Enrollment Trends at UW - Parkside

The student population at University of Wisconsin-Parkside is 3,925 (3,184 undergraduate and 741 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 487 (11.04%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UW - Parkside is 81.12% which is decreased by 1,085 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 598 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 80 male students for every 100 female students, down from 90 in 2015.
973 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 459.20% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,221 where 3,925 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 4,452 students in 2021 and was lowest at 3,925 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,412 to 3,925 students, a net loss of 487 (11%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,412	4,269	2,026	2,243	143	64	79
2016-17	4,371 -41	4,248 -21	2,006 -20	2,242 -1	123 -20	62 -2	61 -18
2017-18	4,277 -94	4,137 -111	1,960 -46	2,177 -65	140 17	73 11	67 6
2018-19	4,295 18	4,060 -77	1,905 -55	2,155 -22	235 95	120 47	115 48
2019-20	4,388 93	3,906 -154	1,766 -139	2,140 -15	482 247	251 131	231 116
2020-21	4,452 64	3,791 -115	1,655 -111	2,136 -4	661 179	326 75	335 104
2021-22	4,132 -320	3,365 -426	1,447 -208	1,918 -218	767 106	381 55	386 51
2022-23	3,947 -185	3,236 -129	1,429 -18	1,807 -111	711 -56	332 -49	379 -7
2023-24	4,008 61	3,263 27	1,449 20	1,814 7	745 34	311 -21	434 55
2024-25	3,925 -83	3,184 -79	1,415 -34	1,769 -45	741 -4	335 24	406 -28
Average	4,221	3,746	1,706	2,040	475	226	249

University of Wisconsin-Parkside Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,746 where 3,184 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-Parkside since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,269	3,273	1,607	1,666	996	419	577
2016-17	4,248	3,248	1,551	1,697	1,000	455	545
2017-18	4,137	3,275	1,578	1,697	862	382	480
2018-19	4,060	3,197	1,517	1,680	863	388	475
2019-20	3,906	3,143	1,413	1,730	763	353	410
2020-21	3,791	2,947	1,288	1,659	844	367	477
2021-22	3,365	2,563	1,112	1,451	802	335	467
2022-23	3,236	2,394	1,077	1,317	842	352	490
2023-24	3,263	2,448	1,119	1,329	815	330	485
2024-25	3,184	2,314	1,078	1,236	870	337	533
Average	3,746	3,746	1,334	1,546	3,746	372	494

University of Wisconsin-Parkside Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 475 where 741 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-Parkside since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	143	28	12	16	115	52	63
2016-17	123	32	17	15	91	45	46
2017-18	140	35	20	15	105	53	52
2018-19	235	90	39	51	145	81	64
2019-20	482	151	78	73	331	173	158
2020-21	661	162	76	86	499	250	249
2021-22	767	193	86	107	574	295	279
2022-23	711	151	69	82	560	263	297
2023-24	745	177	66	111	568	245	323
2024-25	741	168	73	95	573	262	311
Average	475	475	54	65	475	172	184

University of Wisconsin-Parkside Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.06%. The percentage was 68.50% 10 years ago and UW - Parkside still has a high percentage of white students. 3.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.66% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 19.72% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 68.50% to 59.06%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.20% to 3.59%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.57% to 8.66%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 13.10% to 19.72%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6008 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5039 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-Parkside 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	7	141	378	578	8	3,022	167
2016-17	7	155	389	625	7	2,914	181
2017-18	7	154	383	665	4	2,780	187
2018-19	8	175	375	727	5	2,745	159
2019-20	9	160	353	764	6	2,812	189
2020-21	13	159	344	832	4	2,795	217
2021-22	14	131	308	720	2	2,618	202
2022-23	9	131	285	728	2	2,487	189
2023-24	8	148	315	758	3	2,403	195
2024-25	9	141	340	774	0	2,318	204
Average	9	150	347	717	4	2,689	189

University of Wisconsin-Parkside Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

973 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 459.20% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Wisconsin-Parkside from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,412	174	803	3,435
2016-17	4,371	217	1,023	3,131
2017-18	4,277	276	926	3,075
2018-19	4,295	377	1,273	2,645
2019-20	4,388	595	1,460	2,333
2020-21	4,452	2,453	1,875	124
2021-22	4,132	1,070	2,005	1,057
2022-23	3,947	959	1,867	1,121
2023-24	4,008	988	1,822	1,198
2024-25	3,925	973	1,825	1,127
Average	4,221	808	1,488	1,925

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Enrollment Trends at UW - Parkside

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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