Public · Community college

Southwest Wisconsin Technical College

Fennimore, Wisconsin · Remote rural

3%
Transfer rate
$12,896
Avg net price
66%
Grad / completion
$43,470
Median earnings

Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Fennimore, Wisconsin (remote rural setting), enrolling 1,313 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,313 undergradsRemote ruralNJCAA Division IIICold wintersSnowy

About Fennimore, Wisconsin

Fennimore is a city in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. Fennimore was named for a settler who disappeared during the Black Hawk War. It was previously also known as Fennimore Center. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Remote rural
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
63 miles to Madison, WI
To Great Lakes shore
138 miles
Nearest airport
40 miles to Dubuque (DBQ)

How Southwest Wisconsin Technical College compares

Graduation rate66%

Higher than 56% · #15 of 40 in Wisconsin

First-year retention70%

Higher than 44%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$43,470

Higher than 80% · #11 of 40 in Wisconsin

Average net price$12,896

Cheaper than 58% · #18 cheapest of 38 in Wisconsin

Median debt at graduation$7,500

Lower than 80%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment1,313

Larger than 76%

Percentiles compare Southwest Wisconsin 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

1,313undergrads
  • Women77859%
  • Men53541%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White87%
  • Black3.9%
  • Hispanic5.0%
  • Asian0.9%
  • Other or multiracial3.3%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
1,313
Student–faculty ratio
14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
20%
First-generation students
50%
Students over 25
22%
Median family income
$33,516
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$75,258
Endowment
$7,056,354

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 431 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Wisconsin90%
  • Other U.S. states10%

Most first-years stay in state — Southwest Wisconsin 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
$4,904
Out-of-state tuition
$7,147
Room & board
$9,148
Books & supplies
$1,466
Total cost of attendance
$16,662
Average net price
$12,896

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
66%
First-year retention
70%
Transferred to another college
3%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$42,360
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$43,470
Median debt at graduation
$7,500
Students with federal loans
23%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
57%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
66%
Low-income (Pell)
55%
First-generation
55%

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
Yes
Dorm capacity
131
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
10%
Housing charge (year)
$5,512
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NJCAA Division III
Varsity athletes
59 (47 men · 12 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 (3)

Rifle25
Golf17
Other Sports17

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

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.3 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
3
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (2,849 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.

1.0reported offenses a year
1.0 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Rape
0.7
Fondling
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
$9,918
$30–48k
$10,424
$48–75k
$12,468
$75–110k
$15,712
$110k+
$16,662

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.

54%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$895
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 54% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $895. 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 258 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)
$43,470
Typical debt at graduation
$7,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
17%
Out-earn a HS grad
52%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.7 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
$35,285
Men
$52,336

Men out-earn women by $17,051 (48%) 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
84°F
Winter low
10°F
Annual rain
33.9″
Annual snow
37.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
0°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Boscobel AP, WI US station (12.6 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.