Which Wisconsin electrical engineering program has the lowest debt?

UW-Madison reports the lowest median federal debt, $23,250, with first-year pay of $82,018.

How much do electrical engineering graduates earn in Wisconsin?

The median across 5 Wisconsin electrical engineering bachelor's programs is $77,405 in the first year after graduating and $93,494 five years after.

How many electrical engineering bachelor's programs are in Wisconsin?

5 Wisconsin programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 5 of them also report federal debt.

Electrical Engineering (Bachelor's) Programs in Wisconsin, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

5 programs report first-year pay
5 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Wisconsin electrical engineering bachelor's program pays its graduates $77,405 in their first year, $523 less than the national median. UW-Madison reports the highest first-year pay ($82,018), and UW-Madison the lowest median debt ($23,250).

Median first-year pay$77,405National $77,928

Median pay after 5 years$93,494National $99,155

Median federal debt$26,750National $25,000

Debt-to-earnings33%National 32%

All 5 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	UW-MadisonMadison · public	$82,018	$93,494	$23,250	28%
2	Marquette UniversityMilwaukee · private nonprofit	$81,797	$97,171	$26,750	33%
3	UW-PlattevillePlatteville · public	$77,405	$95,709	$23,251	30%
4	Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee · private nonprofit	$74,901	$87,003	$27,000	36%
5	UW-MilwaukeeMilwaukee · public	$73,603	$89,916	$32,498	44%

Debt and first-year pay at every Wisconsin electrical engineering program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Wisconsin medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 5 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to electrical engineering, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Architectural and Engineering Managers

$142,060

Median pay in Wisconsin. 4,550 people work in this job in Wisconsin. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $103,720Top 10%: $207,680

Electrical Engineers

$99,700

Median pay in Wisconsin. 3,550 people work in this job in Wisconsin. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 11,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $74,850Top 10%: $132,990

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

$93,710

Median pay in Wisconsin. 360 people work in this job in Wisconsin. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $61,150Top 10%: $136,550

Computer Hardware Engineers

$83,670

Median pay in Wisconsin. 270 people work in this job in Wisconsin. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 9% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $68,330Top 10%: $172,820

Common questions

UW-Madison in Madison reports the highest median first-year pay, $82,018. Its median federal debt is $23,250.

Electrical Engineering (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked247 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Wisconsin rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the electrical engineering bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024