With an average starting salary of $59,600, graduates of the Milwaukee School of Engineering earned the most among alums from 10 Wisconsin schools in a ranking by SmartAsset, a New York financial asset company. University of Wisconsin-Platteville, also known for its engineering program, ranked second with an average salary of $48,800; Viterbo University, a private Catholic school in LaCrosse with a strong nursing program, was third at $47,400; and UW-Madison came in fourth at $46,400.
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