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2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$13,461 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$85,090 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, engineering students earned 3,396 degrees and certificates from a Wisconsin school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Wisconsin to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin

Check out the engineering master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Engineering

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Platteville to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Wisconsin. Located in the town of Platteville, UW - Platteville is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

UW - Platteville graduate students pay an average of $9,257 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great value for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UW - Madison are $12,175 a year.

UW - Madison also made our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin list, coming in at #2.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Stout is a great value for engineering students working on their master’s degree. UW - Stout is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Menomonie.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UW - Stout are $8,737 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a great value for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UWM graduate students pay an average of $12,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

Out of the 6 schools in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, Marquette University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Marquette is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.

Marquette graduate students pay an average of $21,960 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Marquette is ranked #5 for overall quality for engineering in Wisconsin.

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Milwaukee School of Engineering landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering programs. Located in the city of Milwaukee, MSOE is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

MSOE graduate students pay an average of $24,917 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

MSOE not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin list.

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Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 5,383
Michigan 8,586
Ohio 8,648
Illinois 6,581

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811
General Engineering 11,796
Industrial Engineering 9,072
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8,001
Systems Engineering 3,904
Materials Engineering 3,415
Other Engineering 2,760
Environmental Engineering 2,759
Operations Research 1,698
Agricultural Engineering 1,472
Engineering Science 1,454
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1,378
Petroleum Engineering 1,256
Robotics Engineering 1,243
Architectural Engineering 1,012
Engineering Physics 994
Manufacturing Engineering 947
Construction Engineering 878
Nuclear Engineering 864
Marine Engineering 445
Biological Engineering 410
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 360
Geoscience Engineering 325
Mining Engineering 314
Textile Engineering 310
Ocean Engineering 285
Engineering Mechanics 272
Metallurgical Engineering 179
Energy Systems Engineering 138
Biochemical Engineering 109
Ceramic Engineering 94
Surveying Engineering 73
Electromechanical Engineering 45
Forest Engineering 41
Paper Science & Engineering 27
Engineering Chemistry 13

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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