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Community college · Public

Blackhawk Technical College

Rock, WI329 online only

Blackhawk Technical College is a public community college in Rock, WI, with about 2,565 students on campus.

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Students on campus
2,565
plus 329 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$9,330
tuition and fees $4,267; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
34%
lower than at 86% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$41,620
higher than at 53% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Blackhawk Technical College

Many students are adults coming back to school

46% of undergraduates are 25 or older, and 77% study part-time. Graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students, so they leave many of these students out. The students ↓

Blackhawk Technical College is mostly about health professions

58% of the degrees Blackhawk Technical College awards are in health professions; the next biggest field, business, is 11%. Majors ↓

Loan payments are a small share of pay

The typical graduate owes $9,550, about $101 a month over ten years. That’s 3.2% of a typical former student’s monthly pay six years after starting. Outcomes ↓

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

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

2,488 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 67%Hispanic 17%Black 8%Asian 1%Two or more 4%International 1%

Women and men

Women 64%Men 36%
8 : 1
students per teacher
36%
get Pell grants (lower income)
23%
take federal loans
46%
undergrads 25 or older
77%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Blackhawk Technical College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $15,522 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $6,061

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,267Books & supplies $1,464Other costs $9,791

After grants, the average family on aid pays $9,330.

Tuition and fees are $4,267 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

$10,260

About $20,520 over 2 years · 34% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
34%
within 3 years · Pell students 22%
Come back for year two
60%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$41,620
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$9,550
about $101 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

3.2%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$101 a month against about $3,134 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

43%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 45% 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
$37k
Middle income$30–75k
$46k
Higher incomeover $75k
$53k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 58%Business 11%Public safety 7%Mechanic & repair 4%Family & consumer sciences 4%Construction trades 3%Everything else 13%

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 Nursing56 graduates a year · typical debt $11,041
$82k4 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions34 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations28 graduates a year
$45k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections22 graduates a year · typical debt $9,493
$49k4 yrs out
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods14 graduates a year
$38k4 yrs out
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions13 graduates a year
—not reported
Health and Medical Administrative Services10 graduates a year
—not reported
Human Resources Management and Services9 graduates a year
$49k4 yrs out
The town around it

Living in Rock

1% of Rock’s 2,988 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Rock pages.

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$944/momedian rent · 13% below the state$346Ktypical home value13° / 83°January low / July high · 37" of snowC+Health GradeAll colleges in and near RockCompare prices, admissions and outcomes
Nearby

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

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19.9 mi4,475 students
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21.8 mi9,103 students
Rockford UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Rockford
22.3 mi965 students

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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.