Which Mid-State Technical College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Welding and Machining graduates leave with a median of $4,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Mid-State Technical College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Mid-State Technical College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,002 a year, and $7,171 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $10,873 a year.

How many Mid-State Technical College programs report graduate pay?

3 associate's programs and 5 certificate programs at Mid-State Technical College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Mid-State Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
2,288 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 Mid-State Technical College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions pays the most in the first year ($47,741), and Cosmetology the least ($17,385). The median program pays $35,056. Mid-State Technical College also has 3 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,002Per year. Out-of-state $7,171

Average net price after aid$10,873Per year

Graduation rate52%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 3 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 65 graduates a year	$64,716	$52,861	$17,447	9th of 17
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 18 graduates a year	$57,330	Not reported	$13,200	4th of 11
3	Business AdministrationAbout 48 graduates a year	$47,268	$45,333	$16,044	1st of 15

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

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

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	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 83 graduates a year	$47,741	$45,485	$10,976	6th of 11
2	Welding and MachiningAbout 49 graduates a year	$38,653	$48,741	$4,750	12th of 14
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 19 graduates a year	$35,056	$36,952	$11,160	9th of 18
4	Practical NursingAbout 142 graduates a year	$25,277	$51,574	$9,599	10th of 14
5	CosmetologyAbout 42 graduates a year	$17,385	Not reported	$6,081	16th of 16

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

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

Common questions

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates earn a median of $47,741 in their first year, the most of 5 Mid-State 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