Distance Education State Almanac 2017 Wisconsin Julia E. Seaman, Ph.D. Research Director, Babson Survey Research Group Jeff Seaman, Ph.D. Director, Babson Survey Research Group This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. by Babson Survey Research Group, e-Literate, and WCET State maps images are by TUBS [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Wisconsin % of State National Population 5,778,708 1.8% 18-55 Population 2,600,419 1.7% Number of Institutions 88 1.8% Wisconsin has 88 degree-granting higher education institutions, which represent 1.8% of all such institutions in the United States. These institutions enrolled a total of 350,248 students as of fall 2015 (310,343 of which are studying at the undergraduate level and 39,905 at the graduate level). The fall 2015 figure is a decrease of 18,006 students (or -4.9%) from the number enrolled in the fall of 2012. Among the total student body, 88,369 (77,720 undergraduates and 10,649 graduate students) were taking at least one course at a distance. This is 25.2% of the enrolled student body, which is lower than the national average rate of 29.7%. The number of students taking distance education courses in the state increased by 10,306 (or 13.2%) between fall 2012 and fall 2015. This is higher than the national level of growth of 11.0%. 34,174 students in Wisconsin are taking all of their courses at a distance, made up of 26,489 undergraduates and 7,685 graduates. This represents 9.8% of all students enrolled in the state, a rate that is lower than the national average of 14.3%. A total of 25,356 (or 74.2% of these exclusively online students) live in Wisconsin, the remainder come from outside of the state. This rate is higher than the national in-state average of 55.1%. The number of students that take any of their courses on campus, including those who take all of their courses on campus and those who take a mix of on-campus and distance courses, is 316,074, or 90.2% of the total student enrollment in Wisconsin. This number represents a decrease in proportion on campus from the four years prior (92.4% from 340,195 students in 2012). The -2.1% rate is a larger change than the national 1.7% decrease. Overall and Distance Enrollment - 2015 Total Undergraduate Graduate Any Any Any All Students Distance All Students Distance All Students Distance Total 350,248 88,369 310,343 77,720 39,905 10,649 Private for-profit 8,420 4,982 7,994 4,615 426 367 Control Private not-for-profit 59,578 9,326 44,099 5,034 15,479 4,292 Public 282,250 74,061 258,250 68,071 24,000 5,990 2 to 4-year 101,515 35,410 101,515 35,410 0 0 Type 4-year or more 248,733 52,959 208,828 42,310 39,905 10,649 Under 1,000 10,004 3,090 9,401 2,934 603 156 Instutional 1,000 - 4,999 67,917 22,123 59,433 19,476 8,484 2,647 Enrollment 5,000 - 9,999 77,744 19,774 70,606 15,962 7,138 3,812 Size 10,000 - 19,999 125,141 29,148 118,014 27,329 7,127 1,819 20,000 and above 69,442 14,234 52,889 12,019 16,553 2,215 Associate's College 117,961 39,600 117,908 39,574 53 26 Baccalaureate College 22,038 4,383 21,279 4,043 759 340 Doctoral University 86,787 16,604 65,011 13,296 21,776 3,308 Carnegie Master's College 117,995 26,777 102,312 19,973 15,683 6,804 Specialized 5,308 972 3,707 834 1,601 138 Unassigned 159 33 126 0 33 33 Wisconsin 1 Distribution of State Institutions CONTROL CARNEGIE 6% 20% 27% 20% 38% Associate's College Baccalaureate College Doctoral University Private for-profit 26% Master's College 22% Private not-for-profit 35% 6% Specialized Public Unassigned SIZE TYPE 2%4% 11% 22% Under 1,000 41% 1,000 -4,999 11% 5,000 -9,999 10,000 -19,999 2 to 4-year 20,000 and above 78% 31% 4-year or more N/A or Unknown Distribution of Total Student Enrollment CONTROL CARNEGIE 0% 2% 1% 17% 34% 34% Associate's College Baccalaureate College Doctoral University Private for-profit Master's College 6% Private not-for-profit 81% Specialized 25% Public Unassigned SIZE TYPE 3% 20% 19% 29% Under 1,000 1,000 -4,999 5,000 -9,999 22% 71% 10,000 -19,999 36% 2 to 4-year 20,000 and above 4-year or more On-Campus Students Undergraduate Graduate PERCENT ON CAMPUS 33,818 33,018 32,938 32,220 100% 75% 92.4% 91.7% 91.2% 90.2% 50% 306,377 300,330 294,350 283,854 25% 0% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2012 2013 2014 2015 Wisconsin 2 Distribution of Distance Student Enrollment CONTROL CARNEGIE 6% 10%% 10% 30% Associate's College 45% Baccalaureate College Doctoral University Private for-profit Master's College Private not-for-profit 84% 19% Specialized 5% Public Unassigned SIZE TYPE 16% 4% 25% 40% Under 1,000 1,000 -4,999 22% 60% 5,000 -9,999 33% 2 to 4-year 10,000 -19,999 4-year or more 20,000 and above Enrollment Trends TOTAL STUDENTS ANY DISTANCE Undergraduate Graduate Undergraduate Graduate 10,649 7,978 9,298 11,159 39,718 39,874 40,303 39,905 328,536 323,834 318,621 310,343 70,085 72,643 71,841 77,720 2012 2013 2014 2015 2012 2013 2014 2015 EXCLUSIVELY DISTANCE PERCENT DISTANCE Undergraduate Graduate 100% 75% 7,685 5,900 6,856 7,365 50% 21.2% 22.5% 23.1% 25.2% 22,159 23,504 24,271 26,489 25% 0% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2012 2013 2014 2015 Exclusively Distance Student Locations 2015 Same State Different State Outside US 1% 306 342 416 21% 5,769 6,296 6,640 219 Same State 3,385 23,983 24,743 25,356 Different State 13,695 78% Outside US 2012 2013 2014 2015 Wisconsin 3 Overall Enrollment in Wisconsin Top 10 Institutions by Total Numbers of Students - 2015 Rank Institution Total Undergrad Graduate Control 1 University of Wisconsin-Madison 42,716 30,991 11,725 Public 2 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 26,726 21,898 4,828 Public 3 Madison Area Technical College 16,520 16,467 53 Public 4 Milwaukee Area Technical College 15,186 15,186 0 Public 5 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 14,051 12,702 1,349 Public 6 University of Wisconsin Colleges 13,454 13,454 0 Public 7 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 12,360 11,151 1,209 Public 8 Marquette University 11,491 8,334 3,157 Private not-for-profit 9 Fox Valley Technical College 10,901 10,901 0 Public 10 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 10,592 10,017 575 Public Top 10 Institutions by Enrollment Growth 2012-2015 Rank Institution 2012 2015 Change Control 1 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 13,519 14,051 532 Public 2 Concordia University-Wisconsin 7,751 8,268 517 Private not-for-profit 3 University of Wisconsin-Madison 42,269 42,716 447 Public 4 Madison Area Technical College 16,139 16,520 381 Public 5 Milwaukee School of Engineering 2,564 2,906 342 Private not-for-profit 6 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 12,028 12,360 332 Public 7 University of Wisconsin-Platteville 8,668 8,945 277 Public 8 University of Wisconsin-Stout 9,283 9,554 271 Public 9 Moraine Park Technical College 6,074 6,294 220 Public 10 Northeast Wisconsin Technical College 9,944 10,096 152 Public Distance Enrollment in Wisconsin Top 10 Institutions by Distance Enrollment - 2015 Rank Institution Total Undergrad Graduate Control 1 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 8,600 7,072 1,528 Public 2 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5,634 4,947 687 Public 3 Milwaukee Area Technical College 5,185 5,185 0 Public 4 University of Wisconsin-Stout 4,289 3,449 840 Public 5 Madison Area Technical College 4,269 4,243 26 Public 6 University of Wisconsin Colleges 3,955 3,955 0 Public 7 Northeast Wisconsin Technical College 3,398 3,398 0 Public 8 Northcentral Technical College 3,340 3,340 0 Public 9 Fox Valley Technical College 3,316 3,316 0 Public 10 Western Technical College 3,045 3,045 0 Public Top 10 Institutions by Distance Enrollment Growth 2012-2015 Rank Institution 2012 2015 Change Control 1 University of Wisconsin-Madison 2,665 5,634 2,969 Public 2 Concordia University-Wisconsin 1,639 2,790 1,151 Private not-for-profit 3 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 732 1,679 947 Public 4 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 7,727 8,600 873 Public 5 Chippewa Valley Technical College 1,645 2,440 795 Public 6 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 2,120 2,899 779 Public 7 University of Wisconsin-Parkside 268 977 709 Public 8 Cardinal Stritch University 467 1,152 685 Private not-for-profit 9 University of Wisconsin-Stout 3,612 4,289 677 Public 10 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 2,335 2,947 612 Public Wisconsin 4