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.
Waukesha County Technical College was awarded 424 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.
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WCTC is ranked #622 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 WCTC held the #1,082 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
WCTC also holds the #23 spot on the Best Colleges in Wisconsin ranking.
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Waukesha County Technical College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
At Waukesha County Technical College, the student to faculty ratio is 22 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
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 Waukesha County Technical College is 29%. This is lower than 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 Waukesha County Technical College is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,952 undergraduates at WCTC with 1,658 being full-time and 5,294 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,572 | $6,863 | $10,992 | $12,241 | $12,833 |
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 WCTC, 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 WCTC, approximately 27% of students took out student loans averaging $6,428 a year. That adds up to $25,712 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at WCTC is 9.0%. 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 WCTC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 800 Main Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072-4601 |
| Phone: | 262-691-5566 |
| Website: | https://www.wctc.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, 1,582 students took at least one online class at Waukesha County Technical College. This is an increase from the 1,183 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,582 | 422 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,183 | 236 |
| 2018-2019 | 885 | 148 |
| 2017-2018 | 725 | 131 |
| 2016-2017 | 623 | 114 |
Learn more about online learning at Waukesha County 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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