Milwaukee Area Technical College Overview (2024)

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• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning

How Well Is Milwaukee Area Technical College Ranked?

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Milwaukee Area Technical College was awarded 437 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.

Overall Quality

College Factual ranked MATC as #814 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when MATC held the #918 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

MATC also holds the #28 spot on the Best Colleges in Wisconsin ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into MATC?

Acceptance Rate

Since Milwaukee Area Technical College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.

Learn more about Milwaukee Area Technical College admissions.

Milwaukee Area Technical College Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

At MATC, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Milwaukee Area Technical College is 49%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Milwaukee Area Technical College

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophom*ore year. The 46% rate at Milwaukee Area Technical College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.

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Milwaukee Area Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 12,618 undergraduates at MATC with 3,616 being full-time and 9,002 being part-time.

How Much Does Milwaukee Area Technical College Cost?

The overall average net price of MATC is $8,721. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for MATC

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of MATC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At MATC, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $5,853 a year. That adds up to $23,412 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MATC is 14.3%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do MATC Graduates Make?

The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from MATC make about $36,247 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. Unfortunately, this is 15% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

See which majors at Milwaukee Area Technical College make the most money.

Location of Milwaukee Area Technical College

Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Area Technical College is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

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Contact details for MATC are given below.

Milwaukee Area Technical College Majors

Learn more about the majors offered at Milwaukee Area Technical College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at MATC

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 7,118 students took at least one online class at Milwaukee Area Technical College. This is a decrease from the 10,611 students who took online classes the previous year.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

More about our data sources and methodologies.