Enrollment Trends at UW - Oshkosh

The student population at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is 12,953 (11,994 undergraduate and 959 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,098 (7.81%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UW - Oshkosh is 92.60% which is decreased by 708 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 390 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, up from 66 in 2015.
1,393 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 75.88% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,375 where 12,953 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 16,410 students in 2019 and was lowest at 12,953 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 14,051 to 12,953 students, a net loss of 1,098 (7.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	14,051	12,702	5,203	7,499	1,349	374	975
2016-17	13,958 -93	12,484 -218	4,978 -225	7,506 7	1,474 125	409 35	1,065 90
2017-18	13,933 -25	12,410 -74	4,869 -109	7,541 35	1,523 49	448 39	1,075 10
2018-19	16,410 2,477	15,097 2,687	6,058 1,189	9,039 1,498	1,313 -210	428 -20	885 -190
2019-20	15,521 -889	14,267 -830	5,640 -418	8,627 -412	1,254 -59	429 1	825 -60
2020-21	15,314 -207	14,068 -199	5,579 -61	8,489 -138	1,246 -8	407 -22	839 14
2021-22	14,142 -1,172	12,946 -1,122	5,247 -332	7,699 -790	1,196 -50	351 -56	845 6
2022-23	13,705 -437	12,627 -319	5,111 -136	7,516 -183	1,078 -118	335 -16	743 -102
2023-24	13,761 56	12,674 47	5,252 141	7,422 -94	1,087 9	339 4	748 5
2024-25	12,953 -808	11,994 -680	5,038 -214	6,956 -466	959 -128	289 -50	670 -78
Average	14,375	13,127	5,298	7,829	1,248	381	867

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 13,127 where 11,994 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-Oshkosh since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,702	8,714	3,699	5,015	3,988	1,504	2,484
2016-17	12,484	8,379	3,485	4,894	4,105	1,493	2,612
2017-18	12,410	7,994	3,225	4,769	4,416	1,644	2,772
2018-19	15,097	9,108	3,764	5,344	5,989	2,294	3,695
2019-20	14,267	8,541	3,487	5,054	5,726	2,153	3,573
2020-21	14,068	7,863	3,188	4,675	6,205	2,391	3,814
2021-22	12,946	7,236	2,961	4,275	5,710	2,286	3,424
2022-23	12,627	6,759	2,799	3,960	5,868	2,312	3,556
2023-24	12,674	6,639	2,790	3,849	6,035	2,462	3,573
2024-25	11,994	5,990	2,551	3,439	6,004	2,487	3,517
Average	13,127	13,127	3,195	4,527	13,127	2,103	3,302

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,248 where 959 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-Oshkosh since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,349	205	56	149	1,144	318	826
2016-17	1,474	220	62	158	1,254	347	907
2017-18	1,523	255	58	197	1,268	390	878
2018-19	1,313	266	72	194	1,047	356	691
2019-20	1,254	242	61	181	1,012	368	644
2020-21	1,246	280	68	212	966	339	627
2021-22	1,196	295	52	243	901	299	602
2022-23	1,078	277	57	220	801	278	523
2023-24	1,087	331	71	260	756	268	488
2024-25	959	287	68	219	672	221	451
Average	1,248	1,248	63	203	1,248	318	664

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.48%. The percentage was 86.78% 10 years ago and UW - Oshkosh still has a high percentage of white students. 3.86% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.04% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.62% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.78% to 80.48%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.72% to 3.86%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.88% to 2.04%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.47% to 6.62%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3449 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2435 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-Oshkosh 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	89	523	264	487	10	12,193	300
2016-17	68	504	274	583	11	12,023	324
2017-18	56	502	266	626	8	11,939	337
2018-19	60	621	337	884	12	13,756	455
2019-20	76	602	313	848	15	12,851	435
2020-21	54	662	306	851	9	12,693	452
2021-22	36	567	314	813	9	11,620	438
2022-23	43	549	288	790	14	11,102	432
2023-24	43	522	279	893	12	11,065	443
2024-25	50	500	264	858	11	10,425	408
Average	58	555	291	763	11	11,967	402

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,393 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 75.88% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	14,051	792	610	12,649
2016-17	13,958	738	624	12,596
2017-18	13,933	820	567	12,546
2018-19	16,410	1,184	646	14,580
2019-20	15,521	935	598	13,988
2020-21	15,314	4,716	5,425	5,173
2021-22	14,142	1,406	3,860	8,876
2022-23	13,705	1,221	3,655	8,829
2023-24	13,761	1,389	3,676	8,696
2024-25	12,953	1,393	3,855	7,705
Average	14,375	1,459	2,352	10,564

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Enrollment Trends at UW - Oshkosh

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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