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Nursing Schools in Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI (population: 606,508) has nine nursing schools within its city limits. Marquette University, the highest ranked school in the city with a nursing program, has a total student population of 11,689. It is the 111th highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of Wisconsin (#1 is University of Wisconsin-Madison). To learn more about nursing programs in Milwaukee, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of nursing professors at Marquette University such as Lea Acord, Ruth Belknap, Leslie Boaz, Marilyn Bratt, Margaret Bull, and Diane Dressler.

Nursing students from Milwaukee schools who go on to become nurses, registered nurses, practical nurses, pediatric nurses, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,583,770 people working as registered nurses alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $66,530. Also, Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses make on average $40,900 per year and there are about 728,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis area alone, there are 3,010 employed licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earning an average salary of $45,700. Registered nurses in this area earn $62,730/yr and there are 18,640 employed.

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. Thus, about 22.813 out of every 1000 jobs in Milwaukee are held by registered nurses, and 3.678/1000 are held by licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.

Of the 9 nursing schools in Milwaukee, 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) for nursing 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

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