Here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:
Schools Concentrating On Software Engineers For Systems
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at UW Stout, UW Milwaukee, UW Eau Claire, and Cardinal Stritch.
Fastest Response From Schools
- Request Info: For the fastest information for prospective students, look at the Spotlight schools on this page.
Student Body
- Part-Time: For schools emphasizing part-time studies, consider Milwaukee Area Technical College, UW Parkside, Carroll University, and Lakeland.
- Female: For schools particularly welcoming to female students, consider Alverno.
- Diverse: For a diverse student body, consider College of Menominee Nation, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Concordia, and Milwaukee Area Technical College.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider Cardinal Stritch, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Concordia, and College of Menominee Nation.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Maranatha Baptist Bible, Marquette, UW River Falls, and UW Superior.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of Ripon College, Maranatha Baptist Bible, Saint Norbert College, and Carthage College.
Excellence
- SAT: For students with high SAT scores, look at University of Wisconsin, Marquette, Ripon College, and Milwaukee School of Engineering.
- % Accepted: For selective institutions, look at Cardinal Stritch, Maranatha Baptist Bible, and Milwaukee Area Technical College.
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at Nicolet Area Technical College, Silver Lake College, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, and College of Menominee Nation.
Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
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Milwaukee Area Technical College • Milwaukee, WI
Studying Visual Communications/Computer Graphics (completion in 2009)
• 7/12/2011
"MATC was a good school to start out with. They provided a good basis for the skills needed in this field."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | maybe | I would recommend this school to a person that is older verses someone that is just out of high school. If just out of high school, I would strongly recommend the university program just because it is more in depth then MATC's. |
| Program Reputation | 5 | Many employers have heard of the program at MATC. No one, however, has ever said that the MATC program was the best. |
| Program Quality | 7 | I feel that the program I took didn't focus enough on one thing. It was a class about every aspect of my job. |
| Instruction | 10 | My instructors were awesome. They tried their best to give us as much "real world" experience as they could. |
| How Difficult | 3 | For me the classes were easy, I took them to quickly. I saw others struggle, but for me it was not a difficult load. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | Being a technology based program, very few books were used. Most of the work and learning was by doing. Books were there as a helpful guide. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 5 | I only had a problem getting two classes in my schedule due to the limited availability of the classes. It was frustrating, but I did gain an additional certification because of it. |
| Academic Facilities | 10 | MATC had the latest in software and equipment for computers. They offered both Macs and PC's, which is wonderful for web developers. |
| Social Life | 1 | These activities were never really advertised. I am not sure even what sports they offered to watch or play. |
| Placement Services | 1 | Like I said above, I have received no support or job placement services from the school once I graduated. While in school I was required to take a Portfolio class which had some help. I received two internships through this class, but once graduated it stopped. |
| Alumni Network | 3 | I have received no support from the school since I have left. I am rather disappointed in this because they pride themselves on placing their students in the workforce. |
UW Parkside • Kanosha, WI
Studying Business, Management Information Systems (completion in 2001)
• 8/5/2011
"They did not provide me with what I need to work in my field. Right now everything I do and every language I use is self taught, because they taught the wrong stuff."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | maybe | I wouldn't of course, because they didn't teach the right information. However, that was over 10 years ago; they could have very well updated their program. And having professors teach the subjects rather than aides is a big bonus. |
| Program Reputation | 2 | They are rated low because they didn't teach the right languages, and few without in-college / pre-college internships could actually work in their field of study. |
| Program Quality | 2 | They taught the wrong programming languages for the job, and the wrong database languages. I guess this was so that they wouldn't have to pay for the more expensive software? These were vital to the MIS program. However, they were way too far off for anyone to get a job without an internship, and there were hardly any of those available at the time. |
| Instruction | 3 | I'm only upping the rating because they taught general studies. For the degree, it was antiquated. They were at least 8 years behind. |
| How Difficult | 7 | Their business - MIS degree had the largest course requirements of any program they offered. You had to carry at least a full load to complete the program, and all courses required a good amount of homework and projects. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | There was a good mix of learning, even if some of the books they chose were poorly written and included the wrong information. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 3 | It wasn't very flexible. You usually had to take summer courses just to fit the requirements in. |
| Academic Facilities | 3 | Their equipments was dated, but they replaced it right before I graduated. They had a very limited tutor program, and no school organized study groups. However, the professors are actually the ones that taught the classes - a big plus. Too bad they taught the wrong stuff. |
| Social Life | 2 | It was just a school, and there was a very, very limited athletics program. School spirit amounted to wearing one of their t-shirts. |
| Placement Services | 1 | They held a job fair once a year. They also managed to secure 3 internships for our program in 3 years. |
| Alumni Network | 6 | They constantly bother me trying to keep me informed of the few that make it. It's very annoying and irritating. |
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