2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Wisconsin

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 EE Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 30,670 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 477 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,960 and $25,767 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent electrical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s EE degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at UW - Madison

#2

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$21,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Marquette University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s EE students in 2019-2020.

Marquette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette are $21,690, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Marquette Electrical Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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