Enrollment Trends at U of Wisconsin-Whitewater

The student population at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is 11,079 (9,367 undergraduate and 1,712 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 949 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Wisconsin-Whitewater is 84.55% which is decreased by 1,384 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 435 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

2,200 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 195.70% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 12,155 where 11,079 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.55% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.45% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,384 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 435 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in U of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,028	10,751	5,335	5,416	1,277	594	683
2013-14	12,027 -1	10,864 113	5,335 0	5,529 113	1,163 -114	546 -48	617 -66
2014-15	12,176 149	10,988 124	5,464 129	5,524 -5	1,188 25	560 14	628 11
2015-16	12,360 184	11,151 163	5,593 129	5,558 34	1,209 21	548 -12	661 33
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
Average	12,155	10,780	5,419	5,361	1,375	611	763

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 10,780 where 9,367 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-Whitewater since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,751	9,908	4,938	4,970	843	397	446
2013-14	10,864	9,889	4,880	5,009	975	455	520
2014-15	10,988	10,017	5,008	5,009	971	456	515
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
Average	10,780	10,780	4,856	4,687	10,780	563	675

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,375 where 1,712 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-Whitewater since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,277	505	261	244	772	333	439
2013-14	1,163	419	183	236	744	363	381
2014-15	1,188	397	180	217	791	380	411
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
Average	1,375	1,375	194	261	1,375	418	502

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.85%. The percentage was 85.11% 10 years ago and U of Wisconsin-Whitewater still has a high percentage of white students. 2.10% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.33% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 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	22	212	573	461	11	10,237	223
2013-14	28	217	552	491	9	10,236	263
2014-15	32	228	564	570	9	10,181	394
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
Average	25	230	520	751	9	10,032	403

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,200 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 195.70% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,176	744	2,007	9,425
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
Average	12,184	1,402	3,902	6,880

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