Associate's · Platteville, Wisconsin
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at University of Wisconsin-Platteville worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $40,411
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $48,753
- 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
- $33k (likely $33k – $46k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.4 years (likely 4.8–13.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$59k (likely −$114k – −$4k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $62k (likely −$62k – $185k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 58%
- 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-Platteville
- Engineering, General (Master's)$115,411
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$112,770
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$95,300
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$92,443
- Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's)$88,918
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$87,139
- Engineering Physics (Bachelor's)$85,901
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$83,958
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$82,652
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$81,976
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering (Bachelor's)$75,099
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$74,581
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-Oshkosh$43,877
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire$42,700
- Milwaukee Area Technical College$42,026
- Nicolet Area Technical College$40,783