International Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #69 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best International Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 176 bachelor's degrees in international studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on international studies students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of international studies students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt international studies students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized international studies related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for international studies students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best International Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Featured International Studies Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
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Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in international studies needs to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Madison. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison.
International Studies bachelor's degree recipients from University of Wisconsin - Madison receive an earnings boost of around $8,179 above the average income of international studies majors.
It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in international studies. UWM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Milwaukee.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the international studies program make around $31,433 in the first couple years of working.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
