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Design Schools in Wisconsin

Wisconsin contains 35 schools that offer design programs. University of Wisconsin-Madison, the highest-ranking design school in WI, has a total student population of 41,654 and is the 23rd highest ranked school in America.

Of the 35 design schools in Wisconsin, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Carthage College comes out as the most expensive ($25,664/yr), with Gateway Technical College as the lowest recorded at only $220/yr.

Design students from Wisconsin schools who go on to become interior designers, architecture designers, designers, graphic designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 46,010 people working as interior designers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $51,990. Also, Floral designers make on average $24,940 per year and there are about 51,470 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Wisconsin alone, there are 1,480 employed floral designers earning an average yearly salary of $24,870. Interior designers in this state earn $44,370/yr and there are 860 employed.

Also, within the design schools in Wisconsin, the average student population is 3,620 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from design, 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.

Design Programs in Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: PhD
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Beloit College

• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Saint Norbert College

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Wisconsin Lutheran College

• Design and Applied Arts, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Concordia University-Wisconsin

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Southwest Wisconsin Technical College

• Hair Styling/Stylist and Hair Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Industrial Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Carthage College

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Edgewood College

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Herzing College

• CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

ITT Technical Institute-Greenfield

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Viterbo University

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Chippewa Valley Technical College

• Hair Styling/Stylist and Hair Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

ITT Technical Institute-Green Bay

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Alverno College

• Design and Applied Arts, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Fox Valley Technical College

• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Marian University-Wisconsin

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Western Technical College

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Mount Mary College

• Fashion/Apparel Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Milwaukee Area Technical College

• Hair Styling/Stylist and Hair Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Moraine Park Technical College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Hair Styling/Stylist and Hair Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

University of Wisconsin-Parkside

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Hair Styling/Stylist and Hair Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Lakeshore Technical College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

• Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Blackhawk Technical College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Gateway Technical College

• Hair Styling/Stylist and Hair Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Waukesha County Technical College

• CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Hair Styling/Stylist and Hair Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Madison Area Technical College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Mid-State Technical College

• Hair Styling/Stylist and Hair Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Nicolet Area Technical College

• Hair Styling/Stylist and Hair Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

ITT Technical Institute–Madison

• CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Rasmussen College-Green Bay

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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Wisconsin Interesting Facts

• Wisconsin visitors and residents enjoy the state's 7,446 streams and rivers.
• End-to-end they'd stretch 26,767 miles. That is more than enough to circle the globe at the equator.
• Wisconsin's Door County has five state parks and 250 miles of shoreline along Lake Michigan. These figures represent more than any other county in the country.
• In 1878-1879 the Wisconsin legislature approved the creation of a state park in Vilas County. The proposal was not successful and the state ended up selling two-thirds of area land to lumber interest for $8 an acre in 1897.
• In 1900 land acquisition for Wisconsin's first state park began. The park became Interstate State Park located in St. Croix Falls.
• Devil's Lake was established in 1911. The facility has become one of Wisconsin's oldest and most famous state parks. It leads the state parks in attendance.

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See Also

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