Gateway Technical College
Public Community College in Kenosha, WI. Six-year graduation rate 51%. Median 10-year earnings $40,264.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $40,264, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 51%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $12,165, 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 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
51% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 71% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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 4,657 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $12,185 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $11,819 at $0–30k, $16,242 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 42% of students receive any. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 22% 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 · 394 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 | $11,819 |
| $30–48k | $12,384 |
| $48–75k | $13,443 |
| $75–110k | $15,460 |
| $110k+ | $16,242 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,037 of these 4,657 students, totalling $3,431,509 — an average of $3,309 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kenosha 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)