Facts

Quick facts

• Location: Madison, Wisconsin
• Founded: 1848 (First class: February 1849)
• Main campus: 939 acres
• Chancellor: Jennifer L. Mnookin
• Budget: $4.95 billion (2024–25)
• Research expenditure ranking (national), 2023: 6th
• Schools and colleges: 13
• Faculty and staff: 27,293 (Fall 2024)
• Living alumni: 502,324

Enrollment, Fall 2025

• Undergraduate: 37,198
• Graduate: 10,069
• Special: 1,995
• Professional: 2,560
• Total: 51,822

New freshmen, Fall 2025

• Applicants: 73,912
• Admitted: 30,167
• Enrolled: 8,495

Retention and graduation rates

• First-year retention rate: 96.3%
• Six-year graduation rate: 89.7% (Fall 2019 cohort)
• Four-year graduation rate: 78.0% (Fall 2021 cohort)
• Average time to degree: 3.78 years (2024–25)

Tuition and fees, 2025–26

• Undergraduate resident: $12,166*
• Undergraduate nonresident: $44,191*

*There is an additional fee of $306 for incoming freshman students, $230 for new transfer students, and additional tuition for business, nursing and engineering students.

International Study Abroad

• Participants: 2,958 (2023–24)**

**Includes study abroad, domestic study away, and international internship programs

Degrees awarded, 2024–25

• Bachelor’s: 9,180
• Master’s/Specialist: 2,954
• Doctorates: 1,599

Last updated November 5, 2025