Students
Total enrollment: 23,104 students
- 19,217 undergraduate students
- 3,887 graduate students
- 3,213 students who are fully online
- Students from 72 Wisconsin counties and 50 states
- 85% Wisconsin residents
- 43% of undergraduates are first-generation college students
- 1,244 veterans and military-related students enrolled, more than any other Wisconsin university
Alumni
215,751 alumni
- More than 80% of graduates in the last decade live and work in Wisconsin
Academics
- 106 bachelor’s programs
- 102 graduate programs
- 17:1 student-to-faculty ratio
Largest and top-rated online education program in Wisconsin
- 397 online courses
- 53 fully online degree and certificate programs
Meeting Workforce Needs
- 88% of UWM graduates in 2023-24 earned degrees in Health and Human Services, Business, STEM and Computer Science
- The average salary of a UWM graduate is $64,546 (Spring 2023 survey)
- Personal return on investment of a UWM bachelor’s degree is estimated to be $1.28 million, based on 30 years of median earnings. (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2025)
- 97% of UWM Graduates are working or continuing their education within six months of earning their degree
- UWM has produced 5,300 graduates annually in the last decade
Community Engagement
- Earned the prestigious Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement in 2015 and again in 2020
- More than 2,139 service-learning, community-based research and volunteer placements leading to 42,614 hours of service-learning completed by students annually
- Nearly 2,575 students enrolled in 59 service-learning courses
- UWM has 3,700 community partnerships, amplifying its impact well beyond the classroom
Research
- Ranked among the nation’s top 187 research universities, a category known as R1, by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
- $66.3 million in research expenditures in fiscal year 2024
- More than 1,000+ undergraduate research opportunities available
- UWM holds 215 patents developed with its researchers
- 47 active license and option agreements through the UWM Research Foundation
- Over 41 startup businesses have formed from UWM innovations
Only at UWM
- Wisconsin’s only schools of architecture, freshwater sciences and public health
- The state’s largest nursing program
- A nationally recognized Center of Excellence for actuarial science (Society of Actuaries)
- A leader in trauma-informed care, crime analysis, child and family welfare, and school social work
- A film program ranked among the top 50 in the world (Variety Magazine)
- Ranked 32nd nationally in online bachelor’s programs by U.S. News & World Report
Only in Milwaukee
- Learn, live and work in the metro area ranked #5 “Cities on the Rise” (LinkedIn)
- Launch your career in the region ranked #2 for new college graduates seeking employment (ADP Research)