A graph showing a steep increase in online course enrollment at UWM from 2003 to 2017, with two trend lines: one for students taking at least one online course, which rises sharply over time, and another for students taking only online courses, which increases gradually

Online enrollment has shown consistent growth since 2003, although enrollment has gone down slightly from spring 2016 to spring 2017. Note the jagged pattern of online enrollment for students who combine online and face-to-face classes. Enrollment is lower in the fall, because new freshmen tend to take only face-to-face classes.