Milwaukee, WI (population: 606,508) has six music schools within its city limits. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the highest ranked school in the city with a music program, has a total student population of 30,418. It is the 1867th highest ranked school in the USA and the 28th highest in the state of Wisconsin (#1 is University of Wisconsin-Madison). To learn more about music programs in Milwaukee, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of music professors at University of Wisconsin such as Beverly Belfer, Erin Biank, Mitchell Brauner, James Burmeister, Scott Corley, and Margery Deutsch.
Music students from Milwaukee schools who go on to become musicians, producers, vocalists, guitarists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 47,260 people working as musicians and singers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $0.
Milwaukee lies in Milwaukee county, which is one of the 34 counties in Wisconsin. Overall, the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis area has 817,060 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.0% unemployment rate, $21.19/hr average worker wage, and a $44,080 average annual salary.
Of the 6 music schools in Milwaukee, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Cardinal Stritch University comes out as the most expensive ($20,556/yr) for music students, with Milwaukee Area Technical College as the lowest, reported at only $6,574/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Milwaukee |
| West Allis | WI | 59,345 | 1 | 16.5935 | 7 | 4.6 miles |
| Brookfield | WI | - | 3 | 7.49122 | 18 | 6.9 miles |
| Greenfield | WI | - | 4 | 24.3685 | 60 | 7.2 miles |
| Mequon | WI | - | 1 | 27.8739 | 102 | 12.2 miles |
| Waukesha | WI | 68,355 | 1 | 31.224 | 60 | 14.1 miles |
| Grafton | WI | - | 1 | 23.6124 | 2 | 18.0 miles |
| Racine | WI | 82,139 | 1 | 0.0127893 | 0 | 24.2 miles |
| Kenosha | WI | 98,714 | 3 | 21.7449 | 204 | 33.8 miles |
| Whitewater | WI | - | 1 | 65.2906 | 73 | 41.7 miles |
| Waukegan | IL | 91,248 | 0 | - | 0 | 48.0 miles |
| Sheboygan | WI | 47,594 | 0 | - | 0 | 49.2 miles |
| Fond du Lac | WI | 42,100 | 2 | 22.0044 | 202 | 54.7 miles |
| Janesville | WI | 63,311 | 2 | 22.9601 | 61 | 59.4 miles |
| Crystal Lake | IL | 42,672 | 3 | 24.3677 | 64 | 60.3 miles |
| Palatine | IL | 67,435 | 1 | 12.7765 | 87 | 65.8 miles |
| Beloit | WI | - | 2 | 31.9387 | 100 | 66.0 miles |
| Arlington Heights | IL | 73,268 | 1 | 24.4091 | 3 | 67.1 miles |
| Glenview | IL | 46,461 | 0 | - | 0 | 68.2 miles |
| West Dundee | IL | - | 1 | 23.2604 | 5 | 68.4 miles |
| Mount Prospect | IL | 52,994 | 2 | 36.9644 | 21 | 68.5 miles |
| Ripon | WI | - | 1 | 32.385 | 53 | 69.4 miles |
| Hoffman Estates | IL | 54,568 | 1 | 19.0736 | 10 | 69.7 miles |
| Evanston | IL | 78,672 | 5 | 24.133 | 202 | 71.3 miles |
| Des Plaines | IL | 57,512 | 1 | 11.0092 | 69 | 71.3 miles |
| Schaumburg | IL | 71,386 | 3 | 11.8364 | 30 | 71.5 miles |
| Skokie | IL | 66,692 | 6 | 22.9614 | 40 | 71.5 miles |
| Madison | WI | 237,838 | 17 | 27.3097 | 685 | 71.8 miles |
| Elgin | IL | 111,179 | 3 | 24.5629 | 139 | 72.4 miles |
| Oshkosh | WI | 63,983 | 2 | 34.1577 | 80 | 72.5 miles |
| Hanover Park | IL | - | 1 | 22.3828 | 2 | 73.9 miles |