Expand the topics below for in-depth reports (Informational Memoranda) and other resources on UW System students.
Trends in student headcount and full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollments.
Student enrollments and credits in distance education courses.
Commonly-requested higher education statistics comparing Wisconsin (and the UW System) with the United States as a whole and, where possible, with Minnesota.
Institutional data on residence hall capacity and occupancy rates.
Important: See Retention and Graduation for the most current information.
Historical documents:
provides systemwide and by campus course retention rates and graduation rates of full-time new freshmen over a 30-year period.
Important: See Enrollments for trends that include the most current information.
Historical document:
Provides systemwide and by campus course drop rates.
Projections of high school graduates within the state of Wisconsin were prepared by the Applied Population Laboratory (APL) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.