By the Numbers: University of Wisconsin-Extension

The University of Wisconsin-Extension budget was reduced by $5.2 million in the latest biennial budget. It represents an eight percent cut in state funding for UW-Extension, a university system whose mission includes educating communities that lack a four-year campus. Here is a quick look at some of the things UW-Ex does.

3

The number of UW-Extension offices with tribal nations.

5

The number of UW-Extension offices on four-year university campuses.

72

Number of UW-Extension offices, one in each county.

10,000

The number of community service projects conducted annually by state 4-H Clubs, which are a program of UW-Extension.

26,000

Number of statewide volunteers for various UW-Extension programs.

130,000

The pounds of trash collected by volunteers in the UW-Extension Water Resource Program since 1997.

1 million

Number of UW-Extension teaching contacts made in 2014.

$52.6 million

Economic impact of UW-Extension volunteer hours

$88.3 billion

The amount of money generated by the state’s farm and agricultural businesses supported by UW-Extension programs.

Source: UW-Extension