List of colleges and universities in Wisconsin
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The following is a list of college
College
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s and universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

.

Private

  • Marquette University
    Marquette University
    Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...

     (Milwaukee)
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
    Medical College of Wisconsin
    Medical College of Wisconsin is a private, freestanding medical school and graduate school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was formerly affiliated with Marquette University....

     (Milwaukee, graduate programs only)
  • Cardinal Stritch University
    Cardinal Stritch University
    Cardinal Stritch University is a private Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.The university also has sites located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and Rochester, Minnesota, as well as multiple Outreach programs throughout Wisconsin.Cardinal...

     (Milwaukee)
  • Edgewood College
    Edgewood College
    Edgewood College is a Dominican Catholic liberal arts college in Madison, Wisconsin, in the Diocese of Madison. Overlooking the shores of Lake Wingra, it occupies on Madison's near west side....

     (Madison)
  • Marian University (Fond du Lac)

Public

  • University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
  • University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
  • University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
  • University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
  • University of Wisconsin–Parkside (Kenosha)
  • University of Wisconsin–Platteville
  • University of Wisconsin–River Falls
  • University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
    University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
    The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point is a public university located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin...

  • University of Wisconsin–Stout (Menomonie)
  • University of Wisconsin–Superior
    University of Wisconsin–Superior
    The University of Wisconsin–Superior is a public university located in Superior, Wisconsin. UW–Superior grants bachelor's, master's, and specialist's degrees...

  • University of Wisconsin–Whitewater

Private

  • Alverno College
    Alverno College
    Alverno College is a Roman Catholic, four-year, independent, liberal arts college, historically and still primarily a women's college located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....

     (Milwaukee)
  • Beloit College
    Beloit College
    Beloit College is a liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA. It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, and has an enrollment of roughly 1,300 undergraduate students. Beloit is the oldest continuously operated college in Wisconsin, and has the oldest building of any college...

     (Beloit)
  • Carroll University (Waukesha)
  • Carthage College
    Carthage College
    Carthage College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Situated in Kenosha, Wisconsin midway between Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the campus is on the shore of Lake Michigan and is home to 2,500 full-time and 900 part-time...

     (Kenosha)
  • Concordia University Wisconsin
    Concordia University Wisconsin
    Concordia University Wisconsin is a private liberal arts college located in Mequon, Wisconsin. The school is an affiliate of the 10-member Concordia University System, which is operated by the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod ....

     (Mequon)
  • Lakeland College (Plymouth)
  • Lawrence University
    Lawrence University
    Lawrence University is a selective, private liberal arts college with a nationally recognized conservatory of music, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Lawrence University is known for its rigorous academic environment. Founded in 1847, the first classes were held on November 12, 1849...

     (Appleton)
  • Milwaukee School of Engineering
    Milwaukee School of Engineering
    The Milwaukee School of Engineering is a private university located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. MSOE is best known for its applications-oriented curriculum, close association with business and industry, and extremely high placement rate...

     (Milwaukee)
  • Mount Mary College
    Mount Mary College
    Mount Mary College is a Catholic women's college based on the liberal arts, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of science in nursing in partnership with Columbia College of Nursing degrees in over 60 undergraduate majors, and master of arts,...

     (Milwaukee)
  • Northland College
    Northland College (Wisconsin)
    Northland College is a small, coeducational, liberal arts college in Ashland, Wisconsin, USA. Founded as the North Wisconsin Academy in 1892, the college was established in 1906. Originally affiliated with the Congregational Church, the college remains loosely tied to the Congregational Church's...

     (Ashland)
  • Ripon College
    Ripon College (Wisconsin)
    Ripon College is a liberal arts college in Ripon, Wisconsin, USA. It offers small class sizes and intensive mentoring to students. Ripon has a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa--one of the nation's most prestigious honor societies. Alumni have high rates of success in the workforce as well as acceptance...

