Fast Facts: Student and Faculty Profile

Total Student Enrollment,
Fall 2019

4,420

• Undergraduate Full-Time: 3,143 (79.8%)
• Undergraduate Part-Time: 795 (20.2%)
• Undergraduate Total: 3,938 (100%)
   
• Graduate Full-Time: 151 (31.3%)
• Graduate Part-Time: 331 (68.7%)
• Graduate Total: 482 (100%)

Age

• Average age of full-time undergraduate students: 22 years old
• Percentage of undergraduate students 25 years and older: 20%

Sex

• Male: 2,036 (46.1%)
• Female: 2,384 (53.9%)

Ethnicity

• White: 2,843 (64.3%)
• Hispanic: 764 (17.3%)
• African American: 354 (8.0%)
• Asian: 161 (3.6%)
• American Indian or Alaskan Native: 9 (0.2%)
• Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 6 (0.1%)
• International: 94 (2.1%)
• Two or more race/ethnicities, non-Hispanic: 189 (4.3%)

Geographic Distribution

Percentage of first-time, first-year degree seeking freshmen who live in Wisconsin: 86%

Retention

Percentage of retention of Fall 2018 first-time, full-time students to Fall 2019: 72.52%

Admissions

First-time, First-year Freshmen

• Total Applications: 1,676
• Total Admitted: 1,485 (88.6%)
• Total Enrolled: 633 (42.6% of Admitted)

Transfer Students
 

• Total Applications: 537
• Total Admitted: 509 (94.8%)
• Total Enrolled: 390 (76.6% of Admitted)

Student Life

First-time, First-year Freshmen
 

• Percentage who live on campus: 39%
• Average age of full-time students: 18 years old