UW Madison vs Northeastern University

Overview Comparison
University of WisconsinNortheastern University
Collegedunia Score6.8 Out of 10-
ranking (overall)# 35 US News 2024
# 63 Times Higher Education 2024
# 102 QS World University 2024
# 53 US News 2024
# 201 Times Higher Education 2024
# 375 QS World University 2024
Subject Strength# 27 for Engineering by US News 2024
# 35 for Medicine by US News 2024
# 40 for Law by US News 2024
# 32 for Engineering by US News 2024
# 168 for Medicine by Times Higher Education 2023
# 71 for Law by US News 2024
ProgramsUG Programs -169
PG Programs -100
Doctorate Programs -66
UG Programs -52
PG Programs -93
Acceptance Rate57.6 %28.9 %
Exam ScoreGMAT - 680
IELTS - 7
SAT - 1280
TOEFL - 100
GRE updated - 299
IELTS - 6.5
SAT - 1450
TOEFL - 90
Cost to StudyAverage Tuition Fees   38634
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  25540
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 17149 Per Year
Average Tuition Fees   59100
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  48000
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 26630 Per Year
placement (average package)

Graduate Employability Rankings- #55 (QS 2020); Average salary- 72,492 USD; Top recruiters: UW- Madison, Target Corporation, Oracle, Mercer, Kohl's, Milliman, Epic, UW Health, 3M Company; Highest paid degrees: Doctorate (235,000 USD), PhD (168,000 USD), Masters in Finance (130,000 USD), Masters in Science (120,000 USD), Bachelor of Science (94,000 USD), Bachelor of Arts (92,000 USD), BS Nuclear Engineering (72,083 USD)


Graduate employability rankings: #201-250

Executive MBA: $183,000
MBA: $155,000
LLM: $120,000
PHd: $ 105,000
Masters in Management: $ 103,000
Some of the top recruiters are Amazon, iRobot, Morgan Stanley, EY, Bose, Blackstone group, Wellington Management etc


application requirements

Academic transcripts, Resume, 2-3 LORs, SOPs/ Essays, Standardized test scores (ACT, GMAT, GRE), Proof of English proficiency, Additional documents (Design portfolio, research-based writing samples, etc.)

LOR- 2 or 3 letters of recommendation, SOP- yes, GPA- 3.5 (89% or more). 

Campuses and B-SchoolsWisconsin School of Business
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General Facts Comparison
General FactsUniversity of WisconsinNortheastern University
Type of UniversityUniversity
University
Established1848
1898
Student:Faculty Ratio18:1
14:1
Male:Female49% Male, 51% Female49% Male, 51% Female
Location Facts

over 900 acres campus in Madison; lies along the southern shore of Lake Mendota. 


The campus is located near to Museum of Fine Arts and Symphony Hall. It is situated in the heart of Boston and is filled with greenery. Northeastern University lies in the neighborhood of Huntington Avenue.  


Library

12th largest research library collection in North America; 40 libraries; 8.3 million volumes; 101,000 serial titles, 6.4 million microform items, and over 8.2 million items; Memorial Library (1st library at UW) holds 3 million volumes on 78.5 miles of shelving; over1.2 million Microform items.


More than 50,000 printed books, 861,676 ebooks, 100,887 licenced e-journals, and 116,739 streaming audio and visual titles.The professional research available is accessible to public (open). 


Campus Life

Contains a hospital, botanical gardens, an on-campus dairy farm; music hall; Camp Randall Stadium; 23 Big Ten varsity teams; nearly 900 student organizations; WSUM 91.7 FM (University Radio); Geology Museum; Chazen Museum of Art; The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald (2 daily university newspaper); Memorial Union Terrace (hangout space for students).


32 intramural sports, 18 varsity sports, and 43 club sports. Additionally, campus offers Fall Fest, Afro Flow Yoga workshop, Field hockey, volleyball, soccer games, Night at the student center, and First pages. 


Hostel#On campus - $1300
#On campus - $15849
#Room and board - $18440
Famous Alumni

Living alumni: 451,142; 41 Pulitzer Prize winners; Dick Cheney (Businessman, Politician and 46th Vice President of USA); Laurel Clark (Medical doctor and NASA astronaut); Greta Van Susteren (Lawyer, commentator, and TV news anchor); Anders Holm (Writer, actor, producer, and comedian); Thomas J. Falk (CEO of Kimberly-Clark), Carol Bartz (CEO of Yahoo!), Keith Nosbusch (CEO of Rockwell Automation).


Shawn Fanning (Computer programmer), Wendy Williams (TV host), Reggie Lewis (basketball player), Jane Curtin (actress), James Franklin Jeffrey (American Diplomat), Jeff Clarke (Executive Chairman of FTD), Albert Sacco (Dean Whitacre College of Engineering), Yale Patt (professor), Mo Cowan (former US Senator). 


City Life

Madison- Capital city of Wisconsin; home to historical sites, festivals and a fireworks display; growing technology economy; Famous attractions- Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin East, Wisconsin State Capitol, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Monona Terrace, Henry Vilas Zoo; Unemployment rate- 2.8% (Feb 2020).


With a huge student community, the population diversity is vast and lies within the same braoder age group. The city offers a great nightlif with gastropubs, live music, and cocktail bars. Boston’s cosmopolitan excitement is bus-ride away. Average salaries offered within the state are up to 97,5000 USD


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