     (Ripon)
  • St. Norbert College
    St. Norbert College
    St. Norbert College is a private Catholic liberal arts college in De Pere, Wisconsin. Founded in October 1898 by Abbot Bernard Pennings, a Norbertine priest and educator, the school was named after Saint Norbert of Xanten. In 1952, the college became coeducational and today enrolls about 2,175...

     (De Pere)
  • Silver Lake College
    Silver Lake College
    Silver Lake College is a four-year, Catholic liberal arts college located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in the Diocese of Green Bay. Founded as an academy in 1885 by the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, the college achieved four-year college status in 1935 and was then called Holy Family College...

     (Manitowoc)
  • Viterbo University
    Viterbo University
    Viterbo University is a Roman Catholic liberal arts university located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States in the Diocese of La Crosse.-History:...

     (La Crosse)
  • Wisconsin Lutheran College
    Wisconsin Lutheran College
    Wisconsin Lutheran College is a liberal arts college affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. It has an enrollment of approximately 840 undergraduate students. Its nine-building campus sits on the border of Milwaukee and Wauwatosa, with some buildings in each city...

     (Milwaukee)

Two-year institutions

  • College of Menominee Nation
  • Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College
    Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College
    Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College is a technical and community college for the Hayward, Wisconsin area.The college was founded by the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in 1982 to serve the tribe and the local Hayward community...

  • University of Wisconsin Colleges
    University of Wisconsin Colleges
    The University of Wisconsin Colleges is a unit of the University of Wisconsin System composed of 13 local campuses and one online campus, University of Wisconsin Colleges Online.The campuses are:*University of Wisconsin–Baraboo/Sauk County...

    • University of Wisconsin–Baraboo/Sauk County
    • University of Wisconsin–Barron County
    • University of Wisconsin–Fond du Lac
    • University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley
    • University of Wisconsin–Manitowoc
    • University of Wisconsin–Marathon County
    • University of Wisconsin–Marinette
    • University of Wisconsin–Marshfield/Wood County
    • University of Wisconsin–Richland
    • University of Wisconsin–Rock County
    • University of Wisconsin–Sheboygan
    • University of Wisconsin–Washington County
    • University of Wisconsin–Waukesha
    • University of Wisconsin Colleges Online
      University of Wisconsin Colleges Online
      The University of Wisconsin Colleges Online is an online college program which is part of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, the freshman-sophomore campuses of the University of Wisconsin System....

  • University of Wisconsin–Extension

  • Wisconsin Technical College System
    Wisconsin Technical College System
    Wisconsin Technical College System is a group of 16 technical colleges in Wisconsin.-History:The Wisconsin Legislature passed laws in 1911 requiring cities with a population of 5000 or more to set up trade schools, and a school board to control them...

    • Blackhawk Technical College
      Blackhawk Technical College
      Blackhawk Technical College is a technical college in Rock County, Wisconsin and a component of the Wisconsin Technical College System...

       (Janesville)
    • Chippewa Valley Technical College
      Chippewa Valley Technical College
      Chippewa Valley Technical College is one of the 16 technical and community colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System, centered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin...

       (Eau Claire)
    • Fox Valley Technical College
      Fox Valley Technical College
      Fox Valley Technical College is the technical college for the Appleton, Wisconsin area. It is a member of the Wisconsin Technical College System....

       (Appleton)
    • Gateway Technical College
      Gateway Technical College
      Gateway Technical College is a technical college serving Kenosha, Racine, and Walworth counties in Wisconsin. It has major campuses in the Kenosha, Racine and Elkhorn communities. There is a campus center in Burlington, and Advanced Technology Centers in Kenosha, Pleasant Prairie, and Sturtevant...

       (Kenosha)
    • Lakeshore Technical College
      Lakeshore Technical College
      Lakeshore Technical College is a technical and community college located in Cleveland, Wisconsin, which is centrally located between the lakeshore cities of Sheboygan and Manitowoc. It is a member of the 16 schools in the Wisconsin Technical College System...

