Associate's · La Crosse, Wisconsin
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $40,178
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $12,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $36k (likely $36k – $47k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $868 a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$127k (likely −$185k – −$55k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$115k (likely −$237k – $31k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 71%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$127,722
- Data Science (Master's)$122,027
- Biology, General (Master's)$109,836
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$93,633
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$92,256
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$80,611
- Physics (Bachelor's)$80,594
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$80,552
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$78,296
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$76,227
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's)$75,197
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$73,439
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at other schools in Wisconsin
- Madison Area Technical College$50,870
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee$49,076
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Flex$49,076
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point$48,051
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater$47,453
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay$46,976
- University of Wisconsin-Platteville$45,389
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh$43,877
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire$42,700
- Milwaukee Area Technical College$42,026