Graduate Programs at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Wisconsin-Madison Directory Information
School Name	University of Wisconsin-Madison (Wisconsin-Madison)
Address	500 Lincoln Dr, Madison, WI 53706-1380
Phone	608-263-2400
Web	https://www.wisc.edu
Online Application	https://www.commonapp.org
Financial Info	https://financialaid.wisc.edu

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$25,615 $12,289 for Wisconsin Residents
Student Population	12,650
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	533 graduate programs (9 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Wisconsin Residents	$12,289
Out-of-State	$25,615
Tuition per Credit Hour
Wisconsin Residents	$670
Out-of-State	$1,503

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	9 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of Wisconsin-Madison is $12,289 for Wisconsin residents and $25,615 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.15% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Wisconsin Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$10,728	$1,282	$24,054	$1,282
2019-2020	$10,728	$1,452	$24,054	$1,452
2020-2021	$10,728	$1,469	$24,054	$1,469
2021-2022	$10,728	$1,447	$24,054	$1,447
2022-2023	$10,728	$1,523	$24,054	$1,523
2023-2024	$10,728	$1,561	$24,054	$1,561

The graduate school tuition & fees of Wisconsin-Madison is expensive compared to public graduate schools in Wisconsin. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Wisconsin graduate tuition is $18,465 (public) / $16,118 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Wisconsin-Madison	$12,289	$25,615
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Wisconsin Graduate Schools	$13,500	$16,737
Public	$9,766	$18,465
Private	$16,118

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,600 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Wisconsin-Madison.

On-campus living costs are increased by 3.44% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,600. Off-campus living costs are increased by 3.44% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$11,114	$3,156	$11,114	$3,156
2019-2020	$11,558	$3,120	$11,558	$3,120
2020-2021	$12,200	$3,066	$12,200	$3,066
2021-2022	$12,548	$3,000	$12,548	$3,000
2022-2023	$12,894	$3,154	$12,894	$3,154
2023-2024	$13,500	$3,100	$13,500	$3,100

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $672 for Wisconsin residents and $1,505 for other students at University of Wisconsin-Madison. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.13% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Wisconsin Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$670	$1,503
2019-2020	$670	$1,503
2020-2021	$670	$1,503
2021-2022	$670	$1,503
2022-2023	$670	$1,503
2023-2024	$672	$1,505

The law school tuition at University of Wisconsin-Madison is $33,158 for Wisconsin residents and $51,855 for out-of-state students for academic year 2022-2023. For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $41,204 for Wisconsin residents and $58,033 for out-of-state students.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school and medical school at Wisconsin-Madison.

Law School Tuition

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Wisconsin Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Medicine	$39,681	$1,523	$56,510	$1,523
Pharmacy	$25,711	$1,523	$43,554	$1,523
Veterinary Medicine	$33,021	$1,523	$53,244	$1,523
Law	$31,635	$1,523	$50,332	$1,523

Graduate Programs at Wisconsin-Madison

University of Wisconsin-Madison offers 318 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 4,222 students have completed their study at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Offered Degrees at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	153	3	2,482
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	112	0	775
Doctor's degree - other	8	0	701
Post Bachelor's Degree	42	0	264
Post Master's Degree	3	0	0
Total	318	3	4,222

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of Wisconsin-Madison by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Computer and Information Sciences program with 51 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Social Work program with 153 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 229 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	51	-
Business Statistics	✕	44	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	29	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	20	-
Health Law	✕	17	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Social Work	✕	153	$44,600
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	139	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	100	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	92	-
Library and Information Science	✕	84	$40,900

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	229	-
Medicine	✕	173	-
Pharmacy	✕	129	-
Veterinary Medicine	✕	88	-
Chemistry	✕	53	$63,200

University of Wisconsin-Madison offers 318 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 4,222 students have completed their graduate studies.