       (Cleveland)
    • Madison Area Technical College
      Madison Area Technical College
      Madison Area Technical College is a technical and community college headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. It serves parts of 12 counties in south-central Wisconsin: Adams, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Marquette, Richland, Rock, and Sauk...

    • Mid-State Technical College
      Mid-State Technical College
      Mid-State Technical College is a technical college in central Wisconsin. It has major campuses in the Marshfield, Stevens Point, Wisconsin Rapids communities. There is a learning center in Adams...

       (Marshfield)
    • Milwaukee Area Technical College
      Milwaukee Area Technical College
      Milwaukee Area Technical College is a two-year vocational-technical college based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. MATC offers day, evening, and weekend classes at campuses in downtown Milwaukee, Oak Creek, West Allis, and Mequon. Enrollment is about 60,000...

    • Moraine Park Technical College
      Moraine Park Technical College
      Moraine Park Technical College is one of 16 technical colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System and is led by its president, Dr. Sheila Ruhland, and the Moraine Park District Board....

       (Fond du Lac)
    • Nicolet Area Technical College
      Nicolet Area Technical College
      Nicolet Area Technical College is a technical college in Rhinelander Wisconsin area. It is a member of the 16 schools in the Wisconsin Technical College System....

       (Rhinelander)
    • Northcentral Technical College
      Northcentral Technical College
      Northcentral Technical College is a technical college in Wausau, Wisconsin, USA. The district of the college includes all of, or portions of, Marathon, Lincoln, Taylor, Price, Langlade, Menominee, Clark, Portage, Shawano and Waupaca counties. The main campus is located in Wausau...

       (Wausau)
    • Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
      Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
      Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, also called NWTC, is one of the 16 technical and community colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System...

       (Green Bay)
    • Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
      Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
      Southwest Tech is a technical college in the Fennimore Wisconsin area of the USA. The college's district includes the area covered by 30 school districts, including all of Crawford, Grant, Iowa Lafayette, and Richland counties; and parts of Dane, Green, Sauk and Vernon counties...

       (Fennimore)
    • Waukesha County Technical College
      Waukesha County Technical College
      Waukesha County Technical College is a technical college in Waukesha County, Wisconsin area. The college has campuses in Waukesha and Pewaukee...

       (Pewaukee)
    • Western Technical College
      Western Technical College
      Western Technical College is part of the Wisconsin Technical College System. The main campus is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin.The school was previously known as Western Wisconsin Technical College , but the "Wisconsin" part of the name was officially dropped on March 29, 2006.-Other...

       (La Crosse)
    • Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
      Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
      Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College is a two-year technical college with campuses in Ashland, New Richmond, Rice Lake, and Superior, Wisconsin. There are also two branches in Hayward and Ladysmith. WITC also operates a learning center in Washburn County. WITC's administrative offices are in...

       (Shell Lake)

Religious institutions

  • Immanuel Lutheran College (Eau Claire)
    Immanuel Lutheran College (Eau Claire)
    Immanuel Lutheran College, located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and open since 1963, is a high school and college campus for the Church of the Lutheran Confession....

  • Maranatha Baptist Bible College
    Maranatha Baptist Bible College
    Maranatha Baptist Bible College and Seminary is a Baptist college in Watertown, Wisconsin, offering a wide range of undergraduate degrees, including Bible, business management, accounting, office management, sport management, elementary and secondary teacher education, nursing, humanities, English,...

     (Watertown)
  • Nashotah House
    Nashotah House
    Nashotah House is an Anglo-Catholic seminary of the Episcopal Church located in Nashotah, Wisconsin, approximately 30 miles from Milwaukee, in the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee. The seminary opened its doors in 1842 and received its official charter in 1847...

     (Nashotah)
  • Northland Baptist Bible College
    Northland Baptist Bible College
    Northland International University is an Baptist college in Dunbar, Wisconsin. The school was founded in 1976 by businessman and inventor, Paul Patz and his family of seven children...

