Which Milwaukee Area Technical College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $14,298 in federal loans, the lowest among 11 Milwaukee Area Technical College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Milwaukee Area Technical College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,184 a year, and $7,427 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $9,112 a year.

How many Milwaukee Area Technical College programs report graduate pay?

12 associate's programs and 5 certificate programs at Milwaukee Area Technical College report first-year pay, and 15 of them also report federal debt.

Milwaukee Area Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Milwaukee, WI
12,024 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 Milwaukee Area Technical College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($69,145), and Culinary Arts the least ($25,304). The median program pays $37,676. Milwaukee Area Technical College also has 5 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,184Per year. Out-of-state $7,427

Average net price after aid$9,112Per year

Graduation rate25%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 12 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 79 graduates a year	$69,145	$71,497	$27,000	3rd of 17
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 35 graduates a year	$65,196	$54,989	$25,034	1st of 7
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 76 graduates a year	$54,937	$71,998	$23,038	8th of 11
4	Business AdministrationAbout 158 graduates a year	$43,437	$48,028	$18,977	4th of 15
5	Computer NetworkingAbout 31 graduates a year	$43,276	$58,674	$22,944	5th of 9
6	Criminal JusticeAbout 59 graduates a year	$38,027	$50,823	$18,082	9th of 12
7	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 32 graduates a year	$37,325	$37,198	$23,799	2nd of 6
8	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 22 graduates a year	$34,030	$46,073	$23,187	8th of 11
9	Teacher EducationAbout 58 graduates a year	$30,302	$33,099	$21,095	1st of 6
10	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 153 graduates a year	$29,812	$40,752	$14,298	4th of 7
11	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 40 graduates a year	$27,795	$43,680	Not reported	5th of 7
12	Culinary ArtsAbout 21 graduates a year	$25,304	$32,428	$19,386	2nd of 2

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 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	Practical NursingAbout 278 graduates a year	$36,583	$57,362	$19,709	6th of 14
2	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 134 graduates a year	$35,427	$45,595	$8,375	10th of 10
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 52 graduates a year	$34,984	$43,167	$10,210	10th of 18
4	CosmetologyAbout 114 graduates a year	$23,198	$27,922	$10,500	6th of 16
5	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 31 graduates a year	$22,749	$31,950	Not reported	9th of 9

5 more certificate programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$69,145
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$65,196
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$54,937
Business Administration$43,437
Computer Networking$43,276

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 158 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 153 graduates a year
NursingAbout 79 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 76 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 59 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $69,145 in their first year, the most of 12 Milwaukee Area 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