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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in Wisconsin

6 Ranked Colleges
276 Degrees Awarded
$14,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor's in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 690 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,700 and $23,802 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 276 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k list. UW - Green Bay is a medium-sized public school situated in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It awarded 74 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Green Bay, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. It costs about $11,337 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UW - Green Bay.

Read more about General Education at UW - Green Bay

#2

Beloit College

Beloit, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Beloit College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k. Beloit College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Beloit, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our wisconsin bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $0-$30k list, Beloit has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. It costs about $8,574 for wisconsin bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Beloit College.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at Beloit College

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 153 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UWM is $13,222 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee General Education Report

#4

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Marquette, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. It costs about $19,169 for wisconsin bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Marquette University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Marquette University General Education Report

#5

Alverno College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alverno College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k. Alverno College is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Alverno, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Alverno is $12,483 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about General Education at Alverno College

#6

Saint Norbert College

De Pere, Wisconsin
#5 in overall quality

Saint Norbert College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in De Pere, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SNC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. It costs about $20,608 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Saint Norbert College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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