A total of 282,792 students are enrolled in Wisconsin colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
In Wisconsin colleges and universites, 38,560 students are 18 years old or younger(13.64%), 73,980 students are 18 or 19 years old (26.16%), 67,293 students are between 20 and 22 years old (23.80%), 39,125 students are between 22 and 24 years old (13.84%), and 26,049 students are between 25 and 29 years old (9.21%).
22,980 students are between 30 and 39 years old (8.13%), 10,407 students are between 40 and 49 years old (3.68%), 4,352 students are 50 years old or older (1.54%).
In Wisconsin 4-year colleges and universites, 13,820 students are 18 years old or younger(6.93%), 59,074 students are 18 or 19 years old (29.62%), 57,929 students are between 20 and 22 years old (29.04%), 30,681 students are between 22 and 24 years old (15.38%), 17,347 students are between 25 and 29 years old (8.70%), 12,655 students are between 30 and 39 years old (6.34%), 5,687 students are between 40 and 49 years old (2.85%), 2,235 students are 50 years old or older (1.12%)
In Wisconsin community colleges, there are 39,552 students are younger than 20 years old (47.70%), 17,665 students are between 20 and 24 years old (21.30%), 8,620 students are between 25 and 29 years old (10.40%), and 17,062 students are 30 years old or older (20.58%).
In Wisconsin trade schools, there are 94 students are younger than 20 years old (22.33%), 143 students are between 20 and 24 years old (33.97%), 82 students are between 25 and 29 years old (19.48%), and 100 students are 30 years old or older (23.75%).
| Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 282,792 | 38,560 (13.64%) |
73,980 (26.16%) |
67,293 (23.80%) |
39,125 (13.84%) |
26,049 (9.21%) |
22,980 (8.13%) |
10,407 (3.68%) |
4,352 (1.54%) |
| 4-Year Colleges | 199,455 | 13,820 (6.93%) |
59,074 (29.62%) |
57,929 (29.04%) |
30,681 (15.38%) |
17,347 (8.70%) |
12,655 (6.34%) |
5,687 (2.85%) |
2,235 (1.12%) |
| Community Colleges | 82,916 | 24,739 (29.84%) |
14,813 (17.87%) |
9,283 (11.20%) |
8,382 (10.11%) |
8,620 (10.40%) |
10,247 (12.36%) |
4,701 (5.67%) |
2,114 (2.55%) |
| Trade Schools | 421 | 1 (0.24%) |
93 (22.09%) |
81 (19.24%) |
62 (14.73%) |
82 (19.48%) |
78 (18.53%) |
19 (4.51%) |
3 (0.71%) |
The following table compares student population by age between Wisconsin colleges. A total of 282,792 students have enrolled in Wisconsin colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alverno CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,317 | 28 (2.13%) |
181 (13.74%) |
200 (15.19%) | 165 (12.53%) |
189 (14.35%) |
254 (19.29%) |
188 (14.27%) | 110 (8.35%) |
| Madison Area Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 13,641 | 2,746 (20.13%) |
3,110 (22.80%) |
1,944 (14.25%) | 1,737 (12.73%) |
1,489 (10.92%) |
1,557 (11.41%) |
727 (5.33%) | 331 (2.43%) |
| Blackhawk Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,811 | 191 (6.79%) |
547 (19.46%) |
460 (16.36%) | 316 (11.24%) |
532 (18.93%) |
493 (17.54%) |
190 (6.76%) | 82 (2.92%) |
| Carroll UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,138 | 49 (1.56%) |
1,162 (37.03%) |
1,060 (33.78%) | 552 (17.59%) |
139 (4.43%) |
100 (3.19%) |
53 (1.69%) | 23 (0.73%) |
| Fox Valley Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 10,670 | 3,037 (28.46%) |
1,908 (17.88%) |
1,171 (10.97%) | 1,127 (10.56%) |
1,054 (9.88%) |
1,365 (12.79%) |
696 (6.52%) | 312 (2.92%) |
| Gateway Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 10,100 | 4,881 (48.33%) |
1,402 (13.88%) |
740 (7.33%) | 778 (7.70%) |
796 (7.88%) |
904 (8.95%) |
399 (3.95%) | 198 (1.96%) |
| Lakeland UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,813 | 836 (29.72%) |
542 (19.27%) |
317 (11.27%) | 226 (8.03%) |
187 (6.65%) |
340 (12.09%) |
245 (8.71%) | 111 (3.95%) |
