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University of Wisconsin-Madison — Best Majors Ranked by Value Score | Ask Kinsley

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Public University

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

66 programs

70/100 avg Value Score

$16,928 /yr net cost

89% completion rate

All Programs Ranked by Value Score

Computer Engineering

$78,839 median salary$16,928/yr net cost1.5 yr break-even+163% vs. HS diploma

Industrial Engineering

$74,061 median salary$16,928/yr net cost1.7 yr break-even+147% vs. HS diploma

Computer and Information Sciences, General

$72,878 median salary$16,928/yr net cost1.8 yr break-even+143% vs. HS diploma

Chemical Engineering

$72,510 median salary$16,928/yr net cost1.8 yr break-even+142% vs. HS diploma

Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

$70,596 median salary$16,928/yr net cost1.9 yr break-even+135% vs. HS diploma

Mechanical Engineering

$70,199 median salary$16,928/yr net cost1.9 yr break-even+134% vs. HS diploma

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

$70,478 median salary$16,928/yr net cost1.9 yr break-even+135% vs. HS diploma

Real Estate

$69,730 median salary$16,928/yr net cost1.9 yr break-even+132% vs. HS diploma

Civil Engineering

$66,167 median salary$16,928/yr net cost2.1 yr break-even+121% vs. HS diploma

Materials Engineering

$64,892 median salary$16,928/yr net cost2.2 yr break-even+116% vs. HS diploma

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

$65,921 median salary$16,928/yr net cost2.1 yr break-even+120% vs. HS diploma

Insurance

$65,571 median salary$16,928/yr net cost2.1 yr break-even+119% vs. HS diploma

Biomedical/Medical Engineering

$63,620 median salary$16,928/yr net cost2.2 yr break-even+112% vs. HS diploma

Agricultural Engineering

$61,703 median salary$16,928/yr net cost2.4 yr break-even+106% vs. HS diploma

Engineering Mechanics

$61,649 median salary$16,928/yr net cost2.4 yr break-even+105% vs. HS diploma

Accounting and Related Services

$61,605 median salary$16,928/yr net cost2.4 yr break-even+105% vs. HS diploma

Finance and Financial Management Services

$61,474 median salary$16,928/yr net cost2.4 yr break-even+105% vs. HS diploma

Business Administration, Management and Operations

$53,294 median salary$16,928/yr net cost3.2 yr break-even+78% vs. HS diploma

International Business

$53,394 median salary$16,928/yr net cost3.2 yr break-even+78% vs. HS diploma

Marketing

$53,817 median salary$16,928/yr net cost3.2 yr break-even+79% vs. HS diploma

General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations

$52,840 median salary$16,928/yr net cost3.3 yr break-even+76% vs. HS diploma

Mathematics

$51,817 median salary$16,928/yr net cost3.4 yr break-even+73% vs. HS diploma

Food Science and Technology

$50,564 median salary$16,928/yr net cost3.7 yr break-even+69% vs. HS diploma

Agricultural Business and Management

$47,469 median salary$16,928/yr net cost4.3 yr break-even+58% vs. HS diploma

Economics

$48,053 median salary$16,928/yr net cost4.2 yr break-even+60% vs. HS diploma

Physics

$45,916 median salary$16,928/yr net cost4.7 yr break-even+53% vs. HS diploma

Design and Applied Arts

$43,684 median salary$16,928/yr net cost5.5 yr break-even+46% vs. HS diploma

Journalism

$42,011 median salary$16,928/yr net cost6.3 yr break-even+40% vs. HS diploma

Special Education and Teaching

$41,945 median salary$16,928/yr net cost6.3 yr break-even+40% vs. HS diploma

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

$40,648 median salary$16,928/yr net cost7.1 yr break-even+35% vs. HS diploma

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences

$39,352 median salary$16,928/yr net cost8 yr break-even+31% vs. HS diploma

Chemistry

$38,140 median salary$16,928/yr net cost9.2 yr break-even+27% vs. HS diploma

Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)

$37,462 median salary$16,928/yr net cost10.1 yr break-even+25% vs. HS diploma

Sociology

$37,772 median salary$16,928/yr net cost9.7 yr break-even+26% vs. HS diploma

Agricultural Public Services

$36,985 median salary$16,928/yr net cost10.8 yr break-even+23% vs. HS diploma

Microbiological Sciences and Immunology

$36,807 median salary$16,928/yr net cost11 yr break-even+23% vs. HS diploma

Communication and Media Studies

$36,006 median salary$16,928/yr net cost12.5 yr break-even+20% vs. HS diploma

Political Science and Government

$35,789 median salary$16,928/yr net cost13 yr break-even+19% vs. HS diploma

Philosophy

$35,717 median salary$16,928/yr net cost13.1 yr break-even+19% vs. HS diploma

Animal Sciences

$35,454 median salary$16,928/yr net cost13.8 yr break-even+18% vs. HS diploma

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

$34,941 median salary$16,928/yr net cost15.2 yr break-even+16% vs. HS diploma

Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

$33,908 median salary$16,928/yr net cost19.2 yr break-even+13% vs. HS diploma

Genetics

$33,912 median salary$16,928/yr net cost19.2 yr break-even+13% vs. HS diploma

Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions

$32,788 median salary$16,928/yr net cost27 yr break-even+9% vs. HS diploma

Area Studies

$32,123 median salary$16,928/yr net cost35.4 yr break-even+7% vs. HS diploma

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

$31,856 median salary$16,928/yr net cost40.5 yr break-even+6% vs. HS diploma

Psychology, General

$31,572 median salary$16,928/yr net cost47.8 yr break-even+5% vs. HS diploma

Anthropology

$31,599 median salary$16,928/yr net cost47 yr break-even+5% vs. HS diploma

Geography and Cartography

$31,655 median salary$16,928/yr net cost45.4 yr break-even+6% vs. HS diploma

Biology, General

$30,913 median salary$16,928/yr net cost82.3 yr break-even+3% vs. HS diploma

Fine and Studio Arts

$30,793 median salary$16,928/yr net cost94.8 yr break-even+3% vs. HS diploma

Botany/Plant Biology

$30,520 median salary$16,928/yr net cost144.6 yr break-even+2% vs. HS diploma

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies

$29,857 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+0% vs. HS diploma

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

$29,244 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-3% vs. HS diploma

English Language and Literature, General

$29,174 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-3% vs. HS diploma

Neurobiology and Neurosciences

$29,137 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-3% vs. HS diploma

International/Global Studies

$28,989 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-3% vs. HS diploma

History

$28,843 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-4% vs. HS diploma

Nutrition Sciences

$28,232 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-6% vs. HS diploma

Zoology/Animal Biology

$27,864 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-7% vs. HS diploma

Health and Physical Education/Fitness

$27,879 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-7% vs. HS diploma

Natural Resources Conservation and Research

$27,422 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-9% vs. HS diploma

Social Work

$26,239 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-13% vs. HS diploma

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology

$23,512 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-22% vs. HS diploma

Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

$21,448 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-29% vs. HS diploma

Communication Disorders Sciences and Services

$21,520 median salary$16,928/yr net cost+-28% vs. HS diploma

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Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Programs ranked by Value Score (composite of earnings, cost, break-even time, and completion rate). Bachelor's degree programs only.