Which Fox Valley Technical College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Environmental Science and Conservation graduates leave with a median of $10,846 in federal loans, the lowest among 15 Fox Valley Technical College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Fox Valley Technical College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,040 a year, and $7,283 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,407 a year.

How many Fox Valley Technical College programs report graduate pay?

21 associate's programs and 10 certificate programs at Fox Valley Technical College report first-year pay, and 23 of them also report federal debt.

Fox Valley Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Appleton, WI
5,825 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

21 Fox Valley Technical College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($63,050), and Teacher Education the least ($27,548). The median program pays $40,006. Fox Valley Technical College also has 10 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,040Per year. Out-of-state $7,283

Average net price after aid$11,407Per year

Graduation rate65%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 21 associate's programs, ranked

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. 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	NursingAbout 90 graduates a year	$63,050	$65,038	$18,386	14th of 17
2	Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 29 graduates a year	$58,623	$76,912	Not reported	5th of 6
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 11 graduates a year	$58,211	$46,354	Not reported	4th of 7
4	Computer ProgrammingAbout 36 graduates a year	$54,652	$74,964	$13,812	1st of 3
5	Welding and MachiningAbout 16 graduates a year	$52,449	$60,794	Not reported	1st of 1
6	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 39 graduates a year	$47,998	$62,483	$11,000	1st of 2
7	Drafting and Design TechnologyAbout 15 graduates a year	$44,782	$57,129	Not reported	3rd of 3
8	Information TechnologyAbout 55 graduates a year	$43,909	$52,085	$13,375	4th of 7
9	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 9 graduates a year	$43,548	$50,389	Not reported	1st of 6
10	AccountingAbout 48 graduates a year	$41,261	$42,391	$15,835	6th of 9
11	Human ResourcesAbout 26 graduates a year	$40,006	$49,528	$14,923	5th of 6
12	Criminal JusticeAbout 73 graduates a year	$39,571	$56,146	$12,000	5th of 12
13	Business AdministrationAbout 87 graduates a year	$39,337	$47,408	$15,120	13th of 15
14	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 14 graduates a year	$38,881	$41,901	Not reported	2nd of 8
15	Computer NetworkingAbout 24 graduates a year	$37,984	$59,359	$11,500	9th of 9
16	Security Science and TechnologyAbout 34 graduates a year	$35,887	Not reported	$17,000	1st of 1
17	Culinary ArtsAbout 14 graduates a year	$34,736	$40,883	$14,234	1st of 2
18	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 21 graduates a year	$32,996	$44,079	$10,846	1st of 1
19	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 35 graduates a year	$32,673	$36,286	$16,582	2nd of 7
20	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 17 graduates a year	$32,357	$36,023	$24,374	10th of 11
21	Teacher EducationAbout 26 graduates a year	$27,548	$30,192	$11,000	2nd of 6

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.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

All 10 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	PlumbingAbout 70 graduates a year	$79,589	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
2	Truck Driving and Equipment OperationAbout 174 graduates a year	$67,999	$55,351	$8,250	1st of 2
3	Criminal JusticeAbout 82 graduates a year	$64,741	Not reported	$22,250	4th of 8
4	Welding and MachiningAbout 364 graduates a year	$53,507	$58,589	$7,664	1st of 14
5	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 259 graduates a year	$45,675	$63,686	$8,250	1st of 10
6	Practical NursingAbout 401 graduates a year	$38,540	$43,980	$14,500	4th of 14
7	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 54 graduates a year	$34,534	$39,951	$9,999	5th of 9
8	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 21 graduates a year	$33,981	$35,820	$13,250	13th of 18
9	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 25 graduates a year	$31,038	$36,060	$5,500	3rd of 9
10	Massage TherapyAbout 21 graduates a year	$14,554	Not reported	Not reported	4th of 4

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$63,050
Electromechanical Technology$58,623
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$58,211
Computer Programming$54,652
Welding and Machining$52,449

Lowest median debt

Environmental Science and Conservation$10,846
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$11,000
Teacher Education$11,000
Computer Networking$11,500
Criminal Justice$12,000

Largest programs

NursingAbout 90 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 87 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 73 graduates a year
Information TechnologyAbout 55 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 48 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $63,050 in their first year, the most of 21 Fox Valley Technical College associate's 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