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Edgewood University

Madison, Wisconsin Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Edgewood University is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Madison, Wisconsin. Its campus is in a large city. It enrolled 2,459 students in fall 2024, including 1,236 undergraduates and 1,223 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Roman Catholic.

Edgewood University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 101 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Registered Nursing, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other, and Education, General. It awarded 612 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 17 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

73% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

Key figures

2,459
Students enrolled
73%
First-year retention
612
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
101
Programs and majors
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 101

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 13
Business, Management and Marketing 11
Education 34
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 3
Psychology 2
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 6
Social Sciences 5
Communication and Journalism 4
Visual and Performing Arts 6
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Natural Resources and Conservation 2
History 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Physical Sciences 2
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
English Language and Literature 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1
Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 1
Communications Technologies 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
73%
First-year retention, part-time students
0%
Student-to-faculty ratio
15:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
333
Master's degrees
247
Doctoral degrees (research)
19
Professional doctorates
12
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
1

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,459
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,236
Graduate students, fall 2024
1,223
Full-time, fall 2024
69%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
4,009
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,375
Graduate students, 2024-25
2,634
Full-time, 2024-25
52%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
61%
Men
39%
White
50%
Hispanic or Latino
8%
Black or African American
7%
Asian
8%
Two or more races
2%
International (U.S. nonresident)
5%
Race or ethnicity unknown
20%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
17
Programs with a fully online option
17
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
42%
Students taking some online courses
33%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic
Carnegie classification
Doctoral/Professional Universities
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference; Northern Athletics Conference
President
Andrew Manion
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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