Enrollment Trends at UW - Whitewater

The student population at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is 11,746 (10,084 undergraduate and 1,662 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 614 (4.97%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UW - Whitewater is 85.85% which is decreased by 1,067 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 453 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 95 male students for every 100 female students, down from 99 in 2015.
2,618 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 233.50% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,074 where 11,746 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 13,059 students in 2019 and was lowest at 11,079 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 12,360 to 11,746 students, a net loss of 614 (5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,360	11,151	5,593	5,558	1,209	548	661
2016-17	12,657 297	11,409 258	5,765 172	5,644 86	1,248 39	572 24	676 15
2017-18	12,434 -223	11,133 -276	5,638 -127	5,495 -149	1,301 53	566 -6	735 59
2018-19	13,059 625	11,722 589	5,878 240	5,844 349	1,337 36	579 13	758 23
2019-20	12,452 -607	11,024 -698	5,596 -282	5,428 -416	1,428 91	610 31	818 60
2020-21	11,989 -463	10,423 -601	5,273 -323	5,150 -278	1,566 138	689 79	877 59
2021-22	11,446 -543	9,751 -672	5,007 -266	4,744 -406	1,695 129	747 58	948 71
2022-23	11,079 -367	9,367 -384	4,725 -282	4,642 -102	1,712 17	715 -32	997 49
2023-24	11,519 440	9,812 445	4,922 197	4,890 248	1,707 -5	706 -9	1,001 4
2024-25	11,746 227	10,084 272	5,069 147	5,015 125	1,662 -45	650 -56	1,012 11
Average	12,074	10,588	5,347	5,241	1,487	638	848

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,588 where 10,084 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-Whitewater since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,151	9,995	5,048	4,947	1,156	545	611
2016-17	11,409	10,128	5,174	4,954	1,281	591	690
2017-18	11,133	9,830	5,032	4,798	1,303	606	697
2018-19	11,722	10,156	5,200	4,956	1,566	678	888
2019-20	11,024	9,571	4,963	4,608	1,453	633	820
2020-21	10,423	8,946	4,589	4,357	1,477	684	793
2021-22	9,751	8,434	4,381	4,053	1,317	626	691
2022-23	9,367	8,098	4,207	3,891	1,269	518	751
2023-24	9,812	8,363	4,308	4,055	1,449	614	835
2024-25	10,084	8,502	4,364	4,138	1,582	705	877
Average	10,588	10,588	4,727	4,476	10,588	620	765

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,487 where 1,662 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-Whitewater since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,209	405	178	227	804	370	434
2016-17	1,248	433	191	242	815	381	434
2017-18	1,301	400	175	225	901	391	510
2018-19	1,337	447	181	266	890	398	492
2019-20	1,428	453	194	259	975	416	559
2020-21	1,566	504	189	315	1,062	500	562
2021-22	1,695	555	223	332	1,140	524	616
2022-23	1,712	483	175	308	1,229	540	689
2023-24	1,707	508	169	339	1,199	537	662
2024-25	1,662	508	178	330	1,154	472	682
Average	1,487	1,487	185	284	1,487	453	564

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.67%. The percentage was 82.00% 10 years ago and UW - Whitewater still has a high percentage of white students. 2.24% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.30% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.51% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.00% to 77.67%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.84% to 2.24%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.44% to 5.30%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.36% to 9.51%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3838 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3203 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-Whitewater 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	24	227	549	663	8	10,135	577
2016-17	24	238	529	713	7	10,394	555
2017-18	27	233	500	743	8	10,190	548
2018-19	28	243	515	936	5	10,605	547
2019-20	21	213	504	933	9	10,200	417
2020-21	25	242	489	948	8	9,822	339
2021-22	20	239	464	899	11	9,391	282
2022-23	28	233	480	909	11	8,957	284
2023-24	25	246	563	1,007	9	9,135	293
2024-25	34	263	622	1,117	7	9,123	296
Average	26	238	522	887	8	9,795	414

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,618 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 233.50% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	12,360	785	2,114	9,461
2016-17	12,657	921	2,863	8,873
2017-18	12,434	993	3,099	8,342
2018-19	13,059	1,153	3,304	8,602
2019-20	12,452	1,366	3,349	7,737
2020-21	11,989	2,249	8,679	1,061
2021-22	11,446	2,205	5,785	3,456
2022-23	11,079	2,200	3,919	4,960
2023-24	11,519	2,416	4,224	4,879
2024-25	11,746	2,618	3,824	5,304
Average	12,074	1,691	4,116	6,268

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Enrollment Trends at UW - Whitewater

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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