Fox Valley
Technical College
Public Community College in Appleton, WI. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $45,684.
Ten years after entry, the median Fox Valley Technical College student earns $45,684 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 65%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $10,402, 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 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 65%, meaning about one in three students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 64% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,005 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $10,007 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $8,067 while those at $110k+ pay $16,737. 26% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Only 19% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 260 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 | $8,067 |
| $30–48k | $8,744 |
| $48–75k | $12,235 |
| $75–110k | $14,125 |
| $110k+ | $16,737 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,165 of these 6,005 students, totalling $5,054,272 — an average of $4,338 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Outagamie 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)