Associate's · Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $39,793
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $47,129
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $9,973
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $35k (likely $35k – $48k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $6k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9 years (likely 6.4–14.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$78k (likely −$123k – −$37k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $20k (likely −$74k – $125k)
- 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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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$146,587
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$111,224
- Public Administration (Master's)$85,641
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$79,927
- Economics (Bachelor's)$79,267
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$79,228
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$79,217
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$77,490
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$71,062
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$69,383
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$67,896
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$67,766
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-Green Bay$46,976
- University of Wisconsin-Platteville$45,389
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire$42,700
- Milwaukee Area Technical College$42,026
- Nicolet Area Technical College$40,783