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Alverno CollegeLocal Atmosphere Facts & Statistics

Location
Milwaukee, WI
Undergrads
1,720
Tuition
$19,074
Admission Difficulty
Easy
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Facts & Statistics

Fun Local Trivia
  1. The city is home to the world's largest music festival: Summerfest.
  2. The Allen-Bradley Tower has the largest four-faced clock in the world.
  3. Milwaukee was once the home to four of the world's largest breweries, and its remaining large brewery—Miller—is one of the city's largest employers.
  4. Milwaukee has a huge German population, and at one point, there were more German speakers and German-language newspapers than there were English speakers and English-language newspapers in the city.
Notable Natives
  • Les Paul – jazz guitarist, inventor, pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar
  • William H. Rehnquist – former Supreme Court justice
  • Spencer Tracey – actor
  • Violent Femmes – alternative rock band
Local Slang
  • Bubblers: Drinking fountains
  • Soda: Carbonated soft drink
Points of Interest
  • Brady Street Business Improvement District
  • Delta Center
  • Discovery World
  • Harley-Davidson Museum
  • Jelly Belly Visitor Center
  • Miller Brewery Visitor Center
  • Milwaukee Art Museum
  • Milwaukee Public Market
Shopping Centers
  • Point Loomis Shopping Center
  • Southridge Mall
Movie Theaters
Southgate Cinema
3330 S. 30th St.
Milwaukee
(414) 291-3456
Movie Theaters
Value Cinema
6912 S. 27th St.
Oak Creek
(414) 761-7469
Major Sports Teams
  • Milwaukee Admirals: American Hockey League
  • Milwaukee Brewers: MLB
  • Milwaukee Bucks: NBA
  • Milwaukee Wave : Major Indoor Soccer League
Distances to Nearest Major Cities
Chicago: : 1 hour, 30 minutes

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