Student Population at UWM

The following chart compares UWM's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Wisconsin.

UWM has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 29,161 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Wisconsin average (11,007 students).

The below chart compares the student population between University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 9,606 male and 12,844 female students attending UWM. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.75 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at UWM.

By age, there are 16,748 students whose age under twenty five and 3,024 students whose age is over thirty years old at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Especially, 1,006 students are younger than eighteen and 30 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

At University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 14,535 students (64.74% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 3,134 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 2,737 students live in Wisconsin where University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is located in and 368 students have enrolled from other states.