Insurance at University of Wisconsin - Madison

Every insurance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the insurance program at University of Wisconsin - Madison stacks up to those at other schools.

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 44,640.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Insurance section at the bottom of this page.

UW - Madison Insurance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance
• Master’s Degree in Insurance

UW - Madison Insurance Rankings

The insurance major at UW - Madison is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Insurance. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Insurance Student Demographics at UW - Madison

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the insurance majors at University of Wisconsin - Madison.

UW - Madison Insurance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of insurance bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical insurance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UW - Madison since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in insurance at UW - Madison are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Wisconsin - Madison with a bachelor's in insurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	66
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UW - Madison Insurance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of insurance master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

In the insurance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 20% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Wisconsin - Madison with a master's in insurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Insurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in insurance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Insurance Sales Agents	8,710	$74,690
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	6,380	$63,420
Insurance Underwriters	2,260	$68,670
Business Professors	1,210	$104,290

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Czar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.