By the Numbers
2,500: Total students enrolled
122: Graduate students enrolled
34,053: Community service hours worked by students last year
602: Online (Distance Learning) students
16:1: Student to faculty ratio
Hallmarks
- Our size and 16-to-1 student-teacher ratio give faculty members time to engage, challenge and mentor students.
- Students apply academic knowledge to projects that meet real community needs in the Academic Service-Learning program.
- Researchers at four institutes study Lake Superior's ecosystem and work to improve the transport and shipping industries in sustainable ways.
- UW-Superior's graduates are regional and national leaders in government, education, business, the arts and the professions.
Top Programs
- Elementary Education
- Communicating Arts
- Business Administration
- Biology
- Physical Education
- Psychology
- Legal Studies
- Interdisciplinary
- Social Work
Top Unique Programs
Points of Pride
89: Percent of graduates enter the workforce or continue their education
6: Number of consecutive years G.I. Jobs Magazine has recognized UW-Superior as a Military School
127: Number of students hired by the Lake Superior Research Institute during the past decade
4: Number of world-class research centers
2: Rank among UW schools in percentage of undergraduate international students
45: Percent of UW-Superior students involved in solving community issues and priorities through course work as service-learners
2: Rank U.S. News and World Report's "Top Public Schools - Regional Colleges Midwest" list
46: Number of countries represented in the student body
Note: Data is from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and is updated yearly