Milwaukee Area Technical College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin · Public · Predominantly certificate · City: Large

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The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $10,493. 32% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $44,577 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $13,163.

Average net price
$10,493
per year Verified data
Completion rate
32%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$44,577
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$13,163
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$5,360
Out-of-state tuition and fees$7,652
Average cost of attendance$18,730
Books and supplies$1,464
Room and board, on campus$9,818
Average net price, all aided students$10,493
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$9,003
Average net price, family income over $110,000$17,762

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
Data unavailable
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
Data unavailable
ACT composite range, middle 50%
Data unavailable
Undergraduate enrollment
12,024
Graduate enrollment
Data unavailable
Students receiving Pell grants
45%
Student to faculty ratio
10 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time32%
Completion within normal time21%
First-year retention (full-time)64%
Median federal debt, graduates$13,163
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$150
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$10,728
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry59%
1 year after completion$46,256
4 years after completion$52,346
6 years after entry$40,209
8 years after entry$41,343
10 years after entry$44,577
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $44,577; the middle half earned $25,738 to $64,441. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at Milwaukee Area Technical College

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

101 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (50)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online
87$54,397$19,000
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
257$57,049$14,250
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
CIP 51.08 · No credentials fully online
35$41,420$13,774
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services
CIP 01.06 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
CIP 10.02 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection
CIP 46.04 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
123Suppressed for privacy$15,375
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
CIP 52.04 · No credentials fully online
28Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Carpenters
CIP 46.02 · No credentials fully online
22$37,357Suppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
29$32,182$11,626
Computer Programming
CIP 11.02 · All credentials fully online
20Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · All credentials fully online
72Suppressed for privacy$14,750
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
CIP 12.04 · No credentials fully online
124$24,165$9,500
Culinary Arts and Related Services
CIP 12.05 · No credentials fully online
54Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.06 · No credentials fully online
32$31,546$6,409
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · All credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
CIP 51.31 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.13 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers
CIP 46.03 · No credentials fully online
98$49,815$9,250
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.03 · No credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CIP 47.01 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.17 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.11 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
CIP 52.07 · All credentials fully online
38Suppressed for privacy$12,313
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.05 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · All credentials fully online
20Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations
CIP 52.18
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ground Transportation
CIP 49.02 · No credentials fully online
51$50,326$13,750
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · No credentials fully online
146$46,874$26,764
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)
CIP 47.02 · No credentials fully online
33Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians
CIP 47.03 · No credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Hospitality Administration/Management
CIP 52.09
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
CIP 19.07 · No credentials fully online
43Suppressed for privacy$20,750
Legal Support Services
CIP 22.03 · All credentials fully online
15$49,554$25,837
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · All credentials fully online
22Suppressed for privacy$10,984
Mason/Masonry
CIP 46.01 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Movement and Mind-Body Therapies and Education
CIP 51.36 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physical Science Technologies/Technicians
CIP 41.03 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services
CIP 46.05 · No credentials fully online
49Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
CIP 51.39 · No credentials fully online
334$38,677$20,681
Precision Metal Working
CIP 48.05 · No credentials fully online
86$46,236$5,351
Real Estate
CIP 52.15 · All credentials fully online
115Suppressed for privacy$13,750
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Security Science and Technology
CIP 43.04 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CIP 47.06 · No credentials fully online
159$42,872$9,500
Visual and Performing Arts, General
CIP 50.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Woodworking
CIP 48.07 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Associate's degree (51)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online
30$42,734$23,181
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
91$68,465$23,932
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
CIP 51.08 · No credentials fully online
27$44,710$19,097
American Sign Language
CIP 16.16 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services
CIP 01.06 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.01 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
CIP 10.02 · No credentials fully online
11$32,050$16,998
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
139$44,790$20,273
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
CIP 52.04 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.02 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
13$53,986Suppressed for privacy
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.12 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Programming
CIP 11.02 · No credentials fully online
32$44,796$20,593
Computer Software and Media Applications
CIP 11.08 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
CIP 11.09 · All credentials fully online
27$54,437$21,798
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · No credentials fully online
30$53,275$20,273
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
CIP 12.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
61$44,798$13,125
Culinary Arts and Related Services
CIP 12.05 · No credentials fully online
33$36,792$25,123
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.06 · No credentials fully online
50$74,166$18,234
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
22$30,994$16,714
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
CIP 51.31 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.13 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.03 · No credentials fully online
27$55,285$17,784
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.04 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering-Related Fields
CIP 15.15 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.05 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · All credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fire Protection
CIP 43.02 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science
CIP 12.03 · No credentials fully online
27$54,551$20,903
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations
CIP 52.18 · All credentials fully online
24Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graphic Communications
CIP 10.03 · Some credentials fully online
23$25,310$20,625
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · No credentials fully online
25$47,305$28,750
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)
CIP 47.02 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Hospitality Administration/Management
CIP 52.09 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Resources Management and Services
CIP 52.10 · All credentials fully online
12$50,867$32,515
Legal Support Services
CIP 22.03 · No credentials fully online
20Suppressed for privacy$21,875
Leisure and Recreational Activities
CIP 36.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · Some credentials fully online
144$33,564$15,062
Management Information Systems and Services
CIP 52.12 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
25$41,819$30,800
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99 · No credentials fully online
32$43,093$21,850
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physical Science Technologies/Technicians
CIP 41.03 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Precision Metal Working
CIP 48.05 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Real Estate
CIP 52.15 · All credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
98$80,807$29,500
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
58$37,111$18,938
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CIP 47.06 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 239248, OPEID 003866. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.