About University of Wisconsin Green Bay

The University of Wisconsin–Green Bay (UW-Green Bay or UWGB) is a public college circles in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with regional campuses in Marinette, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan. Founded in 1965, it is ration of the University of Wisconsin System. As of Fall 2016, student enrollment was approximately 7,030, including 6,758 undergraduate students.

Since its founding, the bookish had an environmental sustainability emphasis (nicknamed “Eco U” in 1971 by Newsweek), and offers associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degree programs. The university’s mascot is the Phoenix.

Green Bay (/ˌɡriːn ˈbeɪ/) is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as “the bay of Green Bay”), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is 581 feet (177 m) above sea level and 112 miles (180 km) north of Milwaukee. As of the U.S. Census Bureau’s July 1, 2019 estimate, Green Bay had a population of 104,578, making it the third-largest in the declare of Wisconsin, after Milwaukee and Madison, and the third-largest city on Lake Michigan’s west shore, after Chicago and Milwaukee.

Green Bay is the principal city of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area, which covers Brown, Kewaunee, and Oconto counties. It is home to the National Football League’s Green Bay Packers.