Wisconsin contains six schools that offer computer engineering programs. University of Wisconsin-Madison, the highest-ranking computer engineering school in WI, has a total student population of 41,654 and is the 23rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 6 computer engineering schools in Wisconsin, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Milwaukee School of Engineering comes out as the most expensive ($25,200/yr), with Moraine Park Technical College as the lowest recorded at only $6,870/yr.
Computer Engineering students from Wisconsin schools who go on to become computer engineers, database administrators, computer and information scientists, computer support specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 338,890 people working as network and computer systems administrators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $70,930. Also, Computer programmers make on average $74,690 per year and there are about 367,880 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Wisconsin alone, there are 6,640 employed computer programmers earning an average yearly salary of $66,490. Network and computer systems administrators in this state earn $59,680/yr and there are 5,630 employed.
Also, within the computer engineering schools in Wisconsin, the average student population is 3,620 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from computer engineering, 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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