Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Human Resources (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Human Resources Management and Services
- Public college
- Green Bay, WI
- About 40 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College human resources graduates earn more than graduates of most human resources programs nationally, $45,651 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $13,663 in federal loans, less than at 86% of human resources programs in the country. It is one of the higher-paying human resources degrees in Wisconsin.
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, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College graduates earn less than the national figure and about $5,583 less than the Wisconsin median. Several Wisconsin programs with higher debt show higher pay by the five-year mark.
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 falls about 5% 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 $145 a month, or 3.8% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
90% of graduates (18 of 20) were working in Wisconsin one year after graduating. Prices in the Green Bay area are about 7% below the national average, so a $45,651 salary here buys what about $49,042 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 Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Human Resources ranks 5th of 11 associate's programs at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($61,633), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($61,044), and Dental Hygiene and Assisting ($52,744).
Other human resources associate's programs near Green Bay
Common questions
The median graduate earns $45,651 one year after graduating and $43,576 five years after. The median across human resources associate's programs in Wisconsin is $42,885.
The median federal loan balance is $13,663, which ranks 2nd lowest of 5 human resources associate's programs in Wisconsin. That works out to about $145 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 30% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 44%.
Most do. 90% (18 of 20) 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