Public · Community college

Moraine Park Technical College

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin · Small city

7%
Transfer rate: $9,268
Avg net price: 58%
Grad / completion: $44,371
Median earnings

Moraine Park Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (small city setting), enrolling 2,464 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 2,464 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Fond du Lac is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. "Fond du Lac" is French for the "bottom of the lake", so named because of its location at the bottom (south end) of Lake Winnebago. Fond du Lac is the county seat of Fond du Lac County and the site of the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds. The Fond du Lac County Fair takes place in late July. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 54 miles to Green Bay, WI
To Great Lakes shore: 34 miles
Nearest airport: 33 miles to Appleton (ATW)

How Moraine Park Technical College compares

Graduation rate58%

Higher than 45% · #17 of 40 in Wisconsin

First-year retention79%

Higher than 61%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$44,371

Higher than 82% · #9 of 40 in Wisconsin

Average net price$9,268

Cheaper than 73% · #6 cheapest of 38 in Wisconsin

Median debt at graduation$8,225

Lower than 72%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment2,464

Larger than 84%

Percentiles compare Moraine Park 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

Women1,71470%
Men75030%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White82%
Black2.9%
Hispanic9.1%
Asian1.3%
Other or multiracial5.0%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 2,464
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 17%
First-generation students: 53%
Students over 25: 29%
Median family income: $32,896
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $77,634

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 443 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Wisconsin99%
Other U.S. states0.9%

Most first-years stay in state — Moraine Park 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: $4,819
Out-of-state tuition: $7,084
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,465
Total cost of attendance: $14,583
Average net price: $9,268

Outcomes

Graduated: 58%
First-year retention: 79%
Transferred to another college: 7%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $42,097
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $44,371
Median debt at graduation: $8,225
Students with federal loans: 27%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 49%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

58%

Low-income (Pell)

35%

First-generation

38%

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

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

$6,547

$30–48k

$7,698

$48–75k

$9,471

$75–110k

$12,364

$110k+

$14,288

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.

28%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,026

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 28% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,026. 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 279 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): $44,371
Typical debt at graduation: $8,225
Debt vs. one year's pay: 19%
Out-earn a HS grad: 58%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.9 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

$40,019

Men

$55,312

Men out-earn women by $15,293 (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: 80°F
Winter low: 9°F
Annual rain: 31.4″
Annual snow: 38″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Fond DU Lac Wwtp, WI US station (1.9 mi from campus).

What Moraine Park Technical College graduates study — and earn

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

267 grads$25k 1 yr— 5 yr$7k debt

267$24,954—$7,000 Precision Metal WorkingCert.

111 grads$41k 1 yr$52k 5 yr$7k debt

111$41,073$52,016$7,000 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

102 grads$67k 1 yr$69k 5 yr$17k debt

102$66,776$69,474$17,025 Business Administration, Management and OperationsCert.

95 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

95———Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCert.

82 grads$41k 1 yr$77k 5 yr$6k debt

82$41,051$76,861$5,500 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCert.

68 grads$38k 1 yr— 5 yr$8k debt

68$38,309—$7,680 Accounting and Related ServicesCert.

66 grads— 1 yr$42k 5 yr$9k debt

66—$41,703$8,811 Ground TransportationCert.

65 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

65———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

65 grads$33k 1 yr$46k 5 yr$10k debt

65$32,906$45,617$9,500 Data ProcessingCert.

63 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

63———Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCert.

43 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

43———Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

34 grads$55k 1 yr$52k 5 yr$14k debt

34$54,569$52,218$14,454

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.