Overview
- Total enrollment reached 164,626 students, up by 190 from fall 2024, marking the first three-year growth streak since 2010.
- International enrollment fell 7.6% systemwide, a drop UW leaders linked to visa timing and availability issues.
- UW–Madison enrolled 310 fewer students, which President Jay Rothman described as an aberration tied largely to fewer international students.
- New Wisconsin-resident freshmen increased by 1,033 students, a 5.5% gain, with participating Direct Admit campuses reporting freshman growth above 9%.
- Enrollment shifts varied by campus, with gains at UW–Whitewater (+515), UW–Green Bay (+331), UW–Stevens Point (+281) and UW–Milwaukee (+226) contrasted by declines at UW–Oshkosh (–773) and UW–Eau Claire (–513), as nine of 13 universities grew.