Fast Facts
By the Numbers
- 2,559: Total students enrolled
- 364: Graduate students enrolled
- 16,000: Community service hours worked by students (2019-20)
- 974: Online students
- 12:1: Student to instructor ratio
- 18: Average Class Size
Hallmarks
- Our size and 12:1 student-instructor 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
- Business Administration
- Physical Education
- Psychology
- Biology
- Communicating Arts
- Social Work
- Transportation and Logistics Management
- Legal Studies
- Writing
Top Unique Programs
- Art Therapy
- Transportation and Logistics Management
Points of Pride
- 91: Percent entering the workforce or continuing their education within nine months of graduating
- 3: Number of rankings UW-Superior received from U.S. News & World Report in 2021. The university received high marks in rankings for National Liberal Arts Colleges, Top Performers on Social Mobility, and Top Public Schools.
- 10: Number of consecutive years G.I. Jobs Magazine has recognized UW-Superior as a Military Friendly® 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
- 31: Percent of UW-Superior students involved in solving community issues and priorities through course work as service-learners
- 145: Number of countries UW-Superior joins as a member of the United Nations Academic Impact
- 35: Number of countries represented in the student body