Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is located in the north-central United States. It is bordered by Lake Superior to the north, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the northeast, Lake Michigan to the east, Illinois to the south, and Minnesota and Iowa to the west. The state is located in a region that was shaped by gigantic glaciers during the Ice Age. Its landscape includes woods, lakes, rivers, streams, rolling hills, and fertile valleys. Wisconsin's capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee.

Wisconsin is a pioneer state in many things like directing primary elections, the regulation of public utilities and railroads, teachers' pensions, and minimum-wage laws. It was the first state to have unemployment insurance and worker's compensation. Wisconsin was the first state to mark their highways with numbers and the first state to pass a law requiring safety belts in all new cars bought there. The first state income tax was established in Wisconsin. Wisconsin was the first state to abolish the death penalty for convicted criminals. Many innovations in education occurred in Wisconsin; The University of Wisconsin was one of the first universities to offer correspondence courses.

Wisconsin is an important agricultural state. The state is known as "America's Dairyland;" about 16 percent of our milk comes from Wisconsin. Oats and hay are important crops in the state because they provide food for the dairy cows. Manufacturing is extremely important to Wisconsin. Large quantities of cheese, butter, and other dairy products are manufactured in Wisconsin, which is known as the "Cheese Capital of the Nation." The state produces machinery and paper products, factories in the southeastern region of the state make construction cranes, engines, machine tools, and other machinery. The state has one of the largest public university systems in the country. Milwaukee is one of the most important financial centers in the Midwest.

International students in Wisconsin will have access to first-rate academic experiences with a full range of activities and environments from which to choose. International students in Wisconsin can expect to pay an average of more than $12,600 in tuition in order to pursue degrees from state-run institutes of higher education. The University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee is the least expensive and the Madison campus is the most expensive. Both the Milwaukee School of Engineering and Marquette University cost more than $25,000.

List of colleges and universities in Wisconsin

Official Website of the State of Wisconsin

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