Milwaukee Career College
For-profit Community College in Milwaukee, WI. Six-year graduation rate 44%. Median 10-year earnings $28,355.
Students who entered Milwaukee Career College reach a median of $28,355 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 44%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,046 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 73% puts Milwaukee Career College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. With 70 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. 53% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
44% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 50% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. At 7:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. At 162 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 162 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,673 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,753 at $0–30k, $30,148 at $75–110k. Most students get help: 92% receive grants worth $4,027 on average. Most students borrow — 100% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 134 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 | $22,753 |
| $30–48k | $24,988 |
| $48–75k | $29,381 |
| $75–110k | $30,148 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 162 of these 162 students, totalling $815,932 — an average of $5,037 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
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)