Bachelor's · Whitewater, Wisconsin
Is Fine and Studio Arts at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 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 8.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $38,132
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $53,175
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,062
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $58k (likely $58k – $77k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $12k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8.3 years (likely 5.7–13.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$141k (likely −$219k – −$68k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $27k (likely −$120k – $200k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 56%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Fine and Studio Arts at other schools in Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh$50,189
- University of Wisconsin-Stout$49,967
- University of Wisconsin-Madison$48,684
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee$44,788
- Lawrence University$44,313
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire$42,995
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point$42,771
- University of Wisconsin-Platteville$42,271
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay$41,997
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls$41,705