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Community college · Public

Gateway Technical College

Kenosha, WI1,512 online only

Gateway Technical College is a public community college in Kenosha, WI, with about 8,622 students on campus and 1,512 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
8,622
plus 1,512 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$12,928
tuition and fees $4,956; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
51%
lower than at 66% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$40,264
lower than at 51% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on Gateway Technical College

Most students study part-time

76% of undergraduates attend part-time. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students, so it covers a minority of the people studying here. The students ↓

Gateway Technical College focuses on health professions

42% of the degrees Gateway Technical College awards are in health professions; the next biggest field, business, is 14%. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

4,759 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 51%Hispanic 27%Black 14%Asian 1%Two or more 6%

Women and men

Women 61%Men 39%
15 : 1
students per teacher
17%
get Pell grants (lower income)
10%
take federal loans
23%
undergrads 25 or older
76%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Gateway Technical College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Gateway Technical College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $16,242 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $7,199

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,956Books & supplies $1,909Other costs $9,377

After grants, the average family on aid pays $12,928.

Tuition and fees are $4,956 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$13,443

About $26,886 over 2 years · 17% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
51%
within 3 years · Pell students 42%
Come back for year two
71%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$40,264
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$12,165
about $129 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

4.4%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$129 a month against about $2,944 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

31%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 21% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$34k
Middle income$30–75k
$50k
Higher incomeover $75k
$52k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 42%Business 14%Precision production 9%Education 7%Culinary & personal services 6%Mechanic & repair 5%Everything else 17%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing154 graduates a year · typical debt $14,625
$77k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations117 graduates a year · typical debt $14,792
$55k4 yrs out
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management47 graduates a year · typical debt $12,416
$55k4 yrs out
Accounting and Related Services46 graduates a year · typical debt $14,492
$47k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections42 graduates a year · typical debt $13,292
$52k4 yrs out
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions31 graduates a year · typical debt $20,000
$42k4 yrs out
Design and Applied Arts25 graduates a year · typical debt $14,966
$34k4 yrs out
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians23 graduates a year · typical debt $10,833
$66k4 yrs out
The town around it

Living in Kenosha

7% of Kenosha’s 99,239 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Kenosha pages.

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Straight-line distances from Gateway Technical College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.