New freshman enrollment across the Universities of Wisconsin campuses is up an average of 3 percent this fall, but “significant declines” in international students have kept overall enrollment flat.
UW-Madison’s enrollment is projected to slip by 0.5%, according to the system’s preliminary enrollment counts.
The university is projected to have 241 fewer students this fall, a drop from the UW system’s official 2024 UW-Madison student count of 51,791.
Enrollment at Wisconsin’s public universities this fall largely held steady from last year, despite increasing concerns about affordability, growing public doubt about the value of a college degree and a projected drop in international students.
A new study from UW-Madison gives us some hints as to why the country is so polarized.
The August study from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication examines how using partisan news media affects an individual’s willingness to support lawmakers who reach across the aisle.
Eight of the 13 schools in the Universities of Wisconsin system saw an enrollment increase compared to the fall of 2024, according to preliminary estimates. However, total enrollment decreased slightly across the whole system.
UW-Whitewater said a projected 12,075 students enrolled at the school for the fall semester including 2,459 new freshman, marking the largest freshman class in a decade.
At the University of Wisconsin, along with numerous other schools across the country, students studying journalism are faced with the consequences of the recent funding cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding for news outlets like Public Broadcasting Services and National Public Radio.
Editor’s note: People of UW is a human interest series produced by The Badger Herald staff members. The series aims to highlight a student or student group at the University of Wisconsin making an impact on the campus community.
Next year also marks the end of Wisconsin’s 10-year contract with Under Armour. UW has not yet announced a new agreement, and what athletic department officials can say is limited until the next outfitting agreement is finalized.
In an email July 9, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement was ceasing operations and most of its staff would be transferred to other departments within UW. The sudden end of the 15-year-old division walks back the short history of the university administration accommodating its marginalized students.
