University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Population

How many students at UWM? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 22,450 students have enrolled in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with 18,288 undergraduate and 4,162 graduate students.

By gender, 9,606 male and 12,844 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (34,856 students on average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

3,134 students are enrolled exclusively, and 11,401 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has a total of 22,450 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 18,288 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,162 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 9,606 male and 12,844 female students (the male-female ratio is 43:57) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 12,499 White, 2,052 Black, and 1,714 Asian students out of a total of 22,450 are attending at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 65.2% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UWM has 1,006 students under 18 years old and 30 students over 65 years old. There are 16,748 students under 25 years old, and 5,702 students over 25 years old out of 22,450 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,006 students are younger than 18 and 13 students are older than 65. UWM has 15,488 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,800 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,260 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,902 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3,134 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 11,401 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,737 students who live in Wisconsin or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 397 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 18,288 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,111 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.08%.958 students have transferred in as full-time status and 153 students transferred in as part-time status.