Facts

Quick facts

Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Founded: 1848 (First class: February 1849)
Campus: 939 acres (main campus)
Chancellor: Jennifer L. Mnookin
Budget: $4.0 billion
Research expenditure ranking (national), 2022: 8th
Schools and colleges: 13
Faculty and staff: 26,755
Living alumni: 483,294

Enrollment, Spring 2024

Undergraduate: 34,212
Graduate: 9,816
Special: 1,985
Professional: 2,544
Total: 48,557

New freshmen, Fall 2023

Applicants: 63,537
Admitted: 27,527
Enrolled: 7,964

Graduation outcomes

Graduation rate: 89.3% (6 year, Fall 2017 cohort)
Average time to degree: 3.84 years (2022–23)

Tuition and fees, 2023–24

Undergraduate resident: $11,216*
Undergraduate nonresident: $40,612*

*There is an additional fee of $306 for incoming Freshman students, $230 for new Transfer students, and additional fees for business and engineering students.

International Study Abroad

Participants: 2,551 (2022–23)

Degrees awarded, 2022–23

Bachelor’s: 8,094
Master’s: 2,851
Doctorates: 1,462

More information

UW–Madison Points of Pride (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.