Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.72
Liaison Alex Frank
Submission Date Aug. 1, 2019
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STARS v2.1

University of Wisconsin-Madison
IC-3: Academics and Demographics

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Alex Frank
Sustainability Analyst
Office of Sustainability
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Number of academic divisions (e.g. colleges, schools):
19

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent):
152

Number of students enrolled for credit:
43,820

Total number of employees (staff + faculty):
22,038

Full-time equivalent student enrollment (undergraduate and graduate):
39,624

Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty):
17,908.30

Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education:
0

Number of students resident on-site:
7,524

Number of employees resident on-site:
178

Number of other individuals resident on-site, e.g. family members of employees, individuals lodging on-site (by average occupancy rate), and/or staffed hospital beds (if applicable):
0

Weighted campus users, performance year:
45,074.73

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

UW-Madison does not track students by instructional modality (e.g., enrolled exclusively in distance learning) but exclusively distance learning programs only made up approximately 6% of total credit hours in FY18. Student FTE data reported above includes all students in for-credit programs, including those who may be taking some or all courses through distance learning.

Employee counts reported above include physicians who have a dual appointment as both faculty at the School of Medicine and Public Health and as physicians with UW Health. Employee counts also include employees who work primarily at off-site agricultural research stations. Both of these employee classes were included as many perform some work activities on the main campus, and all are supported by many functions housed on the main campus (e.g., orientation, training, HR). Furthermore, employee tracking processes changed since our target baseline year (FY07) and including all employees allows consistent comparison to baseline.


UW-Madison does not track students by instructional modality (e.g., enrolled exclusively in distance learning) but exclusively distance learning programs only made up approximately 6% of total credit hours in FY18. Student FTE data reported above includes all students in for-credit programs, including those who may be taking some or all courses through distance learning.

Employee counts reported above include physicians who have a dual appointment as both faculty at the School of Medicine and Public Health and as physicians with UW Health. Employee counts also include employees who work primarily at off-site agricultural research stations. Both of these employee classes were included as many perform some work activities on the main campus, and all are supported by many functions housed on the main campus (e.g., orientation, training, HR). Furthermore, employee tracking processes changed since our target baseline year (FY07) and including all employees allows consistent comparison to baseline.

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