Blackhawk Technical College
Public Community College in Janesville, WI. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $41,620.
Ten-year median earnings of $41,620 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 34% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $9,550, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 34% graduate within six years. Retention of 60% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. At 8:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,457 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,597 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The income table below is the number that matters — $7,287 at $0–30k versus $15,522 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 49% of students receive any. Federal borrowing reaches 27% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 195 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $7,287 |
| $30–48k | $8,391 |
| $48–75k | $10,260 |
| $75–110k | $13,640 |
| $110k+ | $15,522 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 663 of these 2,457 students, totalling $3,045,986 — an average of $4,594 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Rock County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)