2,482 students have earned/completed Master's program.
701 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
264 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Agricultural Economics	✕	-	-
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture	✕	7	-
Agricultural Communication/Journalism	✕	7	-
Animal Sciences	✕	1	-
Dairy Science	✕	3	-
Food Science	✕	6	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✕	3	-
Horticultural Science	✕	2	-
Soil Science and Agronomy	✕	1	-
Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology	✕	-	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	59 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	31	-
Environmental Studies	✕	12	-
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	✕	7	-
Forest Sciences and Biology	✕	2	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	7	-
Architecture [+]	✕	14 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	11	-
Landscape Architecture	✕	3	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies	✕	1	-
Scandinavian Studies	✕	-	-
South Asian Studies	✕	-	-
Southeast Asian Studies	✕	4	-
Latin American and Caribbean Studies	✕	-	-
African-American/Black Studies	✕	5	-
Women's Studies	✕	5	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	6	-
Journalism	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	104 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	100	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✕	222 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	92	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	82	$46,500
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	✕	14	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	33	-
Art Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Engineering [+]	✕	370 completers	$101,400
Engineering	✕	67	$101,400
Agricultural Engineering	✕	10	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	52	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	5	-
Civil Engineering	✕	27	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	70	-
Engineering Mechanics	✕	3	-
Materials Engineering	✕	21	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	66	$82,600
Nuclear Engineering	✕	7	-
Systems Engineering	✕	5	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	32	-
Geological/Geophysical Engineering	✕	5	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	4	-
Comparative Literature	✕	-	-
African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	1	-
Chinese Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Japanese Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	3	-
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	4	-
French Language and Literature	✕	13	-
Italian Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Portuguese Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	-	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	18	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✕	-	-
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	✕	21	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	18 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	11	-
Creative Writing	✕	7	-
Library Science [+]	✕	84 completers	$40,900
Library and Information Science	✕	84	$40,900
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	130 completers	-
Biochemistry	✕	2	-
Biophysics	✕	1	-
Molecular Biology	✕	31	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	4	-
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	✕	-	-
Microbiology	✕	10	-
Microbiology and Immunology	✕	-	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	✕	3	-
Entomology	✕	1	-
Animal Physiology	✕	6	-
Genetics	✕	13	-
Plant Genetics	✕	7	-
Human/Medical Genetics	✕	8	-
Physiology	✕	2	-
Endocrinology	✕	-	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	✕	-	-
Oncology and Cancer Biology	✕	-	-
Pharmacology	✕	2	-
Environmental Toxicology	✕	1	-
Biometry/Biometrics	✕	4	-
Bioinformatics	✕	7	-
Biotechnology	✔	24	$65,700
Epidemiology	✕	3	-
Neuroscience	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	72 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	34	-
Statistics	✕	38	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	16	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	12	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	5	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	101 completers	-
Astronomy	✕	10	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	11	-
Chemistry	✕	47	-
Environmental Chemistry	✕	2	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	9	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	5	-
Physics	✕	17	-
Psychology [+]	✕	83 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	19	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	7	-
School Psychology	✕	11	-
Educational Psychology	✕	46	-
Human Services [+]	✕	192 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	-	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	39	$52,900
Social Work	✕	153	$44,600
Social Sciences [+]	✕	208 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	5	-
Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	139	-
Geography	✕	4	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	27	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	11	-
Political Science and Government	✕	17	-
Sociology	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	61 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	3	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	25	$29,200
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	1	-
Music	✕	2	$22,500
Music Performance	✕	13	-
Fine and Studio Arts Management	✕	17	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	253 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	31	-
Physician Assistant	✕	52	-
Medical Scientist	✕	2	-
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs	✕	-	-
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	✕	11	-
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	✕	1	-
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (other)	✕	5	-
Public Health	✕	41	$53,500
Health/Medical Physics	✕	14	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	3	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	25	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	✕	21	-
Medical Informatics	✔	12	-
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist	✔	35	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	323 completers	$107,800
Business/Commerce	✕	63	$107,800
Business Administration and Management	✕	12	-
Operations Management and Supervision	✕	-	-
Accounting	✕	84	$58,100
Finance	✕	28	$103,500
Management Science	✕	12	-
Actuarial Science	✕	-	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	55	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	31	$108,000
Real Estate	✕	35	-
Insurance	✕	3	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	-	-
History [+]	✕	23 completers	-
History	✕	22	-
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	✕	1	-
	Total	2,482

