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The university has moved to remote instruction and limited campus operations until it is safe to gather in person again. We are here virtually to support your success.
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Quick facts
- Location: Madison, Wisconsin
- Founded: 1848 (First class: February 1849)
- Campus: 936 acres (main campus)
- Chancellor: Rebecca M. Blank
- Budget: $3,185,300,000
- Research expenditure ranking (national), 2017: 6th
- Schools and colleges: 13
- Faculty and staff: 22,365
- Living alumni: 451,142
Enrollment, Fall 2019
- Undergraduate: 31,185
- Graduate: 9,047
- Special: 2,271
- Professional: 2,814
- Total: 45,317
New freshmen, Fall 2019
- Applicants: 43,921
- Admit rate: 54.4 percent
- Yield rate: 31.6 percent
Tuition and fees, 2019–20
- Undergraduate resident: $10,725*
- Undergraduate nonresident: $37,785*
International Study Abroad
- Participants: 2,276 (2016–17)
Degrees awarded, 2017–18
- Bachelor’s: 7,078
- Master’s: 2,213
- Doctorates: 1,455
*There is an additional fee of $275 for New Freshman students, $200 for Transfer students, and additional fees for business and engineering students.
More information
At a Glance fact sheet (PDF)
The Data Digest, published annually by Academic Planning and Institutional Research, is a quantitative overview of trends in the students, faculty and budget of the university.
Enrollment Reports, published by the Office of the Registrar, provide detailed data about student enrollment and degrees conferred.