2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Wisconsin

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 4,709 people earned their degree in higher education/higher education administration, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States.

Across Wisconsin, there were 76 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,134 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in higher education/higher education administration. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in higher education/higher education administration.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Wisconsin

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University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
La Crosse, Wisconsin

#3 overall quality in Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s list. University of Wisconsin - La Crosse is a fairly large public school situated in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It awarded 36 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at UW - La Crosse

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University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Whitewater, Wisconsin

#8 overall quality in Wisconsin

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater landed the #2 spot on the list. UW - Whitewater is a fairly large public school situated in Whitewater, Wisconsin. It awarded 8 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

Full UW - Whitewater Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report

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Cardinal Stritch University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cardinal Stritch University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s list. Cardinal Stritch is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Cardinal Stritch University

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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