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2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
338 Degrees Awarded
$21,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor's in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 477 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,960 and $25,767 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 338 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in electrical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent electrical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electrical 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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Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Wisconsin (With Aid)

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 121 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. It costs about $17,708 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid per year to attend UW - Madison.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.

Full UW - Madison Electrical Engineering Report

#2

University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Platteville, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. University of Wisconsin - Platteville is a public institution located in Platteville, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 66 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Platteville, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UW - Platteville is $15,718 for wisconsin bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at UW - Platteville

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #3 spot on the list. UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.

UWM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. It costs about $17,876 for wisconsin bachelor’s degree ee students with aid per year to attend UWM.

Full UWM Electrical Engineering Report

#4

Milwaukee School of Engineering

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Milwaukee School of Engineering landed the #4 spot on the list. MSOE is a private not-for-profit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 90 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our wisconsin bachelor’s degree ee students with aid list, MSOE has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Milwaukee School of Engineering is $24,440 for wisconsin bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Milwaukee School of Engineering Electrical Engineering Report

#5

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Marquette University landed the #5 spot on the list. Marquette University is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.

Marquette also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Marquette is $29,756 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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