2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Wisconsin (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 40,622 people earned their degree in elementary education, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States.

Across Wisconsin, there were 1,123 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in elementary education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great elementary education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the elementary education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Wisconsin (With Aid)

#1

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$18,233 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid. River Falls, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s elementary teaching degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UW - River Falls also made our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - River Falls are $18,233, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Elementary Education at University of Wisconsin - River Falls

#2

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

#4 in overall quality

$19,178 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students in 2019-2020.

UW - Stevens Point also made our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Stevens Point are $19,178, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Elementary Education at UW - Stevens Point

#3

Cardinal Stritch University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$11,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cardinal Stritch University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid. Cardinal Stritch is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 masters’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.

Cardinal Stritch also made our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cardinal Stritch are $11,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Cardinal Stritch Elementary Education Report

#4

Wisconsin Lutheran College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#3 in overall quality

$10,080 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Wisconsin Lutheran College landed the #4 spot on the list. WLC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 5 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WLC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WLC are $10,080, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Elementary Education at WLC

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education (With Aid)

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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