Enrollment Trends at UWM

The student population at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is 22,676 (18,348 undergraduate and 4,328 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 6,036 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UWM is 80.91% which is decreased by 5,428 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 608 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.29 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

3,100 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 66.49% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 25,896 where 22,676 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.91% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.09% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 5,428 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 608 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.29 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in UWM than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	28,712	23,776	11,603	12,173	4,936	2,020	2,916
2013-14	27,416 -1,296	22,648 -1,128	11,126 -477	11,522 -651	4,768 -168	1,936 -84	2,832 -84
2014-15	27,596 180	22,674 26	10,990 -136	11,684 162	4,922 154	2,031 95	2,891 59
2015-16	26,726 -870	21,898 -776	10,588 -402	11,310 -374	4,828 -94	1,959 -72	2,869 -22
2016-17	25,601 -1,125	20,968 -930	10,072 -516	10,896 -414	4,633 -195	1,871 -88	2,762 -107
2017-18	24,988 -613	20,360 -608	9,671 -401	10,689 -207	4,628 -5	1,851 -20	2,777 15
2018-19	27,012 2,024	22,337 1,977	10,567 896	11,770 1,081	4,675 47	1,856 5	2,819 42
2019-20	25,731 -1,281	21,107 -1,230	9,849 -718	11,258 -512	4,624 -51	1,820 -36	2,804 -15
2020-21	24,565 -1,166	20,056 -1,051	9,137 -712	10,919 -339	4,509 -115	1,744 -76	2,765 -39
2021-22	23,829 -736	19,411 -645	8,779 -358	10,632 -287	4,418 -91	1,649 -95	2,769 4
2022-23	22,676 -1,153	18,348 -1,063	8,267 -512	10,081 -551	4,328 -90	1,646 -3	2,682 -87
Average	25,896	21,235	10,059	11,176	4,661	1,853	2,808

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 21,235 where 18,348 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-Milwaukee since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	23,776	19,743	9,781	9,962	4,033	1,822	2,211
2013-14	22,648	18,942	9,391	9,551	3,706	1,735	1,971
2014-15	22,674	18,793	9,200	9,593	3,881	1,790	2,091
2015-16	21,898	18,316	8,959	9,357	3,582	1,629	1,953
2016-17	20,968	17,598	8,522	9,076	3,370	1,550	1,820
2017-18	20,360	17,076	8,121	8,955	3,284	1,550	1,734
2018-19	22,337	18,137	8,627	9,510	4,200	1,940	2,260
2019-20	21,107	17,456	8,237	9,219	3,651	1,612	2,039
2020-21	20,056	16,620	7,570	9,050	3,436	1,567	1,869
2021-22	19,411	15,864	7,186	8,678	3,547	1,593	1,954
2022-23	18,348	14,909	6,759	8,150	3,439	1,508	1,931
Average	21,235	21,235	8,396	9,191	21,235	1,663	1,985

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 4,661 where 4,328 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-Milwaukee since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,936	2,682	1,139	1,543	2,254	881	1,373
2013-14	4,768	2,606	1,085	1,521	2,162	851	1,311
2014-15	4,922	2,628	1,109	1,519	2,294	922	1,372
2015-16	4,828	2,648	1,122	1,526	2,180	837	1,343
2016-17	4,633	2,652	1,083	1,569	1,981	788	1,193
2017-18	4,628	2,650	1,080	1,570	1,978	771	1,207
2018-19	4,675	2,684	1,080	1,604	1,991	776	1,215
2019-20	4,624	2,616	1,050	1,566	2,008	770	1,238
2020-21	4,509	2,645	1,023	1,622	1,864	721	1,143
2021-22	4,418	2,578	960	1,618	1,840	689	1,151
2022-23	4,328	2,611	1,039	1,572	1,717	607	1,110
Average	4,661	4,661	1,070	1,566	4,661	783	1,241

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.54%. The percentage was 73.14% 10 years ago and UWM still has a high percentage of white students. 6.39% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.75% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 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	126	1,522	2,260	1,812	21	21,000	716
2013-14	114	1,489	2,123	1,899	21	19,541	799
2014-15	119	1,581	2,169	2,154	21	19,084	843
2015-16	105	1,644	2,033	2,221	26	18,078	913
2016-17	96	1,576	1,927	2,349	25	17,086	951
2017-18	92	1,556	1,788	2,514	20	16,474	967
2018-19	106	1,583	1,793	2,857	25	18,123	1,016
2019-20	89	1,625	1,684	2,825	29	17,086	1,014
2020-21	82	1,597	1,602	2,913	23	16,192	1,010
2021-22	78	1,526	1,631	2,959	29	15,414	965
2022-23	78	1,448	1,530	2,877	22	14,181	928
Average	99	1,559	1,867	2,489	24	17,478	920

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,100 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 66.49% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	27,596	1,862	6,368	19,366
2015-16	26,726	1,839	6,761	18,126
2016-17	25,601	1,825	6,763	17,013
2017-18	24,988	1,847	6,763	16,378
2018-19	27,012	2,373	7,217	17,422
2019-20	25,731	2,376	7,357	15,998
2020-21	24,565	10,987	12,077	1,501
2021-22	23,829	3,508	12,157	8,164
2022-23	22,676	3,100	11,496	8,080
Average	25,414	3,302	8,551	13,561

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