 
2024 Common Dataset File

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