Just over 1,600 students received doctoral, bachelor’s, master’s, and professional degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in August 2026.

The 2025-26 academic year was another record-breaking year, with UW awarding 14,162 degrees to 14,092 recipients, the most in university history.

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HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, COLLEGE, DEGREE, MAJOR(S),
Whitewater, WI

 Alan Cortes, College of Letters and Science, Bachelor of Arts, Communication Arts

Jakob Scholze, School of Education, Master of Science-Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

Editor’s note: This announcement was provided by UW-Madison.