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Community college · Public

Mid-State Technical College

Wisconsin Rapids, WI664 online only

Mid-State Technical College is a public community college in Wisconsin Rapids, WI, with about 2,254 students on campus.

Students on campus
2,254
plus 664 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$10,873
tuition and fees $5,002; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
52%
lower than at 66% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$42,253
higher than at 54% of U.S. colleges
In brief

Mid-State Technical College, in brief

A graduation gap for lower-income students

26% of students with Pell grants finish, against 52% overall, a gap of 26 points. 24% of undergraduates get Pell grants. Outcomes ↓

Most students study part-time

69% 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 ↓

Loan payments are a small share of pay

The typical graduate owes $8,000, about $85 a month over ten years. That’s 2.6% of a typical former student’s monthly pay six years after starting. Outcomes ↓

Mid-State Technical College focuses on health professions

40% of the degrees Mid-State Technical College awards are in health professions; the next biggest field, business, is 23%. Majors ↓

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 · Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
52%
within 3 years · Pell students 26%
Come back for year two
73%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$42,253
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$8,000
about $85 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

2.6%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$85 a month against about $3,251 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

50%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 59% 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
$48k
Higher incomeover $75k
$51k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Mid-State Technical College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $15,840 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $7,171

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,002Books & supplies $1,465Other costs $9,373

After grants, the average family on aid pays $10,873.

Tuition and fees are $5,002 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

$10,965

About $21,930 over 2 years · 31% off the sticker price

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

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 40%Business 23%Public safety 6%Culinary & personal services 6%Construction trades 6%Mechanic & repair 5%Everything else 14%

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 Nursing65 graduates a year · typical debt $9,000
$66k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations48 graduates a year · typical debt $10,375
$43k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections27 graduates a year · typical debt $8,449
$43k1 yr out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions18 graduates a year · typical debt $9,530
$76k4 yrs out
Accounting and Related Services13 graduates a year
$46k4 yrs out
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians12 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management11 graduates a year
—not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods8 graduates a year
$24k1 yr out
Who goes there

The students

2,288 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 81%Hispanic 7%Black 2%Asian 3%Two or more 3%

Women and men

Women 54%Men 46%
13 : 1
students per teacher
24%
get Pell grants (lower income)
17%
take federal loans
34%
undergrads 25 or older
69%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Wisconsin Rapids

4% of Wisconsin Rapids’s 18,654 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Wisconsin Rapids pages.

Wisconsin Rapids →
Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

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Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.

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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.