by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Madison Area Technical College was awarded 425 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Madison College is ranked #419 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Madison College held the #467 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Madison College is also ranked #8 out of 46 schools in Wisconsin.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Madison Area Technical College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio at Madison College is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Madison Area Technical College is 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,021 undergraduates at Madison College with 3,622 being full-time and 9,399 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,567 | $8,473 | $10,227 | $12,790 | $13,055 |
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 Madison College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Madison College, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $5,598 a year. That adds up to $22,392 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Madison College is 6.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Madison College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1701 Wright Street, Madison, WI 53704-2599 |
| Phone: | 608-246-6100 |
| Website: | madisoncollege.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 8,211 students took at least one online class at Madison Area Technical College. This is a decrease from the 10,116 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 8,211 | 5,136 |
| 2019-2020 | 10,116 | 7,930 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,347 | 1,537 |
| 2017-2018 | 4,156 | 1,542 |
| 2016-2017 | 4,140 | 1,553 |
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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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