     (Now Northland International University) (Dunbar)
  • Philadelphia Biblical University - Wisconsin Wilderness (Cable)
  • Sacred Heart School of Theology
    Sacred Heart School of Theology
    The Sacred Heart School of Theology is an apostolate of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, a Roman Catholic religious community of priests and lay brothers. It is located in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. When the seminary program was established in 1932, the school was known as Sacred Heart Monastery...

     (Franklin/Hales Corners)
  • St. Francis Seminary (Saint Francis)
  • Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
    Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
    Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary is located in Mequon, Wisconsin and trains pastors for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod .The campus consists of twenty two buildings, including a library with over 58,000 volumes, including a collection of rare pre-18th century theological...

     (Mequon)

Trade-specific institutions

  • Art Institute of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
  • Bellin College (Green Bay, formerly Bellin College of Nursing)
  • Columbia College of Nursing (Milwaukee)
  • Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture (Spring Green)
  • Madison Media Institute
    Madison Media Institute
    Madison Media Institute, a Media Arts College is a private for profit college with it's main campus located in Madison, Wisconsin and branch location in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Degree programs are designed for the entertainment and media industry and accept enrollments year round...

     (Madison)
  • Midwest College of Oriental Medicine
    Midwest College of Oriental Medicine
    Midwest College of Oriental Medicine is a small school on the north side of Chicago. They helped in the founding of the Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine...

     (Racine)
  • Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (Milwaukee)
  • Montessori Institute of Milwaukee (Milwaukee)
  • Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
    Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
    The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music is an independent music school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The conservatory teaches many types of music, including classical, jazz, rock, folk, and blues...

     (Milwaukee, inactive accreditation by Higher Learning Commission in 1985)
  • Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology (Milwaukee, graduate programs only)

For-profit institutions

  • Bryant & Stratton College (Milwaukee, Wauwatosa)
  • DeVry University
    DeVry University
    DeVry University and DeVry Institute of Technology are divisions of DeVry Inc , a proprietary, for-profit higher education organization that is also the parent organization for Keller Graduate School of Management, Ross University, American University of the Caribbean, Apollo College, Western...

     (Milwaukee)
  • Globe University (Eau Claire, Madison, Middleton, Wausau)
  • Herzing University (Kenosha, Madison)
  • ITT Technical Institute
    ITT Technical Institute
    ITT Technical Institute is a for-profit technical institute with over 130 campuses in 38 states of the United States. ITT Tech is owned and operated by ITT Educational Services, Inc. , a publicly traded company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana. ITT Educational Services, Inc...

     (Milwaukee)
  • Milwaukee Career College (Milwaukee)
  • Rasmussen College
    Rasmussen College
    Rasmussen College is a 110-year old for-profit private college offering Bachelor's and Associate's degrees at multiple campuses in Minnesota including Blaine, Brooklyn Park, Eagan, Bloomington, Lake Elmo, Mankato, Moorhead and St...

     (Green Bay, Wausau)
  • Sanford Brown College
    Sanford–Brown
    Sanford–Brown is a division of the Career Education Corporation ; a proprietary, for-profit higher education organization that is also the parent organization of Briarcliffe College, Brown College , Missouri College, and the now-defunct Katharine Gibbs School.Sanford–Brown provides career training...

     (Milwaukee)
  • Strayer University
    Strayer University
    Strayer University, formerly Strayer College of Baltimore, Maryland, is a private, for-profit educational institution. The Strayer University campuses are owned by Strayer Education, Inc. , headquartered in Herndon, Virginia....

     (Milwaukee)
  • University of Phoenix
    University of Phoenix
    The University of Phoenix is a for-profit institution of higher learning. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Apollo Group Inc. which is publicly traded , an S&P 500 corporation based in Phoenix, Arizona...

     (Brookfield, Madison, Milwaukee)

Out-of-state colleges/universities with campuses in Wisconsin

  • Aurora University
    Aurora University
    Aurora University is a private, not-for-profit, co-educational liberal arts college located in Aurora, Illinois, 40 miles west of Chicago, Illinois. Additional university locations include the George Williams College campus in Williams Bay, Wisconsin and the Woodstock Center in Woodstock, Illinois...

