2023 Most Well Attended ME Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 ME Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 46,178 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering, making the major the 21st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $69,007 and had an average of $23,944 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 855 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,926 and $26,607 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,134 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended ME Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in mechanical engineering.

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Most Well Attended ME Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Wisconsin

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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#1 overall quality in Wisconsin

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended ME Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 63 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at UW - Madison

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Marquette University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 overall quality in Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended ME Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s ME students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad 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%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Marquette 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.