by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Madison Area Technical College was awarded 94 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is computer & information sciences.
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Madison College is ranked #223 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Madison College held the #419 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 46 colleges in Wisconsin, Madison College is ranked at #5.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Madison Area Technical College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Madison College it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Madison Area Technical College is 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,021 undergraduates at Madison College with 3,622 being full-time and 9,399 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,985 | $11,267 | $12,339 | $15,139 | $16,075 |
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 Madison College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Madison College, approximately 24% of students took out student loans averaging $6,027 a year. That adds up to $24,108 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Madison College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1701 Wright Street, Madison, WI 53704-2599 |
| Phone: | 608-246-6100 |
| Website: | madisoncollege.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 489 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 408 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 315 | NA |
| Nursing | 165 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 157 | NA |
| Accounting | 102 | NA |
| Information Technology | 99 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 98 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 94 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 91 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 6,377 students took at least one online class at Madison Area Technical College. This is a decrease from the 8,211 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,377 | 3,161 |
| 2021-2022 | 8,211 | 5,136 |
| 2020-2021 | 10,116 | 7,930 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,156 | 1,542 |
Learn more about online learning at Madison Area 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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