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.
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
Higher than 18% · #33 of 40 in Wisconsin
Higher than 23%
Higher than 75% · #14 of 40 in Wisconsin
Cheaper than 73% · #7 cheapest of 38 in Wisconsin
Lower than 51%
Lower than 89%
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
- 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)
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)
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.
By offense type, per year
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.
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.
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.
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
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Afton - Janesville Wwtp, WI US station (3.9 mi from campus).
What Blackhawk Technical College graduates study — and earn
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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Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Blackhawk Technical College side by side →
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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.











