Enrollment Trends at UWM

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 24,606 where 22,450 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

81.46% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.54% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,610 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 666 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UWM than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	26,726	21,898	10,588	11,310	4,828	1,959	2,869
2016-17	25,601 -1,125	20,968 -930	10,072 -516	10,896 -414	4,633 -195	1,871 -88	2,762 -107
2017-18	24,988 -613	20,360 -608	9,671 -401	10,689 -207	4,628 -5	1,851 -20	2,777 15
2018-19	27,012 2,024	22,337 1,977	10,567 896	11,770 1,081	4,675 47	1,856 5	2,819 42
2019-20	25,731 -1,281	21,107 -1,230	9,849 -718	11,258 -512	4,624 -51	1,820 -36	2,804 -15
2020-21	24,565 -1,166	20,056 -1,051	9,137 -712	10,919 -339	4,509 -115	1,744 -76	2,765 -39
2021-22	23,829 -736	19,411 -645	8,779 -358	10,632 -287	4,418 -91	1,649 -95	2,769 4
2022-23	22,676 -1,153	18,348 -1,063	8,267 -512	10,081 -551	4,328 -90	1,646 -3	2,682 -87
2023-24	22,481 -195	18,047 -301	8,021 -246	10,026 -55	4,434 106	1,741 95	2,693 11
2024-25	22,450 -31	18,288 241	8,005 -16	10,283 257	4,162 -272	1,601 -140	2,561 -132
Average	24,606	20,082	9,296	10,786	4,524	1,774	2,750

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 20,082 where 18,288 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-Milwaukee since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	21,898	18,316	8,959	9,357	3,582	1,629	1,953
2016-17	20,968	17,598	8,522	9,076	3,370	1,550	1,820
2017-18	20,360	17,076	8,121	8,955	3,284	1,550	1,734
2018-19	22,337	18,137	8,627	9,510	4,200	1,940	2,260
2019-20	21,107	17,456	8,237	9,219	3,651	1,612	2,039
2020-21	20,056	16,620	7,570	9,050	3,436	1,567	1,869
2021-22	19,411	15,864	7,186	8,678	3,547	1,593	1,954
2022-23	18,348	14,909	6,759	8,150	3,439	1,508	1,931
2023-24	18,047	14,804	6,587	8,217	3,243	1,434	1,809
2024-25	18,288	14,904	6,506	8,398	3,384	1,499	1,885
Average	20,082	20,082	7,707	8,861	20,082	1,588	1,925

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,524 where 4,162 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-Milwaukee since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,828	2,648	1,122	1,526	2,180	837	1,343
2016-17	4,633	2,652	1,083	1,569	1,981	788	1,193
2017-18	4,628	2,650	1,080	1,570	1,978	771	1,207
2018-19	4,675	2,684	1,080	1,604	1,991	776	1,215
2019-20	4,624	2,616	1,050	1,566	2,008	770	1,238
2020-21	4,509	2,645	1,023	1,622	1,864	721	1,143
2021-22	4,418	2,578	960	1,618	1,840	689	1,151
2022-23	4,328	2,611	1,039	1,572	1,717	607	1,110
2023-24	4,434	2,704	1,106	1,598	1,730	635	1,095
2024-25	4,162	2,426	941	1,485	1,736	660	1,076
Average	4,524	4,524	1,048	1,573	4,524	725	1,177

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.67%. The percentage was 67.64% 10 years ago and UWM still has a high percentage of white students. 7.63% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.14% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.59% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.64% to 55.67%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.15% to 7.63%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.61% to 9.14%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.31% to 14.59%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6523 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5248 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-Milwaukee over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	105	1,644	2,033	2,221	26	18,078	913
2016-17	96	1,576	1,927	2,349	25	17,086	951
2017-18	92	1,556	1,788	2,514	20	16,474	967
2018-19	106	1,583	1,793	2,857	25	18,123	1,016
2019-20	89	1,625	1,684	2,825	29	17,086	1,014
2020-21	82	1,597	1,602	2,913	23	16,192	1,010
2021-22	78	1,526	1,631	2,959	29	15,414	965
2022-23	78	1,448	1,530	2,877	22	14,181	928
2023-24	94	1,576	1,685	3,026	21	13,222	958
2024-25	88	1,714	2,052	3,275	17	12,499	1,055
Average	91	1,585	1,773	2,782	24	15,836	978