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University of Wisconsin - Madison is a public institution situated in Madison, Wisconsin. Madison is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

2,485 Master's Degrees
1,481 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is University of Wisconsin - Madison?

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Contact details for UW - Madison are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 500 Lincoln Dr, Madison, WI 53706-1380
Phone: 608-263-2400
Website: www.wisc.edu

University of Wisconsin - Madison Graduate Student Diversity

12,455 Graduate Students
53% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,455 graduate students at UW - Madison, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Wisconsin - Madison graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 698
Black or African American 330
Hispanic or Latino 811
White 6,903
International Students 3,044
Other Races/Ethnicities 669

Geographic Diversity

Wisconsin students aren't the only ones who study at University of Wisconsin - Madison. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 110 countries are represented at UW - Madison. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at University of Wisconsin - Madison

1,384 Took All Classes Online
11,783 Took At Least One Class Online
There are 18 bachelor’s degree and 9 master’s degree programs available online at UW - Madison. In 2022-2023, 11,783 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UW - Madison has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 15th most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UW - Madison majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 6%
Business, Management & Marketing 1%

University of Wisconsin - Madison Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Law 0 0 229 229
Computer Information Systems 51 100 22 173
Medicine 0 0 173 173
Economics 0 139 24 163
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 1 17 138 156
Social Work 0 153 3 156
Curriculum & Instruction 0 92 26 118
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 48 67 0 115
Electrical Engineering 13 70 31 114
Educational Administration 0 82 27 109
Chemistry 0 49 56 105
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 46 48 94
Veterinary Medicine 0 0 88 88
Accounting 0 84 0 84
Library & Information Science 0 84 0 84
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 64 18 82
Public Health 10 58 13 81
Mechanical Engineering 0 66 10 76
General Business/Commerce 0 63 12 75
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 34 38 72
General Engineering 0 67 0 67
Biomedical Engineering 2 52 10 64
Natural Resources Conservation 1 44 13 58
Mathematics 0 34 22 56
Statistics 0 38 16 54
Geography & Cartography 20 31 3 54
Allied Health Professions 0 52 0 52
Communication Sciences 6 31 15 52
Nursing 4 0 39 43
Genetics 0 28 13 41
Industrial Engineering 0 32 9 41
Civil Engineering 0 28 12 40
Public Policy 0 39 0 39
Materials Engineering 0 21 17 38
Legal Research 17 21 0 38
Special Education 0 33 4 37
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 2 35 0 37
Real Estate 0 35 0 35
History 0 23 12 35
Fine & Studio Arts 0 26 9 35
Music 0 15 20 35
Physics 0 17 16 33
Marketing 0 31 0 31
Entrepreneurial Studies 29 0 0 29
General English Literature 0 11 18 29
Romance Languages 0 17 12 29
Finance & Financial Management 0 28 0 28
General Family & Consumer Sciences 0 18 9 27
Child Development & Psychology 0 19 8 27
Chemical Engineering 0 5 21 26
Political Science & Government 0 17 9 26
Zoology 0 10 15 25
Biotechnology 0 24 0 24
Education Philosophy 0 14 10 24
Communication & Media Studies 0 6 17 23
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 14 9 23
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 10 9 19
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 2 17 19
Health & Physical Education 0 12 7 19
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 16 1 17
Science, Technology & Society 17 0 0 17
Arts & Media Management 0 17 0 17
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 3 13 16
Nuclear Engineering 0 7 9 16
East Asian Languages 0 7 9 16
Agricultural Engineering 0 10 5 15
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 10 5 15
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 11 4 15
Sociology 0 5 9 14
Animal Science 0 4 9 13
Urban & Regional Planning 0 11 1 12
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 11 1 12
Business Administration & Management 0 12 0 12
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 12 0 12
Agricultural Public Services 4 7 0 11
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 1 10 11
Ethnic Studies 1 10 0 11
Medical Science 5 2 4 11
International Relations & National Security 0 11 0 11
Botany/Plant Biology 0 4 6 10
Sustainability Science 10 0 0 10
Wildlife Management 0 7 3 10
Plant Sciences 0 5 4 9
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 9 0 0 9
Nutrition Science 0 2 7 9
Agricultural Production 0 8 0 8
Area Studies 1 5 2 8
Philosophy 0 5 3 8
Anthropology 0 5 3 8
Information Science 3 4 0 7
Engineering Mechanics 0 3 4 7
Writing Studies 0 7 0 7
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 4 3 7
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 3 4 7
Natural Resource Management 0 7 0 7
Food Science Technology 0 6 0 6
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 3 3 6
Geoscience Engineering 0 5 1 6
Drama & Theater Arts 0 3 3 6
Systems Engineering 0 5 0 5
Germanic Languages 0 4 1 5
Other Business, Management & Marketing 4 0 0 4
Journalism 0 4 0 4
Soil Sciences 0 1 2 3
Landscape Architecture 0 3 0 3
Insurance 0 3 0 3
Multilingual Education 0 0 3 3
Forestry 0 2 1 3
Liberal Arts General Studies 2 0 0 2
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 1 0 1
Other Engineering 1 0 0 1
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 1 0 0 1
African Languages 0 1 0 1
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 1 1
Mental & Social Health Services 1 0 0 1
Other Visual Art 1 0 0 1
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 0 0 0
Agricultural Mechanization 0 0 0 0
Horticulture 0 0 0 0
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 0 0 0 0
General Biology 0 0 0 0
International Business 0 0 0 0
Management Information Systems 0 0 0 0
General Sales & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 0 0
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 0 0
Computer Science 0 0 0 0
General Education 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 0 0
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0
Engineering Physics 0 0 0 0
Environmental Engineering 0 0 0 0
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 0 0 0
Family & Consumer Economics 0 0 0 0
Human Development & Family Studies 0 0 0 0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 0 0
Other Health Professions 0 0 0 0
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 0 0 0
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0
Classical & Ancient Studies 0 0 0 0
Data Science 0 0 0 0
Gerontology 0 0 0 0
International Studies 0 0 0 0
Medieval Studies 0 0 0 0
Religious Studies 0 0 0 0
General Psychology 0 0 0 0
Archeology 0 0 0 0
Criminology 0 0 0 0
Public Administration 0 0 0 0
Dance 0 0 0 0
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 0 0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 264 2,485 1,481 4,230

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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