Waukesha County
Technical College
Public Community College in Pewaukee, WI. Six-year graduation rate 44%. Median 10-year earnings $46,894.
Ten years after entry, the median Waukesha County Technical College student earns $46,894 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 44%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $12,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.5 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Completion is middling: 44% finish inside six years. 78% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. The student-faculty ratio is 22:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,497 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $10,827 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $8,472 at $0–30k, $15,083 at $110k+. 24% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Only 14% 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 · 355 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 | $8,472 |
| $30–48k | $8,636 |
| $48–75k | $11,681 |
| $75–110k | $12,391 |
| $110k+ | $15,083 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 638 of these 4,497 students, totalling $3,724,375 — an average of $5,838 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Waukesha 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)