by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #37 spot. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 5% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. UW - Madison received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
In addition, UW - Madison took the #1 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin.
UW - Madison was ranked #39 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking. This places the school in the Top 10% of the country for overall quality. This makes UW - Madison a recipient of this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Wisconsin, UW - Madison came in at #1.
The total graduate student population at UW - Madison is made up of 52.8% women and 47.2% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 17.1% of the graduate students who attend UW - Madison are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. UW - Madison is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 23.5% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,728 | $24,054 |
| Fees | $1,447 | $1,447 |
After obtaining their master's degree from UW - Madison, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $64,365. That's good news for those graduates since it is 10% higher than the national average of $58,425.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from UW - Madison is $70,263. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 7% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Contact details for UW - Madison are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 500 Lincoln Dr, Madison, WI 53706-1380 |
| Phone: | 608-263-2400 |
| Website: | www.wisc.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/UWMadison |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/UWMadison |
In 2020-2021, 17.9% of the graduate students at University of Wisconsin - Madison took at least one class online. Roughly 6.6% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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