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UW Fast Facts

As of Fall 2006, the University of Wisconsin-Madison had 362,577 living alumni.
Area, in acres, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison: Main campus, 935; Arboretum, 1,262; experimental farms and stations, 5,842; off-campus properties, 1,472.
Professional illustrator Art Evans drew the first version of Bucky Badger in 1940.
Degrees awarded on 2005-06: Bachelor’s, 6,265; master’s, 1,842; PhD, 648; professional, 654.
As of Fall 2006, UW-Madison had enrolled 19,630, or 47 percent, men and 21,836, or 53 percent, women.
Total enrollment in Fall 2006 was 41,465.


Undergraduate students totaled 28,462 Graduate students numbered 8,832 Professional students totaled 2,579 Freshmen students totaled 5,373

Percentage of students receiving financial aid in 2005-06: Undergraduates, 59.9; all enrolled, 54.4.
The incoming freshman class in Fall 2006 had an average composite ACT score of 27.5, an average composite SAT score of 1,268 and an average high school class (percentile) rank of 88.9.
William Purdy of Chicago composed “On Wisconsin” in 1909, and UW alumnus Carl Beck wrote the lyrics, revising them in 1951.