by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Edgewood College came in at #831 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin, Edgewood came in at #24.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Edgewood came in at #367.
Edgewood also ranked #11 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Wisconsin.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 69.8% of the total graduate students at Edgewood are women and 30.2% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 21.4% of the graduate student population at Edgewood. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 5.6% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $18,936 | $18,936 |
Master's degree recipients from Edgewood earn an average salary of $59,464 during the early years of their career. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 2% higher than the national average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Edgewood, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $86,551. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 15% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Edgewood College.
Contact details for Edgewood are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1000 Edgewood College Drive, Madison, WI 53711-1997 |
| Phone: | 608-663-4861 |
| Website: | www.edgewood.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/edgewoodcollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/edgewoodcollege |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 58.7% of the graduate students at Edgewood took at least one online course. Roughly 39.8% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Accounting | 5 |
| Business Administration & Management | 30 |
| General Education | 45 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 8 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 22 |
| Nursing | 10 |
| Sustainability Science | 8 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 26 |
| Nursing | 1 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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