| Lakeshore Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,303 | 1,164 (35.24%) |
436 (13.20%) |
278 (8.42%) | 256 (7.75%) |
337 (10.20%) |
497 (15.05%) |
244 (7.39%) | 91 (2.76%) |
| Lawrence UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,417 | 19 (1.34%) |
597 (42.13%) |
594 (41.92%) | 194 (13.69%) |
6 (0.42%) |
4 (0.28%) |
2 (0.14%) | 1 (0.07%) |
| Maranatha Baptist UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 960 | 179 (18.65%) |
217 (22.60%) |
186 (19.38%) | 103 (10.73%) |
64 (6.67%) |
92 (9.58%) |
74 (7.71%) | 45 (4.69%) |
| Marquette UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 11,746 | 234 (1.99%) |
3,770 (32.10%) |
3,439 (29.28%) | 2,116 (18.01%) |
1,168 (9.94%) |
661 (5.63%) |
254 (2.16%) | 104 (0.89%) |
| Medical College of WisconsinPrivate, 4-year | 1,677 | - | 2 (0.12%) |
19 (1.13%) | 501 (29.87%) |
866 (51.64%) |
233 (13.89%) |
41 (2.44%) | 15 (0.89%) |
| Milwaukee Area Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 13,792 | 1,245 (9.03%) |
2,343 (16.99%) |
2,027 (14.70%) | 1,931 (14.00%) |
2,295 (16.64%) |
2,511 (18.21%) |
986 (7.15%) | 451 (3.27%) |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & DesignPrivate, 4-year | 838 | - | 245 (29.24%) |
387 (46.18%) | 179 (21.36%) |
20 (2.39%) |
6 (0.72%) |
1 (0.12%) | - |
| Milwaukee School of EngineeringPrivate, 4-year | 2,953 | 54 (1.83%) |
1,088 (36.84%) |
1,097 (37.15%) | 402 (13.61%) |
151 (5.11%) |
102 (3.45%) |
46 (1.56%) | 13 (0.44%) |
| Moraine Park Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,171 | 1,415 (33.92%) |
763 (18.29%) |
484 (11.60%) | 400 (9.59%) |
352 (8.44%) |
435 (10.43%) |
215 (5.15%) | 107 (2.57%) |
| Mount Mary UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,182 | 118 (9.98%) |
225 (19.04%) |
237 (20.05%) | 189 (15.99%) |
133 (11.25%) |
132 (11.17%) |
85 (7.19%) | 58 (4.91%) |
| Nashotah HousePrivate, 4-year | 143 | - | - | - | 7 (4.90%) |
18 (12.59%) |
38 (26.57%) |
46 (32.17%) | 34 (23.78%) |
| Northcentral Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,746 | 2,919 (43.27%) |
1,175 (17.42%) |
568 (8.42%) | 491 (7.28%) |
457 (6.77%) |
673 (9.98%) |
318 (4.71%) | 142 (2.10%) |
| Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 11,826 | 5,173 (43.74%) |
1,904 (16.10%) |
1,054 (8.91%) | 883 (7.47%) |
866 (7.32%) |
1,163 (9.83%) |
549 (4.64%) | 234 (1.98%) |
| Northland CollegePrivate, 4-year | 286 | 18 (6.29%) |
77 (26.92%) |
124 (43.36%) | 54 (18.88%) |
10 (3.50%) |
- | 3 (1.05%) | - |
| Ripon CollegePrivate, 4-year | 709 | 11 (1.55%) |
295 (41.61%) |
313 (44.15%) | 83 (11.71%) |
3 (0.42%) |
- | 2 (0.28%) | - |
| Saint Norbert CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,032 | 179 (8.81%) |
877 (43.16%) |
768 (37.80%) | 137 (6.74%) |
16 (0.79%) |
23 (1.13%) |
16 (0.79%) | 15 (0.74%) |
| Southwest Wisconsin Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,849 | 1,400 (49.14%) |
558 (19.59%) |
186 (6.53%) | 144 (5.05%) |
140 (4.91%) |
230 (8.07%) |
131 (4.60%) | 60 (2.11%) |
| Viterbo UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,094 | 43 (2.05%) |
388 (18.53%) |
434 (20.73%) | 317 (15.14%) |
254 (12.13%) |
308 (14.71%) |
237 (11.32%) | 113 (5.40%) |
| University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterPublic, 4-year | 11,746 | 409 (3.48%) |
3,693 (31.44%) |
3,410 (29.03%) | 1,822 (15.51%) |
853 (7.26%) |
926 (7.88%) |
478 (4.07%) | 155 (1.32%) |
| Northwood Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,940 | 567 (19.29%) |
640 (21.77%) |
355 (12.07%) | 309 (10.51%) |
296 (10.07%) |
414 (14.08%) |
246 (8.37%) | 104 (3.54%) |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau ClairePublic, 4-year | 10,049 | 364 (3.62%) |
3,679 (36.61%) |
3,596 (35.78%) | 1,377 (13.70%) |
348 (3.46%) |
404 (4.02%) |
212 (2.11%) | 69 (0.69%) |
| University of Wisconsin-Green BayPublic, 4-year | 11,174 | 3,703 (33.14%) |
