Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- City
- 12,024 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 159 finishedGraduates here earned $42,872 a year after finishingNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 87 finishedGraduates here earned $54,397 a year after finishingNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 30 finishedGraduates here earned $42,734 a year after finishingNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Mason/MasonryCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,915
- CarpentersCertificate · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $37,357 a year after finishingNationally: $35,931
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 58 finishedGraduates here earned $37,111 a year after finishingNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 43 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 29 finishedGraduates here earned $32,182 a year after finishingNationally: $34,692
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 13 finishedGraduates here earned $53,986 a year after finishingNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 32 finishedGraduates here earned $44,796 a year after finishingNationally: $45,248
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 27 finishedGraduates here earned $54,437 a year after finishingNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 72 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 30 finishedGraduates here earned $53,275 a year after finishingNationally: $46,417
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 124 finishedGraduates here earned $24,165 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 54 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 33 finishedGraduates here earned $36,792 a year after finishingNationally: $34,674
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 32 finishedGraduates here earned $31,546 a year after finishingNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 50 finishedGraduates here earned $74,166 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 98 finishedGraduates here earned $49,815 a year after finishingNationally: $44,469
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 257 finishedGraduates here earned $57,049 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 91 finishedGraduates here earned $68,465 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 27 finishedGraduates here earned $55,285 a year after finishingNationally: $57,072
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
- Engineering-Related Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,712
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,794
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $30,994 a year after finishingNationally: $31,578
HVAC and refrigeration
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Associate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,589
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 35 finishedGraduates here earned $41,420 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 27 finishedGraduates here earned $44,710 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 146 finishedGraduates here earned $46,874 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 25 finishedGraduates here earned $47,305 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 15 finishedGraduates here earned $49,554 a year after finishingNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Plumbing and pipefitting
- Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesCertificate · 49 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,980
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 61 finishedGraduates here earned $44,798 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 334 finishedGraduates here earned $38,677 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,894
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 98 finishedGraduates here earned $80,807 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Truck and bus driving
- Ground TransportationCertificate · 51 finishedGraduates here earned $50,326 a year after finishingNationally: $49,738
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 86 finishedGraduates here earned $46,236 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (40)
- American Sign LanguageAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $32,528
- Architectural Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $44,791
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedGraduates here earned $32,050 a year afterNationally: $29,515
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 123 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 139 finishedGraduates here earned $44,790 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $54,362
- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $44,604
- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $38,618
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $45,889
- Engineering-Related FieldsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $63,697
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 38 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesCertificate · 20 finishedNationally: $51,339
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $42,478
- Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAssociate degree · 27 finishedGraduates here earned $54,551 a year afterNationally: $45,311
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 15 finishedNationally: $52,388
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 24 finishedNationally: $44,599
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 23 finishedGraduates here earned $25,310 a year afterNationally: $27,878
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Human Resources Management and ServicesAssociate degree · 12 finishedGraduates here earned $50,867 a year afterNationally: $48,237
- Leisure and Recreational ActivitiesAssociate degreeNationally: $25,418
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificateNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 144 finishedGraduates here earned $33,564 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesCertificate · 18 finishedNationally: $40,010
- Management Information Systems and ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $44,556
- MarketingCertificate · 22 finishedNationally: $43,966
- MarketingAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $38,094
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 25 finishedGraduates here earned $41,819 a year afterNationally: $38,048
- Movement and Mind-Body Therapies and EducationCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $27,623
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 32 finishedGraduates here earned $43,093 a year afterNationally: $45,150
- MusicAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $57,582
- Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $61,888
- Real EstateCertificate · 115 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Real EstateAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $34,704
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $22,303
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $32,910
- WoodworkingCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $37,571
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $10,493per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $18,730sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,360Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 27%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 32%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $40,2096 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,57710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $13,163federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 33%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 21%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Milwaukee Area Technical College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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