Graduate Student Population in Wisconsin
For academic year 2019-2020, total 38,940 graduate students enrolled in 45 graduate schools in Wisconsin. By gender, there are 15,483 male students (39.76%) and 23,457 female students (60.24%) enrolled in graduate programs.
University of Wisconsin-Madison has the most graduate students of 11,758 and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has the second most graduate students of 4,675 in Wisconsin. You can view and compare the graduate student population along with tuition and other admission information at Wisconsin colleges at Wisconsin Graduate School Comparison page.
By attending status, 22,168 students enrolled as full-time and 16,772 students enrolled as part-time for graduate programs. Next table shows the 2020 graduate students population by gender and attending status at Wisconsin graduate schools.
University of Wisconsin-Madison has the most graduate students of 11,758
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 38,940 | 15,483 | 23,457 |
| Full-time | 22,168 | 9,255 | 12,913 |
| Part-time | 16,772 | 6,228 | 10,544 |
Population by Race/Ethnicity
For academic year 2019-2020, of the 45 enrolled students in Wisconsin graduate schools, 192 were American Indian/Native American (0.49%), 1,652 were Asian (4.24%), 1,816 were Black/African American (4.66%), 1,841 were Hispanic (4.73%), 43 were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0.11%), 26,374 were White (67.73%), 838 were Two More (2.15%), and 1,523 were Un-Known (3.91%). The number of non-resident alien students is 4,661 (11.97%). Next table shows the 2020 graduate school students population by race/ethnicity and state at Wisconsin graduate schools.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 38,940 | 15,483 | 23,457 |
| American Indian/Native American | 192 | 59 | 133 |
| Asian | 1,652 | 724 | 928 |
| Black/African American | 1,816 | 569 | 1,247 |
| Hispanic | 1,841 | 735 | 1,106 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 43 | 21 | 22 |
| White | 26,374 | 9,849 | 16,525 |
| Two More | 838 | 291 | 547 |
| Un-Known | 1,523 | 585 | 938 |
| Non-resident Alien | 4,661 | 2,650 | 2,011 |
