Which Blackhawk Technical College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Practical Nursing graduates leave with a median of $7,209 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Blackhawk Technical College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Blackhawk Technical College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,267 a year, and $6,061 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $9,330 a year.

How many Blackhawk Technical College programs report graduate pay?

2 associate's programs and 5 certificate programs at Blackhawk Technical College report first-year pay, and 5 of them also report federal debt.

Blackhawk Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Janesville, WI
2,488 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 Blackhawk Technical College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Criminal Justice pays the most in the first year ($68,669), and Practical Nursing the least ($21,748). The median program pays $37,193. Blackhawk Technical College also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,267Per year. Out-of-state $6,061

Average net price after aid$9,330Per year

Graduation rate34%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

Both associate's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Wisconsin" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Wisconsin.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Wisconsin
NursingAbout 56 graduates a year	$69,492	$61,984	$23,750	2nd of 17
Criminal JusticeAbout 22 graduates a year	$40,164	$43,238	$10,493	4th of 12

Program names link to the program's own page, and Wisconsin ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

All 5 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Wisconsin" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Wisconsin. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Wisconsin
1	Criminal JusticeAbout 38 graduates a year	$68,669	Not reported	$19,381	3rd of 8
2	Welding and MachiningAbout 93 graduates a year	$44,698	$51,844	Not reported	5th of 14
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 12 graduates a year	$37,193	$37,666	$7,743	1st of 18
4	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 14 graduates a year	$27,831	$33,899	Not reported	6th of 9
5	Practical NursingAbout 307 graduates a year	$21,748	$47,417	$7,209	13th of 14

Program names link to the program's own page, and Wisconsin ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Wisconsin programs in the field do too.

Common questions

Criminal Justice graduates earn a median of $68,669 in their first year, the most of 5 Blackhawk Technical College certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Wisconsin rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels