Nicolet Area
Technical College
Public Community College in Rhinelander, WI. Six-year graduation rate 44%. Median 10-year earnings $38,643.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,643 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 44%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,837 — 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 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.5 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
44% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 62% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 16% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 706 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,016 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($6,066 versus $13,710), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 65% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,085 — common but not automatic. About 31% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 34 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 | $6,066 |
| $30–48k | $5,410 |
| $48–75k | $10,060 |
| $75–110k | $13,297 |
| $110k+ | $13,710 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 217 of these 706 students, totalling $782,307 — an average of $3,605 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Oneida 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)