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2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$18,318 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,459 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

With 202 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general engineering is the #75 most popular major in Wisconsin.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value General Engineering Schools in Wisconsin ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Wisconsin to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Wisconsin

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Engineering Colleges.

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality in General Engineering

$7,844 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Platteville to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Wisconsin. UW - Platteville is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Platteville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW - Platteville are $7,844 a year.

UW - Platteville also claimed a spot on our Best General Engineering Schools in Wisconsin list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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$10,720 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 2 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Madison are $10,720 per year.

UW - Madison did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best General Engineering Schools in Wisconsin list.

Read full report on General Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Madison

$9,610 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in Wisconsin. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

UWM undergraduate students pay an average of $9,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

$45,099 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Milwaukee School of Engineering. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Wisconsin list. MSOE is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MSOE are $45,099 a year.

Full General Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering Report

Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 470
Ohio 243
Illinois 427
Indiana 254

General Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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