Enrollment Trends at UW - La Crosse

The student population at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is 10,446 (9,501 undergraduate and 945 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 44 (0.42%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UW - La Crosse is 90.95% which is decreased by 205 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 161 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, down from 75 in 2015.
532 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 144.04% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,478 where 10,446 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 10,637 students in 2017 and was lowest at 10,274 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 10,490 to 10,446 students, a net loss of 44 (0.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,490	9,706	4,249	5,457	784	248	536
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
2023-24	10,299 25	9,378 31	4,036 3	5,342 28	921 -6	282 -13	639 7
2024-25	10,446 147	9,501 123	4,096 60	5,405 63	945 24	281 -1	664 25
Average	10,478	9,575	4,150	5,425	904	306	598

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,575 where 9,501 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	9,378	8,827	3,765	5,062	551	271	280
2024-25	9,501	8,995	3,873	5,122	506	223	283
Average	9,575	9,575	3,861	5,138	9,575	288	287

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 904 where 945 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	921	382	100	282	539	182	357
2024-25	945	381	102	279	564	179	385
Average	904	904	126	275	904	180	323

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 88.15%. The percentage was 88.89% 10 years ago and UW - La Crosse still has a high percentage of white students. 2.09% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.78% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.96% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 88.89% to 88.15%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.36% to 2.09%. Black student enrollment decreased from 0.80% to 0.78%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.09% to 3.96%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2200 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.2077 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	17	225	88	411	7	9,092	306
2024-25	16	218	82	414	4	9,208	315
Average	17	240	82	378	5	9,302	306

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

532 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 144.04% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	10,299	530	5,143	4,626
2024-25	10,446	532	5,068	4,846
Average	10,478	1,077	3,333	6,069

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Enrollment Trends at UW - La Crosse

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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