unitid 240170 · La Crosse, WI · public 2-year · city (small)
Western Technical College
- enrollment 2023
- 5,393
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
3,183
63rd pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
32%
undergrads on Pell grants
57th pctl among public 2-years
completion
34%
finish within 150% time
39th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$16,078
63rd pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$11,008
after aid, aided students
77th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,303
after entry, Title IV students
87th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$11,500
71st pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $7,483 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k28%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k22%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $34,889
- First-generation students
- 39%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,820
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 236 | $45,090 | $8,816 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 133 | $52,244 | $17,054 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 93 | — | $12,917 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 87 | $68,772 | $19,937 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 52 | $48,963 | $19,532 |
| Precision Metal Working. | 44 | $51,221 | $5,500 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 43 | $35,912 | $17,454 |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 38 | $48,346 | $5,500 |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 31 | $36,299 | $11,613 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 30 | $34,819 | $12,057 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 27 | — | $15,494 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 26 | $57,230 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.