Wisconsin contains six schools that offer landscape architecture programs. University of Wisconsin-Madison, the highest-ranking landscape architecture school in WI, has a total student population of 41,654 and is the 23rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 6 landscape architecture schools in Wisconsin, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Wisconsin-Madison comes out as the most expensive ($15,047/yr), with Northeast Wisconsin Technical College as the lowest recorded at only $6,170/yr.
Landscape Architecture students from Wisconsin schools who go on to become landscape architects, landscape designers, landscapers, landscape supervisors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 18,940 people working as landscape architects alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,910. Also, Landscaping and groundskeeping workers make on average $25,340 per year and there are about 859,960 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Wisconsin alone, there are 16,590 employed landscaping and groundskeeping workers earning an average yearly salary of $26,510. Landscape architects in this state earn $68,460/yr and there are 320 employed.
Also, within the landscape architecture schools in Wisconsin, the average student population is 3,620 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from landscape architecture, 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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