Public · Community college

Waukesha County Technical College

Pewaukee, Wisconsin · Large suburb

#2 for grad earnings in Wisconsin
10%
Transfer rate
$11,101
Avg net price
44%
Grad / completion
$46,894
Median earnings

Waukesha County Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Pewaukee, Wisconsin (large suburb setting), enrolling 4,955 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 4,955 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Pewaukee, Wisconsin

Pewaukee is a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The name Pewaukee is constructed upon aki or (w)aukee, which means "land" or "location" in several Algonquian languages. The significance and outright etymology of the initial syllable of the name is uncertain. The Clark House Museum, located in the Village of Pewaukee, was originally a stage coach inn on the Milwaukee–Watertown Plank Road. The inn was built by Mosely Clark, the son of Pewaukee's first settler, Asa Clark. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Associate
To Great Lakes shore
18 miles
Nearest airport
20 miles to General Mitchell (MKE) · major hub

How Waukesha County Technical College compares

Graduation rate44%

Higher than 31% · #28 of 40 in Wisconsin

First-year retention78%

Higher than 60%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$46,894

Higher than 87% · #2 of 40 in Wisconsin

Average net price$11,101

Cheaper than 66% · #14 cheapest of 38 in Wisconsin

Median debt at graduation$12,000

Lower than 29%

Student–faculty ratio22 : 1

Lower than 21%

Undergraduate enrollment4,955

Larger than 91%

Percentiles compare Waukesha County 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

4,955undergrads
  • Women2,85758%
  • Men2,09842%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White62%
  • Black6.1%
  • Hispanic12%
  • Asian3.4%
  • Other or multiracial16%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
4,955
Student–faculty ratio
22 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
10%
First-generation students
43%
Students over 25
25%
Median family income
$27,380
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$88,137

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$4,872
Out-of-state tuition
$7,115
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,464
Total cost of attendance
$15,531
Average net price
$11,101

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
44%
First-year retention
78%
Transferred to another college
10%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$41,251
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$46,894
Median debt at graduation
$12,000
Students with federal loans
8%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
37%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
44%
Low-income (Pell)
33%
First-generation
35%

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
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
1

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (8,367 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.

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

By offense type, per year

Burglary
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
$8,472
$30–48k
$8,636
$48–75k
$11,681
$75–110k
$12,391
$110k+
$15,083

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.

11%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,431
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 11% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,431. 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 319 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)
$46,894
Typical debt at graduation
$12,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
26%
Out-earn a HS grad
57%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 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
$41,242
Men
$53,678

Men out-earn women by $12,436 (30%) 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
81°F
Winter low
12°F
Annual rain
35.9″
Annual snow
36.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
0°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Brookfield Wwtp, WI US station (4.2 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.