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Waukesha County Technical College Data & Information Overview

424 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
9% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Waukesha County Technical College Ranked?

#622 Best Colleges in Nation
#23 Best Colleges in WI
General Business Administration and Management Highest Ranked Major
Value Badge

2024 Rankings

College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.

Waukesha County Technical College was awarded 424 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.

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Overall Quality

WCTC is ranked #622 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when WCTC held the #1,082 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

WCTC also holds the #23 spot on the Best Colleges in Wisconsin ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into WCTC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Waukesha County Technical College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

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Waukesha County Technical College Faculty

22 to 1 Student to Faculty
29% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Waukesha County Technical College, the student to faculty ratio is 22 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Waukesha County Technical College is 29%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  29 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Waukesha County Technical College

71% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

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 Waukesha County Technical College is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  71 out of 100
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Waukesha County Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,658 Full-Time Undergraduates
21.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
50.2% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,952 undergraduates at WCTC with 1,658 being full-time and 5,294 being part-time.

How Much Does Waukesha County Technical College Cost?

$9,749 Net Price
27% Take Out Loans
$25,712 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of WCTC is $9,749. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for WCTC

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$7,572 $6,863 $10,992 $12,241 $12,833

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 WCTC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 WCTC, approximately 27% of students took out student loans averaging $6,428 a year. That adds up to $25,712 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WCTC is 9.0%. 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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How Much Money Do WCTC Graduates Make?

$38,952 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from WCTC make about $38,952 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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Location of Waukesha County Technical College

Wisconsin State
1,658 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Waukesha County Technical College is a public institution located in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Pewaukee is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

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Contact details for WCTC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 800 Main Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072-4601
Phone: 262-691-5566
Website: https://www.wctc.edu/

Waukesha County Technical College Majors

30 Majors With Completions
632 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Waukesha County Technical College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at WCTC

22% Take At Least One Class Online
6% Take All Classes Online

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 2020-2021, 1,582 students took at least one online class at Waukesha County Technical College. This is an increase from the 1,183 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,582 422
2019-2020 1,183 236
2018-2019 885 148
2017-2018 725 131
2016-2017 623 114

Learn more about online learning at Waukesha County Technical College.

Notes and References

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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