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Wisconsin: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 20	5,686,986	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.3%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.1%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.0%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.5%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.7%	26.4%
65 and older	13.7%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 20	5,686,986	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.3%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.1%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.0%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.5%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.7%	26.4%
65 and older	13.7%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	1.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.3%	4.8%
Black	6.3%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	86.2%	72.4%
More than one race	1.8%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	5.9%	16.3%
Other	2.4%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	3.5%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	6.9%	8.7%
High-school diploma	33.9%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	20.6%	20.6%
Associate degree	9.1%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	17.1%	17.6%
Master’s degree	6.2%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.0%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.6%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	8.3%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 26	$40,073	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	13.2%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	59,540	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	-8.2%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	7,908	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$7,391	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$3,695	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$23,287	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$1,153,558,680	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-13.3%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$116,509,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$3,106,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$7,262,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$126,878,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$1,335,621,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	4.4%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	54.1%	61.2%
State and local governments	9.3%	6.3%
Industry	1.9%	5.2%
Nonprofit	11.8%	6.1%
Institution itself	19.9%	19.4%
Other	3.0%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	9.7%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	4.6%	4.9%
Life sciences	63.4%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	2.3%	3.7%
Physical sciences	7.8%	7.6%
Psychology	0.6%	1.8%
Social sciences	3.4%	3.3%
Other sciences	0.3%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	7.8%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
University of Wisconsin Foundation	$1,872,933,440
Top fund raisers:
University of Wisconsin at Madison	$315,767,513
Marquette University	$54,452,837
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee	$25,698,751

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$105,837	$112,647
Associate professor	$74,918	$78,804
Assistant professor	$68,274	$67,236
All	$81,873	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$71,877	$87,677
Associate professor	$60,345	$70,215
Assistant professor	$55,080	$59,511
All	$58,821	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$96,749	$133,973
Associate professor	$73,152	$86,108
Assistant professor	$60,111	$72,242
All	$71,998	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$70,740	$82,002
Associate professor	$60,106	$66,466
Assistant professor	$51,533	$55,352
All	$57,115	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$99,657	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$58,553	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$73,574	$62,301
Private nonprofit	$49,920	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	341,503	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	42,483	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	185,168	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	116,044	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	64,666	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	615	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	15,318	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	2,175	430,177
Total	383,986	21,016,126
Public institutions	78%	72%
4-year institutions	69%	63%
2-year institutions	31%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	12,752	849,452
Bachelor’s	34,110	1,650,014
Master’s	9,476	693,025
Doctorate	2,347	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 78% of all freshmen enrolled in Wisconsin in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 81% of all Wisconsin residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	60.4%	56.0%
Men	58.2%	53.0%
Women	62.2%	58.5%
American Indian	41.3%	37.0%
Asian	52.3%	66.3%
Black	32.3%	38.3%
Hispanic	47.4%	47.8%
White	62.2%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	3,770	196,374
Asian	12,119	1,218,118
Black	24,778	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	331	64,046
Hispanic	16,042	2,741,448
White	313,397	12,722,549
Foreign	9,023	709,565
Two or more races	4,526	325,275
Total	383,986	21,016,126
Women	56.5%	57.0%
Minority	16.0%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	11.6%	28.4%
Foreign	2.3%	3.4%
Full-time	64.1%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 22.1 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 71% of Wisconsin’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	14	678
Public 2-year institutions	17	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	28	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	21	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	3	664
Total	84	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
None
Institution under NCAA sanctions:
University of Wisconsin at La Crosse