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Located in Fennimore, Wisconsin, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is a public institution. The rural area surrounding Southwest Tech is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

Where Is Southwest Wisconsin Technical College?

Contact details for Southwest Tech are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1800 Bronson Blvd, Fennimore, WI 53809-9778
Phone:	608-822-3262
Website:	www.swtc.edu

Can I Afford Southwest Tech?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time Southwest Tech students paid $143 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $215 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$4,290	$6,450
Fees	$281	$281
Books and Supplies	$1,939	$1,939
On Campus Room and Board	$7,844	$7,844
On Campus Other Expenses	$3,761	$3,761

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Southwest Tech, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $4,403 a year. That adds up to $17,612 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Southwest Tech is 1.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,520 undergraduate students at Southwest Tech, with 701 being full-time and 1,819 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 701 full-time undergraduates at Southwest Tech, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southwest Wisconsin Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	636
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

Online Learning at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College

In 2020-2021, 881 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Southwest Tech has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Southwest Tech

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College was 12.4%. This is the #1,147 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Southwest Tech regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.