by our College Data Analytics Team
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Southwest Wisconsin Technical College was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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Southwest Tech landed the #1,009 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Southwest Tech is also ranked #36 out of 46 schools in Wisconsin.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Southwest Wisconsin 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 at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is 56%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,581 undergraduates at Southwest Tech with 675 being full-time and 1,906 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,306 | $8,599 | $11,520 | $13,145 | $14,405 |
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 Southwest Tech, 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 Southwest Tech, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $4,275 a year. That adds up to $17,100 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Southwest Tech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1800 Bronson Blvd, Fennimore, WI 53809-9778 |
| Phone: | 608-822-3262 |
| Website: | https://www.swtc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 163 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 50 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 44 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 37 | NA |
| Nursing | 37 | NA |
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 36 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 30 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 29 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 27 | NA |
| Agricultural Mechanization | 22 | 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, 915 students took at least one online class at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. This is an increase from the 881 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 915 | 537 |
| 2021-2022 | 881 | 584 |
| 2020-2021 | 861 | 549 |
| 2018-2019 | 689 | 454 |
Learn more about online learning at Southwest Wisconsin 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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