In 1976, the average undergraduate resident tuition at UW System 4-year campuses was $556 per year. By 2009, the annual cost of educating an undergraduate student in the UW System had risen to $10,013 per student.
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Often, a college degree translates into more employment opportunities and higher salaries. It also usually provides greater job security. The relationship between education and job security has been painfully evident during the recent recession
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Every month, the U.S. Census releases sales data by major retail category. Comparing September 2009 sales to September 2008 provides an indicator of the current state of the economiy.
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Removing traditional department stores from the other general merchandise stores category reveals that sales at discout department stores have increased through the first nine months of 2008 and 2009, even as total retail spending falls.
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In 1970, 37.7 percent of the incoming freshmen at UW-Madison had graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school class.
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In the 2005-06 school Year, close to 20,000 residents in the nine-county Capital Region attened a UW System institution. A breakdown of the schools can be found in this snapshot.
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Most people know that UW- Madison is home to about 40,000 students. Here are some interesting demographics of the student population.
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Projections by the state Department of Workforce Development forecast that between 2002 and 2012, over one-fifth of job openings will typically require at least a bachelor’s degree.
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High School graduates earn about $8,400 more in annual wages than high school dropouts.
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The population who has received at least a bachelor’s degree will earn about $1 million between graduation and retirement. This snapshot gives a glimpse of the percent of people in some south-central Wisconsin cities.
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