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2023 Most Popular Education Schools in Wisconsin

27 Colleges
$41,877 Avg Salary
$26,819 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 2,679 degrees and certificates from a Wisconsin school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Education Schools in Wisconsin ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in Wisconsin to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Education Colleges.

#1

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI

Our 2023 rankings named Viterbo University the most popular school in Wisconsin for education students. Located in the city of La Crosse, Viterbo is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 27 schools in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Education Schools in Wisconsin list. UW - Whitewater is a large public school located in the distant town of Whitewater.

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The excellent programs at University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Wisconsin. UW Oshkosh is a large public school located in the small city of Oshkosh.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Superior. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Schools in Wisconsin list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Superior, UW - Superior is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 27 schools in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse landed the # 5 spot on the list. UW - La Crosse is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Crosse.

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#7

Alverno College

Milwaukee, WI

Alverno College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Alverno is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Concordia University, Wisconsin did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students. Located in the suburb of Mequon, Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Cardinal Stritch University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for education students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Milwaukee, Cardinal Stritch is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Education Schools in Wisconsin list. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 6,636
Indiana 8,353
Ohio 3,830
Michigan 2,978

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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