Bachelor's · Madison, Wisconsin
Is Design and Applied Arts at Edgewood University 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
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $47,841
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $121k (likely $121k – $150k)
- 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
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$264k (likely −$374k – −$153k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$179k (likely −$391k – $48k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 61%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Change income, residency or loans Compare Design and Applied Arts at other schools
Other majors at Edgewood University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$110,776
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$110,256
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$109,385
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$102,255
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$96,101
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$79,960
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$79,577
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$71,969
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$69,355
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$64,738
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$64,431
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's)$63,899
Design and Applied Arts at other schools in Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin-Madison$65,874
- University of Wisconsin-Stout$57,718
- Mount Mary University$49,881
- Carthage College$48,431
- Rasmussen University-Wisconsin$46,610
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point$46,377
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay$46,376
- Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design$43,944
- University of Wisconsin-Parkside$40,410