Public · Community college

Blackhawk Technical College

Janesville, Wisconsin · Small suburb

5%
Transfer rate
$9,330
Avg net price
34%
Grad / completion
$41,620
Median earnings

Blackhawk Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Janesville, Wisconsin (small suburb setting), enrolling 2,488 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 2,488 undergradsSmall suburbNJCAA Division IICold wintersSnowy

About Janesville, Wisconsin

Janesville is a city in, and the county seat of Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. In the 1825 Treaty of Prairie du Chien, the United States recognized the portion of the present city that lies west of the Rock River as Ho-Chunk territory, while the area east of the river was recognized as Potawatomi land. The 1857 Lincoln-Tallman House, which models the Italian Villa-style architecture, is one of 34 sites on the Register. Abraham Lincoln slept there for two nights. The Columbus Circle neighborhood became Janesville's tenth historic district in 2005. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small suburb
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
23 miles to Rockford, IL
To Great Lakes shore
61 miles
Nearest airport
28 miles to Chicago Rockford (RFD)

How Blackhawk Technical College compares

Graduation rate34%

Higher than 18% · #33 of 40 in Wisconsin

First-year retention60%

Higher than 23%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$41,620

Higher than 75% · #14 of 40 in Wisconsin

Average net price$9,330

Cheaper than 73% · #7 cheapest of 38 in Wisconsin

Median debt at graduation$9,550

Lower than 51%

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment2,488

Larger than 84%

Percentiles compare Blackhawk Technical College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Wisconsin.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

2,488undergrads
  • Women1,43858%
  • Men1,05042%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White67%
  • Black7.9%
  • Hispanic17%
  • Asian1.1%
  • Other or multiracial7.2%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
2,488
Student–faculty ratio
8 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
36%
First-generation students
51%
Students over 25
46%
Median family income
$24,284
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$78,858
Endowment
$3,152,033

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 666 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Wisconsin89%
  • Other U.S. states11%

Most first-years stay in state — Blackhawk Technical College draws overwhelmingly from Wisconsin.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
$4,267
Out-of-state tuition
$6,061
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,464
Total cost of attendance
$15,522
Average net price
$9,330

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
34%
First-year retention
60%
Transferred to another college
5%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$37,606
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$41,620
Median debt at graduation
$9,550
Students with federal loans
23%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
38%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
34%
Low-income (Pell)
20%
First-generation
22%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NJCAA Division II
Varsity athletes
46 (25 men · 21 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (5)

Basketball20
Volleyball11
Golf5
Other Sports5
Bowling5

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.2 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
1
Property offenses (2022–2024)
1

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 3 campuses (2,811 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.7reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
0.3
Aggravated assault
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$7,287
$30–48k
$8,391
$48–75k
$10,260
$75–110k
$13,640
$110k+
$15,522

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Blackhawk Technical College funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$41,620
Typical debt at graduation
$9,550
Debt vs. one year's pay
23%
Out-earn a HS grad
51%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$35,988
Men
$49,489

Men out-earn women by $13,501 (38%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
83°F
Winter low
12°F
Annual rain
37.4″
Annual snow
36.6″

Average temperature

HighLow
0°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.55.0JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Afton - Janesville Wwtp, WI US station (3.9 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.