2,408 (21.55%) |
1,801 (16.12%) | 1,228 (10.99%) |
710 (6.35%) |
802 (7.18%) |
380 (3.40%) | 142 (1.27%) |
| University of Wisconsin-La CrossePublic, 4-year | 10,446 | 190 (1.82%) |
4,190 (40.11%) |
3,998 (38.27%) | 1,359 (13.01%) |
297 (2.84%) |
261 (2.50%) |
122 (1.17%) | 29 (0.28%) |
| Wisconsin Lutheran CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,027 | 9 (0.88%) |
431 (41.97%) |
435 (42.36%) | 89 (8.67%) |
17 (1.66%) |
19 (1.85%) |
14 (1.36%) | 7 (0.68%) |
| University of Wisconsin-OshkoshPublic, 4-year | 12,953 | 4,592 (35.45%) |
2,888 (22.30%) |
2,338 (18.05%) | 1,470 (11.35%) |
623 (4.81%) |
646 (4.99%) |
316 (2.44%) | 80 (0.62%) |
| University of Wisconsin-ParksidePublic, 4-year | 3,925 | 314 (8.00%) |
847 (21.58%) |
853 (21.73%) | 733 (18.68%) |
445 (11.34%) |
427 (10.88%) |
236 (6.01%) | 70 (1.78%) |
| University of Wisconsin-StoutPublic, 4-year | 6,926 | 98 (1.41%) |
2,038 (29.43%) |
2,079 (30.02%) | 1,287 (18.58%) |
517 (7.46%) |
459 (6.63%) |
314 (4.53%) | 134 (1.93%) |
| University of Wisconsin-SuperiorPublic, 4-year | 2,833 | 193 (6.81%) |
441 (15.57%) |
559 (19.73%) | 450 (15.88%) |
355 (12.53%) |
438 (15.46%) |
283 (9.99%) | 113 (3.99%) |
| University of Wisconsin-MadisonPublic, 4-year | 51,044 | 384 (0.75%) |
15,590 (30.54%) |
17,518 (34.32%) | 7,880 (15.44%) |
5,921 (11.60%) |
2,849 (5.58%) |
676 (1.32%) | 226 (0.44%) |
| University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeePublic, 4-year | 22,450 | 1,006 (4.48%) |
5,742 (25.58%) |
5,489 (24.45%) | 4,511 (20.09%) |
2,678 (11.93%) |
1,957 (8.72%) |
767 (3.42%) | 300 (1.34%) |
| University of Wisconsin-PlattevillePublic, 4-year | 6,389 | 59 (0.92%) |
2,317 (36.27%) |
2,236 (35.00%) | 1,023 (16.01%) |
285 (4.46%) |
267 (4.18%) |
140 (2.19%) | 61 (0.95%) |
| University of Wisconsin-River FallsPublic, 4-year | 5,243 | 536 (10.22%) |
1,902 (36.28%) |
1,591 (30.35%) | 724 (13.81%) |
232 (4.42%) |
142 (2.71%) |
73 (1.39%) | 43 (0.82%) |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointPublic, 4-year | 8,233 | 148 (1.80%) |
2,974 (36.12%) |
2,696 (32.75%) | 1,295 (15.73%) |
479 (5.82%) |
375 (4.55%) |
179 (2.17%) | 87 (1.06%) |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe UniversityPublic, 4-year | 204 | 2 (0.98%) |
16 (7.84%) |
22 (10.78%) | 13 (6.37%) |
26 (12.75%) |
43 (21.08%) |
47 (23.04%) | 35 (17.16%) |
| Empire Beauty School-Green BayPrivate, Less than 2-year | 100 | - | 30 (30.00%) |
31 (31.00%) | 17 (17.00%) |
11 (11.00%) |
8 (8.00%) |
2 (2.00%) | - |
| College of Menominee NationPrivate, 4-year | 300 | 43 (14.33%) |
34 (11.33%) |
19 (6.33%) | 27 (9.00%) |
41 (13.67%) |
73 (24.33%) |
46 (15.33%) | 17 (5.67%) |
| Ottawa University-MilwaukeePrivate, 4-year | 116 | - | - | 1 (0.86%) | 6 (5.17%) |
38 (32.76%) |
44 (37.93%) |
23 (19.83%) | 4 (3.45%) |
| Empire Beauty School-MilwaukeePrivate, Less than 2-year | 111 | - | 21 (18.92%) |
18 (16.22%) | 17 (15.32%) |
26 (23.42%) |
19 (17.12%) |
8 (7.21%) | 2 (1.80%) |
| Rasmussen University-WisconsinPrivate, 4-year | 55 | - | - | 6 (10.91%) | 12 (21.82%) |
11 (20.00%) |
16 (29.09%) |
6 (10.91%) | 4 (7.27%) |
| Bryant & Stratton College-WauwatosaPrivate, 4-year | 1,037 | 2 (0.19%) |
218 (21.02%) |
107 (10.32%) | 150 (14.46%) |
247 (23.82%) |
214 (20.64%) |
82 (7.91%) | 17 (1.64%) |
| The Salon Professional Academy-OnalaskaPrivate, 2-4 year | 67 | 1 (1.49%) |
27 (40.30%) |
16 (23.88%) | 10 (14.93%) |
6 (8.96%) |
5 (7.46%) |
- | 2 (2.99%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-MilwaukeePrivate, Less than 2-year | 140 | 1 (0.71%) |
23 (16.43%) |
20 (14.29%) | 17 (12.14%) |
33 (23.57%) |
38 (27.14%) |
6 (4.29%) | 1 (0.71%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-MadisonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 70 | - | 19 (27.14%) |
12 (17.14%) | 11 (15.71%) |
12 (17.14%) |
13 (18.57%) |
3 (4.29%) | - |