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

Electromechanical Technology graduates leave with a median of $7,457 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 Northcentral Technical College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Northcentral Technical College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,889 a year, and $7,132 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $10,303 a year.

How many Northcentral Technical College programs report graduate pay?

14 associate's programs and 10 certificate programs at Northcentral Technical College report first-year pay, and 19 of them also report federal debt.

Northcentral Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Wausau, WI
3,257 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

14 Northcentral Technical College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($63,958), and Teacher Education the least ($22,981). The median program pays $42,247. Northcentral Technical College also has 10 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,889Per year. Out-of-state $7,132

Average net price after aid$10,303Per year

Graduation rate45%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 14 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 70 graduates a year	$63,958	$62,049	$13,750	13th of 17
2	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 21 graduates a year	$53,523	Not reported	$10,796	1st of 11
3	Drafting and Design TechnologyAbout 9 graduates a year	$53,105	$61,635	$8,000	1st of 3
4	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 26 graduates a year	$48,083	$47,371	$17,462	7th of 7
5	Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 22 graduates a year	$47,684	$68,624	$7,457	6th of 6
6	Architectural Engineering TechnologyAbout 10 graduates a year	$44,840	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2
7	Information TechnologyAbout 20 graduates a year	$42,321	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 7
8	Business AdministrationAbout 27 graduates a year	$42,172	$45,475	$12,691	6th of 15
9	Criminal JusticeAbout 16 graduates a year	$39,421	$49,985	$9,750	6th of 12
10	EntrepreneurshipAbout 15 graduates a year	$37,587	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
11	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 29 graduates a year	$32,481	$39,481	$16,759	3rd of 6
12	AccountingAbout 18 graduates a year	$30,573	$41,517	$13,777	9th of 9
13	Agricultural ProductionAbout 11 graduates a year	$28,132	Not reported	$9,000	1st of 1
14	Teacher EducationAbout 13 graduates a year	$22,981	Not reported	Not reported	6th 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.

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	Business AdministrationAbout 78 graduates a year	$60,405	$48,709	$9,840	1st of 3
2	Criminal JusticeAbout 37 graduates a year	$59,645	Not reported	$18,750	6th of 8
3	Welding and MachiningAbout 156 graduates a year	$47,718	$50,958	$5,250	4th of 14
4	Information TechnologyAbout 52 graduates a year	$42,271	$54,446	Not reported	1st of 2
5	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 99 graduates a year	$41,893	$42,584	$8,565	9th of 11
6	AccountingAbout 106 graduates a year	$36,562	Not reported	$13,305	2nd of 4
7	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 28 graduates a year	$33,317	$40,537	$10,499	6th of 9
8	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 68 graduates a year	$31,249	$30,841	$17,004	1st of 1
9	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 60 graduates a year	$31,154	$33,277	$10,268	16th of 18
10	Practical NursingAbout 296 graduates a year	$29,626	$42,119	$9,554	7th of 14

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$63,958
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$53,523
Drafting and Design Technology$53,105
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$48,083
Electromechanical Technology$47,684

Lowest median debt

Electromechanical Technology$7,457
Drafting and Design Technology$8,000
Agricultural Production$9,000
Criminal Justice$9,750
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$10,796

Largest programs

NursingAbout 70 graduates a year
Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 29 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 27 graduates a year
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 26 graduates a year
Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 22 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $63,958 in their first year, the most of 14 Northcentral 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