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Engineering (all) at Wisconsin

Wisconsin graduates about 1,006 engineering majors a year, 14% of its graduating class. That puts it 37th of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 88 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $100,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $195 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

88/100Standout#37 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year1,00614% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$100,0001.04× the same major nationally
Research in the field$195Ma year, NSF
Admit rate45%whole school
SAT middle 50%1340–1510whole school

Around Wisconsin

By Babcock Hall at Linden Drive / Babcock Drive on the University of Wisconsin–M
Plaque about the first reliable test of milk quality (53939412283)Photo: Chris Rycroft from Madison, Wisconsin, United States · CC BY 2.0 · source
Babcock Hall
Babcock Hall - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source
Agricultural Heating station
Agricultural Heating station - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source

Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Agricultural Engineering Laboratory, Agricultural Engineering, Engineering Centers Building, Mechanical Engineering Building, Materials Science and Engineering, Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building, Engineering Hall, Engineering Research Building, Water Science & Engineering Laboratory.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 145 · Dorm 28 · Student housing 23 · Athletics 12 · Arts 7 · Chapel 6.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. University of California, Los Angeles 89
  2. Case Western Reserve University 89
  3. United States Military Academy at West Point 89
  4. Purdue University–Main Campus 88
  5. Stevens Institute of Technology 88
  6. Boston University 88
  7. Brown University 88
  8. Texas A&M University 87

Other strong majors at Wisconsin

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Wisconsin with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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