Wisconsin contains five schools that offer child development programs. Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, the highest-ranking child development school in WI, has a total student population of 3,421 and is the 2432nd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 5 child development schools in Wisconsin, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College comes out as the most expensive ($7,942/yr), with Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College as the lowest recorded at only $1,721/yr.
Child Development students from Wisconsin schools who go on to become child development specialists, child psychologists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 277,670 people working as child, family, and school social workers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $43,540. Also, Preschool teachers make on average $27,450 per year and there are about 389,660 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Wisconsin alone, there are 10,550 employed preschool teachers earning an average yearly salary of $23,460. Child, family, and school social workers in this state earn $47,970/yr and there are 4,380 employed.
Also, within the child development schools in Wisconsin, the average student population is 3,620 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from child development, there are 4047 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,987 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,857, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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