Total 329,840 Students Enrolled in Wisconsin Colleges

A total of 329,840 students are enrolled in Wisconsin colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

Student Level: There are 287,267 undergraduate and 42,629 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 87.09% and the proportion of graduate students is 12.92%.
Institution Level: 220,340 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 108,174 students enrolled in community colleges, and 1,326 students enrolled in trade schools.

Wisconsin 4-Year College Enrollment Statistics

For 51 Wisconsin 4-year colleges, there are 220,340 students enrolled.

Institution Control: 164,339 (74.58%) students in public and 56,001 (25.42%) in private 4-year colleges.
Student Level: 177,798 (80.69%) undergraduate and 42,598 (19.33%) graduate students in Wisconsin public 4-year colleges.
Gender Breakdown: Of the total student population in Wisconsin 4-year colleges, 57.34% are women (126,339) and 42.66% are men (94,001). This yields a ratio of approximately 74 male students for every 100 female students.
Online Enrollment: 15,224 (6.91%) undergraduate and 14,066 (6.38%) graduate students are enrolled online in Wisconsin 4-year colleges.
Largest and Smallest: For Wisconsin colleges, University of Wisconsin-Madison has the most number of students of 51,044 among 4-year colleges. For Wisconsin community colleges, Milwaukee Area Technical College has the most students of 13,792 and The Institute of Beauty and Wellness is the largest trade school with 186.

