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University of Wisconsin - Madison

University of Wisconsin - Madison
161 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1380


Fax number: (608) 262-1429
Website: https://www.wisc.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 37,230
Full-time undergraduates: 33,888
Part-time undergraduates: 3,342
Total graduate students: 12,656
Full-time graduate students: 10,416
Part-time graduate students: 2,240
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.2% American Indian or Alaskan Native
9.7% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.2% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.5% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
62.5% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.4% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
10.0% Nonresident Alien
3.3% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 936 acres
Nearest major city: Milwaukee

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • cooperative housing
Percent of students who live in school housing: 26%
Percent of students who live off campus: 91%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 1000
Other computer facilities/services: several software packages
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cheerleading  
Men's crew NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's fencing  
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's ice hockeyyes 
Men's lacrosse  
Men's racquetball  
Men's rowing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's rugby  
Men's sailing  
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's water polo  
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cheerleading  
Women's crew NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's fencing  
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's ice hockeyyes 
Women's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosse  
Women's racquetball  
Women's rugby  
Women's sailing  
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's water polo  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
archery; badminton; baseball; basketball; cheerleading; fencing; field hockey; football; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; racquetball; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; wrestling; rowing; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Dane County Regional

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