     (Williams Bay)
  • McPherson College
    McPherson College
    McPherson College was chartered in 1887 by the leaders of the Church of the Brethren. The college provides a career-oriented liberal arts education...

     (Milwaukee)
  • National-Louis University
    National-Louis University
    National–Louis University is a private non-profit American university. NLU has campuses in and near Chicago, Illinois, as well as in Wisconsin, Florida, and Nowy Sącz, Poland. Many NLU courses and programs are also offered at-a-distance. The university practices multi-campus, at-a-distance, and...

     (Milwaukee)
  • Ottawa University
    Ottawa University
    Ottawa University is a private, non-profit, faith-based liberal arts college located in Ottawa, Kansas. It was founded in 1865 and is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA...

     (Brookfield)
  • Upper Iowa University
    Upper Iowa University
    Established in 1857, Upper Iowa University is a private institution of higher education with its residential campus located in northeast Iowa near the Volga River in the rural community of Fayette, where around 900 students are enrolled....

     (multiple WI locations)

Aesthetics Schools

  • Advanced Institute of Hair Design (Greenfield)
  • Balanced Touch Institute (Rib Lake)
  • Blue Sky School of Professional Massage and Therapeutic Bodywork (Grafton, Green Bay, Madison)
  • East-West Healing Arts Institute (Madison)
  • Four Seasons Salon and Day Spa (Monroe)
  • Fox Valley School of Massage (Appleton)
  • Gill Tech Academy of Hair Design (Appleton)
  • High-Tech Institute
    High-tech institute
    Anthem Education Group, formerly known as High-Tech Institute, Inc., is the parent company of a collection of for-profit career college campuses around the United States under the names High-Tech Institute, Anthem Career College, Anthem College, Anthem College Online, Anthem Institute, Morrison...

     (Brookfield)
  • Institute of Beauty and Wellness (Milwaukee)
  • Lakeside School of Massage Therapy (Madison)
  • Madison Cosmetology College (Madison)
  • Martins College of Cosmetology (Green Bay)
  • Milwaukee School of Massage (Milwaukee)
  • Professional Hair Design Academy (Eau Claire)
  • Regency Beauty Institute (Madison)
  • St. Croix Center for the Healing Arts (Hudson)
  • State College of Beauty Culture (Wausau)
  • Therapeutic Bodyworks Institute (Pewaukee)
  • TIBIA Massage School (Madison)
  • Windemere Institute of Healing Arts (Madison)
  • Wisconsin Institute of Natural Wellness (Racine)
  • Wisconsin School of Massage Therapy (Germantown)

Inactive Colleges

  • Campion College of the Sacred Heart (Prairie du Chien, closed 1927)
  • College of Racine (Racine, closed 1974)
  • Downer College (Milwaukee, formerly Milwaukee-Downer College, merged into Lawrence University in 1964)
  • Holy Redeemer College (Waterford, closed 1985)
  • Institute of Paper Chemistry (Appleton, moved to GA in 1989)
  • Madison Junior College of Business (Madison, closed 1997)
  • Menard Junior College (Merrill, closed 1974)
  • Milton College
    Milton College
    Milton College was a private college located in Milton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1844 as the Milton Academy, it closed in 1982. Its campus is now part of the Milton Historic District....

     (Milton, closed 1982)
  • Mount Senario College
    Mount Senario College
    Mount Senario College was a private non-profit college located in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, in the Diocese of Superior.-Early history:...

     (Ladysmith, closed 2002)
  • Northwestern College (Watertown, merged with Doctor Martin Luther College in MN to become Luther College in 1995)
  • Racine College
    Racine College
    Racine College was an Episcopal college in Racine, Wisconsin, founded in 1852. The collegiate department closed in 1887, but the college continued to be used as a grammar school and a military school until it closed in 1933....

     (Racine, closed 1933)
  • Saint Francis de Sales College (Milwaukee, closed 1982)
  • Saint Francis Seminary (Milwaukee, closed 2009)

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