Trends in Degrees and Related Data

Last Updated
11/21/2024
Description
Degrees, named options, certificates, and doctoral minors awarded by UW-Madison since summer 1999 can be disaggregated by degree level, school/college, department, and major. Degree recipient demographic information is provided, including gender, student of color status, underrepresented student of color status, and international status.
Report URL
https://viz.wisc.edu/#/views/TrendsinDegreesandRelatedData/HomePage
Data Cookbook URL (requires authorization)
https://uwmadison.datacookbook.com/institution/reports/16792/versions/73606
Data Domain(s)
Student Record
Access Restrictions
Publicly Available
Data Source Information
InfoAccess
Data View Information
UW.RETENTION_AWARDS and associated for degrees. UW.STDNT_ETHNIC_REPORTING for ethnicity. DM.ACAD_STRUCTURE and associated for current plans. UW.FROZEN_ACAD_PLAN_ATTRIBUTES and associated for historical plans.
Update Schedule
Once per week on Saturday morning
Responsible Office
Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research
Important Notes
Using this data visualization: Degrees: Counts – This is a count of degrees awarded. Students who received more than one degree (e.g. a B.A. and a B.S.) are counted once for each degree. Degrees: Recipient Demographics – This is a count of students who received degrees. On this sheet, students are counted only once regardless of the number of degrees, majors, named options, etc. that they completed. Majors: Counts and Majors: Comparison – These are counts of majors associated with awarded degrees. Students who received degrees for study in more than one major are counted once for each major. Named Options: Counts and Named Options: Comparison – These are counts of the number of named options in majors associated with awarded degrees. Students who received degrees and completed more than one named option across any of their majors are counted once for each named option. Students who completed majors without a named option are not included on this sheet. Certificates: Counts and Certificates: Comparison – These are counts of the number of certificates awarded. Students who completed more than one certificate are counted more than once, while students who did not complete a certificate are not included on this sheet. Doctoral Minors: Counts and Doctoral Minors: Comparison – These are counts of the number of doctoral minors associated with awarded doctoral degrees. Students who received degrees and completed more than one doctoral minor are counted once for each doctoral minor. Students who did not complete a doctoral minor are not included.

Definitions

Name	Functional Definition	Data Domains
Academic Year (Su,Fa,Sp)	An academic year consists of sequential summer, fall, and spring terms. For example, the 2021-22 academic years includes summer 2021, fall 2021, and spring 2022.	Academic Planning
Degree Level	The type of award granted to a student who graduates in a given plan code. Valid Values: Bachelor's Master's Specialist Research Doctorate Clinical Doctorate	Academic Planning, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Department of Certificate	The department that has ownership of the certificate.	University of Wisconsin - Madison
Department of Major	The department that has ownership of the major, or pre-major. In cases where no major is declared, "School/College of Student" is displayed.	University of Wisconsin - Madison
International Students	Non-immigrant visitors who come to the United States temporarily to take classes.	University of Wisconsin - Madison
Named Option	A named option is a formally documented sub-major within an academic major program.	Academic Planning, Student Record
School or College	Those faculty units headed by a dean. The dean is the chief executive officer of the school or college, and is appointed by the chancellor under search and screen procedures as set forth in 6.49. The dean must hold a tenured faculty rank as set forth in Chapter 7 of these rules. Other subunits of the university that include the term "school" in their titles are not considered schools for purposes of this chapter; they may be designated by the chancellor, in consultation with the University Committee, as equivalent to departments for any or all of the purposes described in Chapter 5. A school or college shall be created or discontinued, or the name of an existing school or college changed, by the chancellor after consultation with the University Committee, subject to the approval of the Board of Regents. Creation of a school or college with academic programs at the post-baccalaureate graduate or professional level is also subject to the approval of the legislature. Recommendations concerning these matters shall be reported to the faculties of the schools or colleges directly affected and to the senate for discussion.	Academic Planning, Employee Record, Research Administration, Student Record
School/College of Certificate	The school/college that has ownership of the certificate.	University of Wisconsin - Madison
School/College of Major	Indicates the school/college that has ownership of the major.	Academic Planning, Student Record
School/College of Student	The student's primary school/college. Some students have a second major or pursue a certificate in another school/college.	University of Wisconsin - Madison