2024 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Wisconsin
Liberal Arts General Studies is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #1 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 11 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 2,087 associate degrees in liberal arts general studies to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Liberal Arts General Studies School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of liberal arts general studies for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Early-Career Earnings
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to liberal arts general studies students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other liberal arts general studies students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Student Debt - How much debt liberal arts general studies students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized liberal arts general studies related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for liberal arts general studies students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Liberal Arts General Studies Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Wisconsin list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Featured Liberal Arts General Studies Programs
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UWM Flexible Option is a small public university located in the city of Milwaukee.
Associate recipients from the liberal arts general studies degree program at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Flex earn $3,389 more than the average college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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UW - Stevens Point is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Stevens Point.
After graduating, liberal arts associate recipients typically make about $19,511 in their early careers.
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Located in the distant town of Platteville, UW - Platteville is a public university with a medium-sized student population.
Soon after graduating, liberal arts associate recipients generally make about $21,054 in the first five years of their career.
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Madison College is a large public college located in the large city of Madison.
Soon after graduating, liberal arts associate recipients usually earn about $25,235 at the beginning of their careers.
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Located in the city of Milwaukee, MATC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Associate recipients from the liberal arts general studies program at Milwaukee Area Technical College get $6,384 above the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
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