Dean
Faculty and Staff
- More than 5,010 Faculty and Staff (Fall 2022)
Students
- Total enrolled students: 23,478 (2022)
- 19,108 enrolled undergraduates (2022)
- 4,370 enrolled graduate students, clinical, & doctoral students combined (2022)
Credit Hours
- 687,117 Total Hours (2021-22)
- 64.9% of UW-Madison undergraduate credit hours (2021-2022)
- 81% of UW-Madison freshmen & sophomore credit hours (2021-2022)
Academic Offerings
The College of Letters & Science is comprised of more than 34 academic departments, 10 non-academic departments, 73 centers and institutes, and 5 professional schools across four broad divisions: arts and humanities, computer, data & information sciences, physical and natural sciences, and the social sciences.
Popular Majors
L&S offers 84 majors. Four of the top five of UW Madison's most popular majors are in L&S (2021-22).
- Computer Sciences
- Economics
- Psychology
- Finance, Investment, and Banking (School of Business)
- Biology (shared with CALS)
Total Degrees Conferred
- 3,532 undergraduate degrees (2021-22)
- 1,262 graduate and professional degrees (2021-22)
- 4,794 total degrees (2021-22)
Average L&S Undergraduate Time to Degree
Students who entered as full-time, first-time freshmen averaged 3.80 years to receive their degree. (2021-22)
Alumni
As of January 2023, there are more than 211,545 alumni and friends of L&S. 44.3% of UW-Madison alumni.
Research Funding
Extramural Research Awards: $142.2 million (2021-22)
Federal Research Awards: $111.5 million (2021-22)
Total Research Expenditures: $158.7 million (2021-22)
Sources: UW-Madison Data Digest / Conferred Degree Reports