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.
Western Technical College was awarded 423 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is heavy/industrial equipment maintenance.
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Western Technical College is ranked #451 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 Western Technical College held the #499 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Western Technical College also holds the #10 spot on the Best Colleges in Wisconsin ranking.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Western 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 Western Technical College is an impressive 9 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 Western Technical College is 40%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 48% rate at Western Technical College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,240 undergraduates at Western Technical College with 1,611 being full-time and 2,629 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,743 | $7,768 | $10,884 | $13,616 | $14,054 |
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 Western Technical 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 Western Technical College, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $5,107 a year. That adds up to $20,428 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Western Technical College is 8.7%. 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 Western Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 400 Seventh St. North, La Crosse, WI 54601 |
| Phone: | 608-785-9200 |
| Website: | https://www.westerntc.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, 2,494 students took at least one online class at Western Technical College. This is a decrease from the 3,524 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,494 | 1,250 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,524 | 2,891 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,555 | 532 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,398 | 496 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,442 | 559 |
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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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