We provide analysis and data to support undergraduate program administration, implementation, governance, and operations. Our data combines student, curricular, and degree outcomes to assist L&S decision-making, assessment, and curriculum management. Below are existing reports, data visualizations, and other assets to help you answer your questions. If you do not find what you’re looking for, please ask!
These reports are updated on an academic cycle, and are intended for departments to manage their curriculum, advise their students, and assess their programs.
Students in L&S Undergraduate Majors
Data profile of each L&S undergraduate major, including enrollment/declaration/graduation trends, declaration timing, demographics, and combinations with other majors. Updated each semester.
Students in L&S Undergraduate Certificates
Data profile of each L&S undergraduate certificate, including enrollment/declaration/graduation trends, declaration timing, demographics, and combinations with other programs. Updated each semester.
L&S Inclusive Excellence Report
Summarizes indicators requested by the L&S Inclusive Excellence Committee to monitor progress toward the College’s goals. Updated annually.
These analytical reports were produced upon request. They are published here for institutional use. We welcome input and questions!
Students in L&S Undergraduate Degrees
Analysis of how L&S undergraduates met the College’s liberal arts degree requirements for Breadth, Depth, Residence, and Quality of Work over a ten year period. Includes an analysis of overlap between degree and major requirements, plan awards & combinations, and Ethnic Studies completion. Spring 2024.
LAS Credits from Outside of L&S
Examines sources of in-residence Liberal Arts and Science (LAS) credit earned by L&S BA and BS undergraduate degree recipients between the 2017-2024 academic years. Includes breakdowns by degree type, sources of all credits, and sources of credit by Breadth and Level. Spring 2025.
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science [Foreign] Language Requirement
Analysis of how L&S undergraduates meet the BA & BS foreign language degree requirements. Includes trends in outcomes in aggregate and across student groups and historical context of previous L&S language requirements. Fall 2022.
L&S STEM Gateway
Examines whether L&S student outcomes in introductory STEM courses are predictive of STEM awards upon graduation. Spring 2021.
COM-A Outcomes
Findings on whether midterm grades in COM-A courses predict final course grades and the effects of timing of COM-A completion. Spring 2023.
English 100 D/F/Drops
Findings on the D/F/Drop profile of ENGL 100 relative to other courses commonly completed in a student’s first year, and outcomes for students who earn a D, F, or who drop the course. em>2023.
By request, we produced these analyses to inform policy review and reform.
L&S Quality of Work Policies
Analysis of the four Quality of Work GPAs required of L&S BA/BS degree recipients with policy recommendations. June 2025.
L&S Preparatory Work Policy
Defines and examines the use of courses outside a major’s curriculum that function as requisites for other courses within the major’s curriculum. Highlights use of courses matching this concept in major declaration requirements. Suggests questions for consideration in development of formal College policy. Spring 2025.
These Tableau dashboards are useful for anyone interested in how students are completing requirements in their degree, majors, and certificates or with approved courses, and by approved exception.
Courses Completed to Satisfy Undergraduate College/University Requirements
Provides information about courses used to complete L&S and University General degree requirements. Includes course count & requirement timing.
Courses Completed to Satisfy Undergraduate Major Requirements
Provides information about courses used to complete L&S undergraduates major requirements. Includes course count & requirement timing.
Undergraduate Major Curricular Exceptions
Provides data about exceptions to L&S undergraduate major requirements. Includes total exception counts, exceptions per award, comparisons to other majors in a Field of Study, exceptions by major requirement, and the courses used in substitution.
These institutional data assets are helpful for many purposes, including program review. The office of Data, Academic Planning, and Institutional Research (DAPIR) has a Program Review article. There are many other resources; these are data sources we frequently recommend. Go to our Help page for instructions on how to use these data resources.
Trends in Student Enrollments
Counts of enrolled students in Fall/Spring terms for the past 10 years with filters by student characteristic.
Course Enrollment Counts
Course enrollment data by plan and subject number; includes data on low enrollment courses.
Trends in Degrees and Related Data
Trends in degrees awarded with filters by program type and student characteristics.
Courses Completed by Bachelor’s Degree Recipients
UW-Madison courses completed by bachelor’s degree recipients in the last five years, and percentages of graduates completing each course.
Course Undergraduate Enrollment Snapshot
Course data with filters for section, level, and standard demographics.
Course Grade Distribution IDE
This IDE contains the same information as the pdf files, but access is restricted. It does not combine cross-listed courses, but it does include course grades by section and by instructor.
Course Grade Distribution
Information about enrollments, average course GPA, and instructors at the course and course section level. It combines cross-listed courses and displays courses under each subject. Users can decide to view the grade distributions by the number of students or the percentage of students.
Undergraduate Course D, F, Drop Rates
Shows course D, F and Drop rates over time, and by several commonly reported demographic categories. The total counts and percentages can be downloaded, but counts by demographic breakdowns cannot.
Graduate School Explorer
These visualizations allow users to filter by Degree, Division, School/College, program plan, and program sub-plan/named option.
Wisconsin Experience Reports
DAPIR publishes annual reports of the number of students engaged in “Wisconsin Experience” activities such as First-year Interest Groups, Seminars, Study Abroad, etc.
Analysis, Data, & Publications
Can’t find the data you need? We can help! AIM and TLA work together to serve L&S departments and programs.