Milwaukee Area
Technical College
Public Community College in Milwaukee, WI. Six-year graduation rate 25%. Median 10-year earnings $41,113.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $41,113, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 25% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,955 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 25% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 25% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 64% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. 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. 16% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 50% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 11,362 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,729 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $7,200 while those at $110k+ pay $15,545. Grant aid reaches 56% of students at an average of $5,932. Federal borrowing reaches 30% 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 · 912 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 | $7,200 |
| $30–48k | $7,856 |
| $48–75k | $9,513 |
| $75–110k | $13,778 |
| $110k+ | $15,545 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,401 of these 11,362 students, totalling $21,895,944 — an average of $6,438 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Milwaukee 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)