Student Population By School Level for Wisconsin Colleges

By attending status, there are 194,028 full-time students and 135,721 part-time students at Wisconsin colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Wisconsin colleges. A total of 329,840 students have enrolled in Wisconsin colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Wisconsin Colleges
School	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
School	Total	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Total	Full-time	Part-time
VICI Beauty SchoolPrivate, 2-4 year	109	109	109	-	-	-	-
Alverno CollegePrivate, 4-year	1,317	673	530	143	644	465	179
Madison Area Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	13,641	13,610	3,765	9,845	31	11	20
Bellin CollegePrivate, 4-year	927	656	296	360	271	116	155
Beloit CollegePrivate, 4-year	1,004	1,004	954	50	-	-	-
Blackhawk Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	2,811	2,811	598	2,213	-	-	-
Carroll UniversityPrivate, 4-year	3,138	2,581	2,444	137	557	402	155
Carthage CollegePrivate, 4-year	2,844	2,675	2,641	34	169	108	61
Concordia University-WisconsinPrivate, 4-year	5,253	2,401	1,840	561	2,852	887	1,965
Edgewood UniversityPrivate, 4-year	2,459	1,236	1,042	194	1,223	645	578
Fox Valley Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	10,670	10,670	1,651	9,019	-	-	-
Gateway Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	10,100	10,100	1,206	8,894	-	-	-
The Professional Hair Design AcademyPrivate, 2-4 year	60	60	48	12	-	-	-
Lakeland UniversityPrivate, 4-year	2,813	2,411	774	1,637	402	75	327
Lakeshore Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	3,303	3,303	311	2,992	-	-	-
Lawrence UniversityPrivate, 4-year	1,417	1,417	1,392	25	-	-	-
Maranatha Baptist UniversityPrivate, 4-year	960	735	441	294	225	25	200
Marian UniversityPrivate, 4-year	1,246	1,021	792	229	225	41	184
Marquette UniversityPrivate, 4-year	11,746	8,045	7,599	446	3,701	2,569	1,132
Medical College of WisconsinPrivate, 4-year	1,677	-	-	-	1,677	1,568	109
Mid-State Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	3,144	3,144	721	2,423	-	-	-
Milwaukee Area Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	13,792	13,792	3,188	10,604	-	-	-
Milwaukee Institute of Art & DesignPrivate, 4-year	838	838	830	8	-	-	-
Milwaukee School of EngineeringPrivate, 4-year	2,953	2,704	2,595	109	249	58	191
Moraine Park Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	4,171	4,171	963	3,208	-	-	-
Mount Mary UniversityPrivate, 4-year	1,182	752	605	147	430	169	261
Nashotah HousePrivate, 4-year	143	-	-	-	143	77	66
Nicolet Area Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	1,384	1,384	127	1,257	-	-	-
Northcentral Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	6,746	6,746	1,173	5,573	-	-	-
Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	11,826	11,826	2,331	9,495	-	-	-
Northland CollegePrivate, 4-year	286	286	267	19	-	-	-
Ripon CollegePrivate, 4-year	709	696	682	14	13	12	1
Sacred Heart Seminary and School of TheologyPrivate, 4-year	128	-	-	-	128	104	24
Saint Norbert CollegePrivate, 4-year	2,032	1,970	1,652	318	62	1	61
State College of Beauty CulturePrivate, Less than 2-year	57	57	42	15	-	-	-
Southwest Wisconsin Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	2,849	2,849	731	2,118	-	-	-
Viterbo UniversityPrivate, 4-year	2,094	1,299	1,056	243	795	500	295
Chippewa Valley Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	8,330	8,330	2,082	6,248	-	-	-
Waukesha County Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	8,367	8,367	1,676	6,691	-	-	-
Western Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	3,625	3,625	1,416	2,209	-	-	-
University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterPublic, 4-year	11,746	10,084	8,502	1,582	1,662	508	1,154
Northwood Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	2,940	2,940	937	2,003	-	-	-
Wisconsin School of Professional PsychologyPrivate, 4-year	78	-	-	-	78	51	27
University of Wisconsin-Eau ClairePublic, 4-year	10,049	9,351	8,353	998	698	138	560
University of Wisconsin-Green BayPublic, 4-year	11,174	10,632	5,344	5,288	542	192	350
University of Wisconsin-La CrossePublic, 4-year	10,446	9,501	8,995	506	945	381	564
Wisconsin Lutheran CollegePrivate, 4-year	1,027	957	929	28	70	9	61
University of Wisconsin-OshkoshPublic, 4-year	12,953	11,994	5,990	6,004	959	287	672
University of Wisconsin-ParksidePublic, 4-year	3,925	3,184	2,314	870	741	168	573
Herzing University-MadisonPrivate, 4-year	5,274	2,521	1,036	1,485	2,753	2,160	593
University of Wisconsin-StoutPublic, 4-year	6,926	6,136	4,938	1,198	790	206	584
University of Wisconsin-SuperiorPublic, 4-year	2,833	2,037	1,430	607	796	212	584
University of Wisconsin-MadisonPublic, 4-year	51,044	38,040	35,466	2,574	13,004	10,813	2,191
University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeePublic, 4-year	22,450	18,288	14,904	3,384	4,162	2,426	1,736
University of Wisconsin-PlattevillePublic, 4-year	6,389	6,045	5,369	676	344	61	283
University of Wisconsin-River FallsPublic, 4-year	5,243	4,880	3,965	915	363	175	188
University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointPublic, 4-year	8,233	7,490	6,614	876	743	287	456
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe UniversityPublic, 4-year	204	196	52	144	8	4	4
Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-RacinePrivate, 4-year	37	1	1	-	36	26	10
Empire Beauty School-Green BayPrivate, Less than 2-year	100	100	100	-	-	-	-
College of Menominee NationPrivate, 4-year	300	300	102	198	-	-	-
Ottawa University-MilwaukeePrivate, 4-year	116	41	8	33	75	57	18
Empire Beauty School-MilwaukeePrivate, Less than 2-year	111	111	111	-	-	-	-
Milwaukee Career CollegePrivate, 2-4 year	67	67	67	-	-	-	-
Rasmussen University-WisconsinPrivate, 4-year	55	55	40	15	56	-	-
The Institute of Beauty and WellnessPrivate, Less than 2-year	186	186	71	115	-	-	-
Bryant & Stratton College-WauwatosaPrivate, 4-year	1,037	1,037	634	403	-	-	-
The Salon Professional Academy-AppletonPrivate, 2-4 year	81	81	81	-	-	-	-
The Salon Professional Academy-OnalaskaPrivate, 2-4 year	67	67	67	-	-	-	-
Paul Mitchell the School-MilwaukeePrivate, Less than 2-year	140	140	90	50	-	-	-
Herzing University-KenoshaPrivate, 4-year	526	524	202	322	2	1	1
Herzing University-BrookfieldPrivate, 4-year	385	380	173	207	5	4	1
Advanced College of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year	24	24	24	-	-	-	-
First Class Cosmetology SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year	92	92	92	-	-	-	-
The Salon Professional Academy-KenoshaPrivate, Less than 2-year	130	130	52	78	-	-	-
Shepherds CollegePrivate, 2-4 year	91	91	-	-	-	-	-
East-West Healing Arts InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year	72	72	72	-	-	-	-
Paul Mitchell the School-MadisonPrivate, Less than 2-year	70	70	70	-	-	-	-
The Institute of Beauty and Wellness MadisonPrivate, Less than 2-year	88	88	37	51	-	-	-
Academy of Beauty ProfessionalsPrivate, Less than 2-year	53	53	26	27	-	-	-
Academy of Beauty ProfessionalsPrivate, Less than 2-year	37	37	16	21	-	-	-
Academy of Beauty ProfessionalsPrivate, Less than 2-year	64	64	27	37	-	-	-
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-JanesvillePrivate, Less than 2-year	102	102	54	48	-	-	-
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee FlexPublic, 4-year	551	551	83	468	-	-	-
University of Wisconsin-Parkside FlexPublic, 4-year	173	173	21	152	-	-	-
Rasmussen University-WausauPrivate, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryant & Stratton College-BayshorePrivate, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryant & Stratton College-RacinePrivate, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
East-West Healing Arts Institute - MilwaukeePrivate, Less than 2-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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