Largest Wisconsin Public Colleges

University of Wisconsin-Madison is the largest public Wisconsin college with 48,956 students. The percentage of online students is 2.83% at the school.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with 22,676 students and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with 13,705 students are following it in the largetst Wisconsin college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Wisconsin online colleges.

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University of Wisconsin-Madison is the largest school with 48,956 students and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has the second largest population with 22,676 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

University of Wisconsin-Madison stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $19,439 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,852 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 80.24% and the average SAT score is 1,430 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest Wisconsin Public Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Wisconsin Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI Public, four-years	48,956 4,316	36,306	12,650	22,993	25,963	1,384	18 to 1
2 -	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI Public, four-years	22,676 1,889	18,348	4,328	9,913	12,763	3,100	17 to 1
3 -	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI Public, four-years	13,705 1,609	12,627	1,078	5,446	8,259	1,221	20 to 1
4 -	Madison Area Technical College Madison, WI Public, four-years	12,982 75	12,936	46	5,820	7,162	3,161	12 to 1
5 -	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI Public, four-years	11,079 910	9,367	1,712	5,440	5,639	2,200	19 to 1
6 1	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI Public, four-years	10,274 257	9,347	927	4,328	5,946	519	19 to 1
7 1	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI Public, four-years	10,104 913	9,423	681	4,038	6,066	811	19 to 1
8 -	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Green Bay, WI Public, four-years	9,599 645	9,146	453	3,248	6,351	2,494	23 to 1
9 -	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI Public, four-years	7,964 338	7,313	651	3,315	4,649	871	21 to 1
10 -	University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI Public, four-years	7,234 736	6,254	980	3,879	3,355	1,464	18 to 1
	Average	15,457	13,107	2,351	6,842	8,615	1,723	19 to 1

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