Moraine Park Technical College Human Resources (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Human Resources Management and Services
- Public college
- Fond du Lac, WI
- About 11 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Moraine Park Technical College human resources graduates earn less than graduates of most human resources programs nationally, $36,886 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $16,261 in federal loans, close to the national median of $20,000. Several Wisconsin programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Wisconsin and national columns are the medians across all human resources associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Moraine Park Technical College graduates earn more than the national figure and about the same as the Wisconsin median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Wisconsin human resources program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Wisconsin medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 32% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $172 a month, or 5.6% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
92% of graduates (22 of 24) were working in Wisconsin one year after graduating. Prices in the Fond du Lac area are about 8% below the national average, so a $36,886 salary here buys what about $40,250 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to human resources, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Human Resources Specialists
$70,540Median pay in Wisconsin. 17,360 people work in this job in Wisconsin. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 73,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Training and Development Specialists
$70,770Median pay in Wisconsin. 9,360 people work in this job in Wisconsin. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 11% from 2025 to 2035, with about 46,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Compliance Officers
$78,800Median pay in Wisconsin. 5,710 people work in this job in Wisconsin. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 32,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
$62,690Median pay in Wisconsin. 5,330 people work in this job in Wisconsin. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 27,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
About Moraine Park Technical College
Human Resources ranks 5th of 8 associate's programs at Moraine Park Technical College by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($66,776), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($54,569), and Business Administration ($46,719).
Other human resources associate's programs near Fond du Lac
Common questions
The median graduate earns $36,886 one year after graduating and $48,790 five years after. The median across human resources associate's programs in Wisconsin is $42,885.
The median federal loan balance is $16,261, which ranks 5th lowest of 5 human resources associate's programs in Wisconsin. That works out to about $172 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 44% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 44%. Compare the cost with other Wisconsin programs before deciding.
Most do. 92% (22 of 24) were working in Wisconsin one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- 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 comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the human resources program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024