The 2024 annual report, released in July 2025, reflects activity from fall 2023 to summer 2024.
2025 Rankings
UW-Madison is included in the U.S. News & World Report list of schools with stellar examples of study abroad programs.
The following rankings are from the 2025 Open Doors® Data Report, which includes all UW-Madison U.S. Citizen/Permanent Resident degree-seeking student credit-bearing activity outside of the U.S. for academic year 2023-24 (fall 2023 through summer of 2024).
UW-Madison is ranked 6th among all U.S. universities and colleges for total students studying abroad.
The total number of UW-Madison students who studied abroad as reported in the 2025 Open Doors Data Report: 3,091. This year marks the first time that participation has risen above 3,000.
Year-long program participation:
- 1st among Big 10 Academic Alliance Institutions
- 11th among all U.S. Institutions
Semester-long program participation:
- 2nd among U.S. public and Big 10 Academic Alliance Institutions
- 3rd among all U.S. Institutions
63% of UW-Madison study abroad students participated on semester and year-long programs, 28 points above the national average.
UW-Madison Participation
The average study abroad participation rate for the entire graduating class of 2024-25 was 27%.