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What does this major pay at different colleges?
Pick a major, a degree level and a state. You get what graduates of each college's program earned four years after graduating and what they borrowed in federal loans, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, with the national median for the same program as the yardstick.
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Practical Nursing, undergraduate certificate programs in Wisconsin
Among 14 Wisconsin certificate programs in Practical Nursing with federal earnings data, Milwaukee Area Technical College graduates earn the highest median, $66,214 four years after graduating, with a median federal debt of $11,750. Chippewa Valley Technical College follows at $65,043. The national median for certificate graduates in the same program is $56,073. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)
- Programs with data
- 14
- Highest median
- $66,214
- National median
- $56,073
| College | Median earnings, 4 yrs after | vs national median | Debt borrowed at this college (median) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Area Technical College | $66,214 | +18% | $11,750 |
| Chippewa Valley Technical College | $65,043 | +16% | $11,562 |
| Mid-State Technical College | $58,790 | +5% | $4,500 |
| Northeast Wisconsin Technical College | $58,491 | +4% | $10,250 |
| Nicolet Area Technical College | $54,492 | −3% | $7,125 |
| Waukesha County Technical College | $53,590 | −4% | — |
| Blackhawk Technical College | $53,104 | −5% | $3,500 |
| Moraine Park Technical College | $52,401 | −7% | $3,500 |
| Madison Area Technical College | $51,069 | −9% | — |
| Lakeshore Technical College | $50,424 | −10% | $5,661 |
| Fox Valley Technical College | $47,879 | −15% | $8,250 |
| Northcentral Technical College | $42,038 | −25% | $3,750 |
| Northwood Technical College | $38,870 | −31% | $5,500 |
| Southwest Wisconsin Technical College | $37,421 | −33% | — |
Ordered by median earnings four years after graduating: one federal measure, not a ranking of program quality.
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What these numbers are
Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed, and a multi-state system whose figure pools campuses in several states is left out of state lists. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Federal program group: Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates work as well as the program itself.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study data, 10 June 2026. Download every program (CSV).