2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 55,749 people earned their degree in general business/commerce, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,821 and had an average of $25,596 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 696 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,438 and $26,234 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 298 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general business/commerce. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general business/commerce programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The general business school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin”.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin master’s degree general business students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$110,878 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 94 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce 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 full report on General Business/Commerce at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#2

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

Whitewater, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$19,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$75,518 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin list. Located in Whitewater, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 204 diplomas to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Whitewater, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater are $19,200, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at UW - Whitewater

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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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