Public · Community college

Gateway Technical College

Kenosha, Wisconsin · Small city

0%
Transfer rate
$12,928
Avg net price
51%
Grad / completion
$40,264
Median earnings

Gateway Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Kenosha, Wisconsin (small city setting), enrolling 4,759 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 4,759 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha is a city in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. The Potawatomi originally named the area Kenozia (also transcribed ginoozhe, kinoje) "place of the pike", while the Menominee referred to the place as Kenūsīw, meaning "Northern Pike". The early Ojibwa name is reported as Masu-kinoja "trout (pike) come all at once". Kenosha's cuisine mirrors common food culture throughout Wisconsin. It is home to a variety of restaurants including multiple supper clubs and German-American venues. Additionally, the city is home to two award-winning drive-in burger stands, The Spot and Big Star. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Associate
To Great Lakes shore
2 miles
Nearest airport
24 miles to General Mitchell (MKE) · major hub

How Gateway Technical College compares

Graduation rate51%

Higher than 39% · #22 of 40 in Wisconsin

First-year retention71%

Higher than 45%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$40,264

Higher than 70% · #16 of 40 in Wisconsin

Average net price$12,928

Cheaper than 58% · #20 cheapest of 38 in Wisconsin

Median debt at graduation$12,165

Lower than 26%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment4,759

Larger than 91%

Percentiles compare Gateway 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

4,759undergrads
  • Women2,78859%
  • Men1,97141%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White51%
  • Black14%
  • Hispanic27%
  • Asian1.5%
  • Other or multiracial6.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
4,759
Student–faculty ratio
15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
17%
First-generation students
49%
Students over 25
23%
Median family income
$22,911
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$92,835
Endowment
$12,777,873

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 1,193 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Wisconsin97%
  • Other U.S. states3.4%

Most first-years stay in state — Gateway 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
$4,956
Out-of-state tuition
$7,199
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,909
Total cost of attendance
$16,242
Average net price
$12,928

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
51%
First-year retention
71%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,333
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$40,264
Median debt at graduation
$12,165
Students with federal loans
10%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
27%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
51%
Low-income (Pell)
18%
First-generation
19%

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
$30

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%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.4 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
10
Property offenses (2022–2024)
3

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 6 campuses (10,100 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.

4.3reported offenses a year
3.3 violent a year1.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
3.0
Burglary
0.7
Motor vehicle theft
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
$11,819
$30–48k
$12,384
$48–75k
$13,443
$75–110k
$15,460
$110k+
$16,242

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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

8%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,952
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 8% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,952. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 345 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$40,264
Typical debt at graduation
$12,165
Debt vs. one year's pay
30%
Out-earn a HS grad
44%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.0 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
$36,237
Men
$46,811

Men out-earn women by $10,574 (29%) 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
80°F
Winter low
17°F
Annual rain
37.6″
Annual snow
36.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.14.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Kenosha, WI US station (3.5 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.