by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Chippewa Valley Technical College was awarded 426 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mechanic & repair technologies.
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CVTC is ranked #410 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when CVTC held the #668 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 46 colleges in Wisconsin, CVTC is ranked at #7.
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As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Chippewa Valley Technical College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio at CVTC is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Chippewa Valley Technical College is 49%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Chippewa Valley Technical College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,367 undergraduates at CVTC with 2,021 being full-time and 5,346 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,910 | $10,107 | $11,640 | $14,268 | $14,876 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of CVTC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At CVTC, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $5,507 a year. That adds up to $22,028 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at CVTC is 8.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for CVTC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 620 W Clairemont Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54701-6162 |
| Phone: | 715-833-6200 |
| Website: | www.cvtc.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 3,265 students took at least one online class at Chippewa Valley Technical College. This is a decrease from the 4,451 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,265 | 1,560 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,451 | 2,570 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,011 | 653 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,779 | 556 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,570 | 830 |
Learn more about online learning at Chippewa Valley Technical College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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