Enrollment Trends at U of Wisconsin-La Crosse

The student population at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is 10,274 (9,347 undergraduate and 927 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 111 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Wisconsin-La Crosse is 90.98% which is decreased by 175 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 64 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

519 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 148.33% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,510 where 10,274 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

90.98% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.02% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 175 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 64 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in U of Wisconsin-La Crosse than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,385	9,522	4,023	5,499	863	262	601
2013-14	10,520 135	9,702 180	4,232 209	5,470 -29	818 -45	268 6	550 -51
2014-15	10,669 149	9,820 118	4,271 39	5,549 79	849 31	291 23	558 8
2015-16	10,490 -179	9,706 -114	4,249 -22	5,457 -92	784 -65	248 -43	536 -22
2016-17	10,637 147	9,751 45	4,277 28	5,474 17	886 102	267 19	619 83
2017-18	10,548 -89	9,705 -46	4,239 -38	5,466 -8	843 -43	303 36	540 -79
2018-19	10,597 49	9,727 22	4,283 44	5,444 -22	870 27	323 20	547 7
2019-20	10,623 26	9,668 -59	4,229 -54	5,439 -5	955 85	368 45	587 40
2020-21	10,531 -92	9,562 -106	4,075 -154	5,487 48	969 14	364 -4	605 18
2021-22	10,337 -194	9,400 -162	3,980 -95	5,420 -67	937 -32	324 -40	613 8
2022-23	10,274 -63	9,347 -53	4,033 53	5,314 -106	927 -10	295 -29	632 19
Average	10,510	9,628	4,172	5,456	882	301	581

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,628 where 9,347 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,522	9,025	3,801	5,224	497	222	275
2013-14	9,702	9,188	3,982	5,206	514	250	264
2014-15	9,820	9,292	4,012	5,280	528	259	269
2015-16	9,706	9,182	4,020	5,162	524	229	295
2016-17	9,751	9,194	3,981	5,213	557	296	261
2017-18	9,705	9,094	3,932	5,162	611	307	304
2018-19	9,727	9,168	3,988	5,180	559	295	264
2019-20	9,668	9,098	3,929	5,169	570	300	270
2020-21	9,562	8,863	3,716	5,147	699	359	340
2021-22	9,400	8,819	3,688	5,131	581	292	289
2022-23	9,347	8,756	3,722	5,034	591	311	280
Average	9,628	9,628	3,888	5,173	9,628	284	283

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 882 where 927 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	863	383	130	253	480	132	348
2013-14	818	389	134	255	429	134	295
2014-15	849	453	148	305	396	143	253
2015-16	784	441	134	307	343	114	229
2016-17	886	423	134	289	463	133	330
2017-18	843	428	153	275	415	150	265
2018-19	870	380	129	251	490	194	296
2019-20	955	394	145	249	561	223	338
2020-21	969	409	141	268	560	223	337
2021-22	937	393	118	275	544	206	338
2022-23	927	377	102	275	550	193	357
Average	882	882	133	273	882	168	308

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 88.51%. The percentage was 88.40% 10 years ago and U of Wisconsin-La Crosse still has a high percentage of white students. 2.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.61% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	27	279	82	262	7	9,180	197
2013-14	33	265	80	277	7	9,313	212
2014-15	22	256	82	305	7	9,442	221
2015-16	19	248	84	324	5	9,325	234
2016-17	18	248	85	359	6	9,470	267
2017-18	20	237	79	337	3	9,428	282
2018-19	14	240	89	332	3	9,444	337
2019-20	19	241	89	386	3	9,408	356
2020-21	12	237	86	415	4	9,372	334
2021-22	20	250	71	402	5	9,179	311
2022-23	13	251	63	401	5	9,094	313
Average	20	250	81	345	5	9,332	279

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

519 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 148.33% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	10,669	209	1,653	8,807
2015-16	10,490	218	1,461	8,811
2016-17	10,637	283	2,122	8,232
2017-18	10,548	313	2,100	8,135
2018-19	10,597	310	2,292	7,995
2019-20	10,623	514	2,615	7,494
2020-21	10,531	7,007	3,234	290
2021-22	10,337	544	4,162	5,631
2022-23	10,274	519	5,130	4,625
Average	10,523	1,102	2,752	6,669

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