University of Wisconsin-Parkside Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Midsize suburb
Inside an urbanized area but outside a principal city.
- City
- Suburb (this campus)
- Town
- Rural
2,844 students
Larger than 66% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 37.6%
- TypePublic
- ClassMaster's university
- CalendarSemester
- AthleticsNCAA Division II
Nearby college towns
- Milwaukee23.8 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at University of Wisconsin-Parkside, the largest reported group is White (58%), followed by Hispanic (21.3%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.1% | 0.8% |
| Asian | 3% | 16.2% |
| Black | 8.9% | 7.7% |
| Hispanic | 21.3% | 3.9% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% |
| White | 58% | 66.2% |
| Two or more races | 5.6% | 0.8% |
| Non-resident | 2% | 2.3% |
| Unknown | 1.1% | 2.3% |
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Did you know? University of Wisconsin-Parkside
- 75.4%University of Wisconsin-Parkside admitted 1,713 of 2,285 applicants.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 25.9%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 443 of 1,713.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $11,233average net price after grants for aided students, against $18,275 published tuition.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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