Higher education
Higher education in Milwaukee is dominated by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on the East Side and Marquette University, located just west of downtown. Greater Milwaukee is also served by Alverno College, Cardinal Stritch University, Carroll College, Concordia University Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Mount Mary College, St. Francis Seminary, University of Wisconsin-Washington County, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha and Wisconsin Lutheran College, collectively giving the area a student population exceeding 70,000, the largest in Wisconsin. A January 2000 study from McGill University in Montreal ranked Milwaukee 6th in a list of U.S. and Canadian cities with the highest number of college students per 100 residents.
(Source: Wikipedia.org)
