What are the niceset campuses in UW system?

[PhineasJWhoopee]

Recently moved to WI. I've seen 3 so far, Madison, Eau Claire and Oskosh so far.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Marquette University;
Doctoral/Research Universities--Extensive
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 195,026
General Orientation: Equal for Teaching and Intellectual Contributions

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Master's Colleges and Universities I
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 142,000
General Orientation: Equal for Teaching and Intellectual Contributions


University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Master's Colleges and Universities I


University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Master's Colleges and Universities I
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 148,235
General Orientation: Teaching

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Doctoral/Research Universities--Extensive
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 675,519
General Orientation: Equal for Teaching and Intellectual Contributions

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Doctoral/Research Universities--Extensive
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 289,474
General Orientation: Equal for Teaching and Intellectual Contributions

University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Master's Colleges and Universities II
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 119,512
General Orientation: Teaching

University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Master's Colleges and Universities I
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 155,020
General Orientation: Teaching

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Master's Colleges and Universities I
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 97,701
General Orientation: Teaching


This is based on the AACSB information; the accrediting body for business schools;

A small liberal arts university may be more your style, in which case they would not be AACSB accredited and I would have no information on them.

 

[zinfamous]

define "nice."

Madison for a fine example of the "drunken frat boy" & sports college experience.

I imagine the others a bit more "rustic," perhaps pastoral or simply more aesthetically pleasing to one's eye; though I've never been anywhere in WI but Madison. It all depends on what you are looking for.

I wouldn't want to be in WI anyway. strikes me as a rather boring place, with rather nice, yet subtly racist people about.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

Nice = attractive.

There isn't much charm to the campuses at Eau Claire or Oshkosh that I could see.

I'll be visiting colleges with my daugther next summer, so I guess I'll find out myself eventually.

She wants to be in a large city so unless she changes her mind, UW Milwuakee will be her only option for a state school.

Madison is regarded as one of the best public universities in the country so there must be some studying happening around the partying.

WI isn't a bad place. The cost of living is low and there is a lot of scenic beauty. I have a beautiful old home in a nice neighborhood that I paid very little for, I'm 100m from the Wisconsin River, I'm near two really nice lakes, and I have an 8 min drive to work (15 min bike ride). It could be worse.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

Marquette University;
Doctoral/Research Universities--Extensive
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 195,026
General Orientation: Equal for Teaching and Intellectual Contributions

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Master's Colleges and Universities I
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 142,000
General Orientation: Equal for Teaching and Intellectual Contributions


University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Master's Colleges and Universities I


University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Master's Colleges and Universities I
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 148,235
General Orientation: Teaching

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Doctoral/Research Universities--Extensive
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 675,519
General Orientation: Equal for Teaching and Intellectual Contributions

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Doctoral/Research Universities--Extensive
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 289,474
General Orientation: Equal for Teaching and Intellectual Contributions

University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Master's Colleges and Universities II
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 119,512
General Orientation: Teaching

University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Master's Colleges and Universities I
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 155,020
General Orientation: Teaching

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Master's Colleges and Universities I
Operating Budget per FT faculty member 97,701
General Orientation: Teaching


This is based on the AACSB information; the accrediting body for business schools;

A small liberal arts university may be more your style, in which case they would not be AACSB accredited and I would have no information on them.

Probably no busines students in my family. Engineering for my son, and likely nursing for my daughter.

I'm a chemist by training and I've always encouraged my kids in math and science.

 

[Jadow]

I can only comment on La Crosse and Madison. I'm a La Crosse grad and went to the Madison for a few football games.

The La Crosse is all one space, it's not spread out all over the city, there's lots of nice green spaces, benches, trees, etc... and it's always very well maintained and just a great environment. I was a commuter student and after my freshmen year, I didn't pay for parking again, I'd park on one of the city blocks around campus and walk in, always a pleasant experience. The pics on the Wiki page for La Crosse are representitive of the campus. Lots of nature trails, the marsh and hixon forest for hiking and it's in a nice quiet laid back part of La Crosse.

The campus also has pretty nice education buildings and dorms, the food is decent, it's all in all a great place to go to school.

Heh, my freshman year (1996), in state Tuition was $1350 a semester! Now it's closer to 3k I believe. Still a good deal compared to many other schools but it has gone up.

La Crosse is known for their Health/Gym/Teaching strengths, but it also has a really strong business school, and a pretty good comp-sci program as well.

As for Madison, their academic credentials stand on their own, the one thing that struck me was that the campus is kind of all spread out over Madison. You could be in trouble if you have back to back classes in different buildings.

 

[Hacp]

Madison is ranked 9th best public college by US News so that is the one she should attend.

 

[tokie]

define "nice."

Madison for a fine example of the "drunken frat boy" & sports college experience.

I would say, if anything, that means things must be pretty good for academics. I've found that top students often exhibit a "work hard, play hard" mentality. The people who don't generally have a hard time understanding things, but spend most of their time in the library trying to understand.

Of course, there are the drunken clowns as well, but some percentage of the drunks are bound to be smart students.

 

[Jadow]

Hey, it's Wisconsin, La Crosse is a pretty decent party school also, but anywhere in WI, the breakfast drink of choice will be either a bloody mary or a screwdriver.

 

[IronWing]

For "charm" Stout is probably the best UW school followed by Madison.

Schools that flat out flunked charm school would be: Oshkosh, Green Bay, Eau Claire, and White Water. Oshkosh and White Water could win prizes for ug.

Milwaukee, Platteville, and Steven's Point are okay.

 

[Xonoahbin]

Milwaukee, Green Bay, Oshkosh and Whitewater suck. Stout is kind of nice but very specific in curriculum, Steven's Point is decent, and Plateville is alright. Madison is a great school, but too much of a party school for my tastes. Personally, my favorite is Eau Claire. FYI, I'm going to a small liberal arts school about an hour from Madison.

 

[Jadow]

I did a compare on US News

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandr...+3917+3919+3921+3923+3924+3925+3926+5015+9630

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

For "charm" Stout is probably the best UW school followed by Madison.

Schools that flat out flunked charm school would be: Oshkosh, Green Bay, Eau Claire, and White Water. Oshkosh and White Water could win prizes for ug.

Milwaukee, Platteville, and Steven's Point are okay.

I forgot to mention that I live about 30 mim from Point. I would say fair on that campus on my charm scale.

We were in Appleton this week and drove by the Lawerence campus. I would give it a fairly high rating. On the other hand, it ~45K/yr, so it should be nice.

 

[Matthiasa]

Unless one finds the smell of cows or pigs nice avoid what says rural next to it there.

Also I vote U.S. News being hate.
Every university in the system use to be tier 1, now nearlly all of them are not.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

For my son, Madison and Plattville will work, and maybe Whitewater or Stout, depending on if he wants to do EE, computer science, or computer Engineering.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Probably no busines students in my family. Engineering for my son, and likely nursing for my daughter.

I'm a chemist by training and I've always encouraged my kids in math and science.

The ratings and orientation still apply; and the $/faculty is still a useful guide.

Also, the best CEOs and PhDs are former/undergrad engineers that go into finance.

 

[Soccerman06]

Do you really need 4 threads with more or less the same topic?