Associate's · Green Bay, Wisconsin
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $39,894
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $50,458
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $9,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $26k (likely $26k – $34k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $9k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.8 years (likely 4.3–8.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$36k (likely −$81k – $8k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $96k (likely −$4k – $209k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 47%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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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-Platteville$45,389
- 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