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Agricultural Economics	✕	-	-
Animal Sciences	✕	2	-
Dairy Science	✕	7	-
Food Science	✕	-	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✕	2	-
Horticultural Science	✕	2	-
Soil Science and Agronomy	✕	2	-
Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology	✕	-	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Environmental Studies	✕	12	-
Forest Sciences and Biology	✕	1	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	3	-
Architecture [+]	✕	1 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	1	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Scandinavian Studies	✕	2	-
South Asian Studies	✕	-	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	4	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	13	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	22	-
Education [+]	✕	69 completers	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✕	3	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	26	$61,000
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	27	-
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	✕	9	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	4	-
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	129 completers	-
Agricultural Engineering	✕	5	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	10	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	21	-
Civil Engineering	✕	12	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	31	-
Engineering Mechanics	✕	4	-
Materials Engineering	✕	17	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	10	-
Nuclear Engineering	✕	9	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	9	-
Geological/Geophysical Engineering	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	-	-
Comparative Literature	✕	3	-
African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	-	-
Chinese Language and Literature	✕	7	-
Japanese Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	4	-
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	1	-
French Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Italian Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Portuguese Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	9	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	18 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	18	-
Library Science [+]	✕	-	-
Library and Information Science	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	125 completers	-
Biochemistry	✕	18	-
Biophysics	✕	6	-
Molecular Biology	✕	14	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	2	-
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	✕	4	-
Microbiology	✕	9	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	✕	5	-
Entomology	✕	2	-
Animal Physiology	✕	8	-
Genetics	✕	7	-
Plant Genetics	✕	6	-
Physiology	✕	6	-
Endocrinology	✕	2	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	✕	7	-
Oncology and Cancer Biology	✕	2	-
Pharmacology	✕	7	-
Environmental Toxicology	✕	6	-
Bioinformatics	✕	1	-
Epidemiology	✕	3	-
Neuroscience	✕	10	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	22	-
Statistics	✕	16	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	7	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	7	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	90 completers	-
Astronomy	✕	5	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	4	-
Chemistry	✕	53	$63,200
Environmental Chemistry	✕	3	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	7	-
Geophysics and Seismology	✕	-	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	2	-
Physics	✕	16	-
Psychology [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	8	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	6	-
Educational Psychology	✕	12	-
Human Services [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Social Work	✕	3	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	3	-
Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	24	-
Development Economics and International Development	✕	-	-
Geography	✕	3	-
Political Science and Government	✕	9	-
Sociology	✕	9	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	3	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	9	-
Music	✕	-	-
Music Performance	✕	19	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	46 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	6	-
Medical Scientist	✕	4	-
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs	✕	-	-
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	✕	5	-
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	✕	4	-
Health/Medical Physics	✕	11	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	2	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	✕	9	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	5	-
Business [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	12	-
History [+]	✕	10 completers	-
History	✕	8	-
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	✕	2	-
	Total	775

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	88 completers	-
Veterinary Medicine	✕	88	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	229 completers	-
Law	✕	229	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	384 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	9	-
Medicine	✕	173	-
Pharmacy	✕	129	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	-	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	39	-
Nursing Practice	✕	34	-
	Total	701

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Agricultural Communication/Journalism	✕	4	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Environmental Studies	✕	1	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies	✕	1	-
Women's Studies	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	54 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	51	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	3	-
Engineering [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Engineering	✕	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Bioinformatics	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	20	-
Political Science and Government	✕	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	-	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	6	-
Medical Scientist	✕	5	-
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	✕	1	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Actuarial Science	✕	4	-
	Total	264

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	✕	-	-
	Total	-

Graduate Student Population at Wisconsin-Madison

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 12,650 students enrolled into University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate schools where it has total 48,956 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 10,424 full-time and 2,226 part-time graduate students. By gender, 5,923 male and 6,727 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	12,650	5,923	6,727
Full-time	10,424	4,902	5,522
Part-tme	2,226	1,021	1,205

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 6,609 White (52.25%), 335 Black/African American (2.65%), 830 Hispanic (6.56%), 728 Asian (5.75%), and 4,148 students with other races. 3,470 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	12,650	5,923	6,727
American Indian/Native American	36	17	19
Asian	728	322	406
Black/African American	335	127	208
Hispanic	830	360	470
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	2	4
White	6,609	2,861	3,748
Two More	416	159	257
Un-Known	220	117	103
Non-resident Alien	3,470	1,958	1,512

University of Wisconsin-Madison offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 839 graduate students (6.63% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,301 graduate students (10.28% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	12,650
Enrolled Online Exclusively	839
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,301
Not in Online Courses	10,510

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Wisconsin-Madison. 4,372 students are aged 20 to 24 (34.56% of total students), 3 students are aged below 20 (0.02%), 153 students are aged above 50 (1.21%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	12,650	5,923	6,727
Age 18-19	3	2	1
Age 20-21	234	82	152
Age 22-24	4,138	1,823	2,315
Age 25-29	5,168	2,541	2,627
Age 30-34	1,768	863	905
Age 35-39	674	324	350
Age 40-49	512	226	286
Age 50-64	147	60	87
Over 64	6	2	4

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