Report: UW System fall enrollment down 5K students

Tuition is the schools' number one source of revenue, and state funding cuts have led to downsizing on campuses.

The largest gain in total enrollment was 274 students at UW-Madison, while the largest loss among the four-year campuses was 1,276 students at UW-Milwaukee, a nearly 5 percent drop compared with final enrollment figures from last fall.

Budget director Erin Hintz estimates UW-Stevens Point will lose $3.8 million in tuition revenue for campus operations if the school's final numbers don't pick up.

At UW-Milwaukee, the loss in tuition revenue could reach about $5 million, according to Tom Luljak, the school's vice chancellor of university relations and communications.