by our College Data Analytics Team
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Chippewa Valley Technical College was awarded 57 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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College Factual ranked CVTC as #338 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when CVTC held the #410 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 46 colleges in Wisconsin, CVTC is ranked at #7.
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As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Chippewa Valley Technical College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Chippewa Valley Technical College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Chippewa Valley Technical College is 46%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Chippewa Valley Technical College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,367 undergraduates at CVTC with 2,021 being full-time and 5,346 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,237 | $10,126 | $11,814 | $15,080 | $15,076 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of CVTC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At CVTC, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $5,232 a year. That adds up to $20,928 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for CVTC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 620 W Clairemont Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54701-6162 |
| Phone: | 715-833-6200 |
| Website: | www.cvtc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 517 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 282 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 187 | NA |
| Nursing | 181 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 110 | NA |
| Accounting | 97 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 97 | NA |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration | 91 | NA |
| Information Technology | 75 | NA |
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 65 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 3,342 students took at least one online class at Chippewa Valley Technical College. This is an increase from the 3,265 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,342 | 1,600 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,265 | 1,560 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,451 | 2,570 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,779 | 556 |
Learn more about online learning at Chippewa Valley Technical College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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