General Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #59 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for general engineering students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 152 master's degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great General Engineering School for Your Master's Degree
The engineering master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for general engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general engineering students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in general engineering. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Those general engineering students who get their master's degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison make $11,649 more than the average engineering grad.
It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Platteville if you want to pursue a master's degree in general engineering. UW - Platteville is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Platteville.
Students who graduate with their master's from the engineering program state that they receive average early career wages of $96,767.
It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee if you wish to pursue a master's degree in general engineering. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the engineering program state that they receive average early career earnings of $93,995.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The engineering master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
