2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income Over $110k) in Wisconsin

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 245 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $93,050 and $20,092 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 202 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin master’s degree engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income Over $110k) in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Platteville, Wisconsin

#3 in overall quality

$18,226 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$86,867 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k. Platteville, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 59 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Platteville also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Platteville are $18,226, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at UW - Platteville

#2

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$113,999 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 72 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at UW - Madison

#3

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#4 in overall quality

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$77,715 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 59 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

UWM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

#4

Milwaukee School of Engineering

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$24,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Milwaukee School of Engineering. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making Over $110k list. Milwaukee School of Engineering is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 12 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

MSOE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Milwaukee School of Engineering are $24,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income Over $110k)

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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