Wisconsin contains six schools that offer landscape design programs. University of Wisconsin-Madison, the highest-ranking landscape design school in WI, has a total student population of 41,654 and is the 23rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 6 landscape design 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 Design students from Wisconsin schools who go on to become landscape designers, landscape architects, landscapers, landscape supervisors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 10,510 people working as designers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $50,420. 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. Designers in this state earn $45,900/yr and there are 350 employed.
Also, within the landscape design schools in Wisconsin, the average student population is 3,620 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from landscape 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.
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