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Best Nursing Colleges in Wisconsin

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 28 schools · Agent Insights
28
Schools Analyzed
$54,695
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
57%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$20,079
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 28 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 28
Avg. earnings at 10yr $54,695
Avg. graduation rate 57%
Avg. net price $20,079
Avg. median debt $22,481

How We Ranked

Nursing programs in Wisconsin ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICECarroll UniversityViterbo UniversityMilwaukee SchoolEdgewood CollegeAlverno College

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Carroll University70%Viterbo University67%Milwaukee School of Engi…69%Edgewood College64%Alverno College50%Marquette University82%Mount Mary University50%Maranatha Baptist Univer…65%University of Wisconsin-…89%Wisconsin Lutheran Colle…63%Marian University43%Carthage College62%Concordia University-Wis…66%University of Wisconsin-…51%Ripon College62%University of Wisconsin-…66%University of Wisconsin-…71%University of Wisconsin-…53%University of Wisconsin-…50%University of Wisconsin-…50%

Top 3

#1

Carroll University

Waukesha, WI

Graduation70%
Earnings$58,009
Net Price$15,193

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#2

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI

Graduation67%
Earnings$55,660
Net Price$21,260

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#3

Milwaukee School of Engineering

Milwaukee, WI

Graduation69%
Earnings$89,070
Net Price$22,453

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Full Rankings

#1

Carroll University

Waukesha, WI · 2,523 students · Private nonprofit

67% accepted 70% graduate $58,009 earnings
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#2

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI · 1,249 students · Private nonprofit

72% accepted 67% graduate $55,660 earnings
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#3

Milwaukee School of Engineering

Milwaukee, WI · 2,654 students · Private nonprofit

59% accepted 69% graduate $89,070 earnings
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#4

Edgewood College

Madison, WI · 1,107 students · Private nonprofit

76% accepted 64% graduate $59,728 earnings
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#5

Alverno College

Milwaukee, WI · 631 students · Private nonprofit

86% accepted 50% graduate $53,145 earnings
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#6

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI · 7,660 students · Private nonprofit

81% accepted 82% graduate $78,257 earnings
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#7

Mount Mary University

Milwaukee, WI · 631 students · Private nonprofit

62% accepted 50% graduate $48,745 earnings
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#8

Maranatha Baptist University

Watertown, WI · 541 students · Private nonprofit

72% accepted 65% graduate $45,593 earnings
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#9

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI · 36,902 students · Public

45% accepted 89% graduate $73,792 earnings
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#10

Wisconsin Lutheran College

Milwaukee, WI · 943 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 63% graduate $54,664 earnings
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#11

Marian University

Fond Du Lac, WI · 1,010 students · Private nonprofit

75% accepted 43% graduate $53,501 earnings
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#12

Carthage College

Kenosha, WI · 2,660 students · Private nonprofit

87% accepted 62% graduate $56,950 earnings
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#13

Concordia University-Wisconsin

Mequon, WI · 2,197 students · Private nonprofit

78% accepted 66% graduate $56,075 earnings
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#14

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Oshkosh, WI · 6,877 students · Public

87% accepted 51% graduate $55,548 earnings
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#15

Ripon College

Ripon, WI · 688 students · Private nonprofit

80% accepted 62% graduate $54,902 earnings
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#16

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Eau Claire, WI · 8,895 students · Public

82% accepted 66% graduate $58,561 earnings
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#17

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

La Crosse, WI · 9,277 students · Public

76% accepted 71% graduate $60,378 earnings
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#18

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Stevens Point, WI · 7,306 students · Public

92% accepted 53% graduate $52,021 earnings
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#19

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Green Bay, WI · 6,341 students · Public

89% accepted 50% graduate $52,528 earnings
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#20

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI · 16,758 students · Public

91% accepted 50% graduate $54,990 earnings
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#21

Herzing University-Kenosha

Kenosha, WI · 522 students · Private nonprofit

92% accepted 63% graduate $36,909 earnings
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#22

University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Kenosha, WI · 2,844 students · Public

75% accepted 40% graduate $51,129 earnings
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#23

University of Wisconsin-River Falls

River Falls, WI · 4,205 students · Public

82% accepted 59% graduate $54,458 earnings
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#24

Western Technical College

La Crosse, WI · 3,183 students · Public

36% graduate $45,303 earnings
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#25

Herzing University-Brookfield

Brookfield, WI · 380 students · Private nonprofit

93% accepted 41% graduate $36,909 earnings
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#26

Bellin College

Green Bay, WI · 372 students · Private nonprofit

97% accepted 68% graduate $76,222 earnings
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#27

Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa

Wauwatosa, WI · 1,037 students · Private nonprofit

22% graduate $32,568 earnings
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#28

College of Menominee Nation

Keshena, WI · 258 students · Private nonprofit

30% graduate $25,853 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics. →

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). →

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.

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