Thompson has noted that much of the enrollment drop is attributable to undergraduate students who did not continue their enrollment after the COVID-19 pandemic affected campus operations during the 2020-21 academic year. The UW System is accessible and affordable and is the best investment students and our state can make.” We are also redoubling our efforts to ensuring returning students progress toward a degree. “We’ll continue to work hard to convince Wisconsin students that our public universities are the best investment they can make. “The pandemic has increased our enrollment challenges, but I’m extraordinarily pleased by the increase in freshmen,” said UW System President Tommy Thompson. When looking just at the four-year campuses, UW System freshman enrollment jumped 6 percent compared to the national decline of 3 percent at public four-year campuses.
The number of freshmen enrolled at UW System increased 3.9 percent the Research Center estimates freshman enrollment nationwide to drop 3.1 percent. New freshman enrollment at UW System campuses also outpaced national averages. MADISON, Wis.-University of Wisconsin System enrollment totaled 162,980 students in fall 2021, a drop of 1.1 percent compared to the previous year, according to data released today.īy comparison, national estimates show enrollment dropping by 2.3 percent for fall 2021, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
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