2023 Most Popular Online Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Wisconsin
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Online Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Wisconsin to see which online basic certificate programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin
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Our analysis found Northcentral Technical College to be the most popular school for trade school students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Wisconsin. Located in Wausau, Wisconsin, the medium-sized public school handed out 1,571 basic certificate awards in 2021-2022.
Full-time students from Wisconsin pay an average of $3,791 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend North Central Technical College. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $5,512. Around 58% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2020-2021 about 52% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Wisconsin list. NWTC is a public institution located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,319 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
Students from Wisconsin who attend NWTC full time pay an average of $4,814 in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay an average of $6,965. Around 70% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 41% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, Fox Valley Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. FVTC is a fairly large public school situated in Appleton, Wisconsin. It awarded 1,945 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
Full-time students from Wisconsin pay an average of $4,826 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend FVTC. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $6,977. Around 42% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 31% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Madison Area Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Wisconsin list. Madison College is located in Madison, Wisconsin and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1,263 basic certificates to qualified students.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Madison College is $4,607. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $6,812. Around 66% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 67% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Moraine Park Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Wisconsin list. Fond du Lac, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 931 students in 2021-2022.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Moraine Park Technical College is $4,641. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $6,793. Of those students who received their degree, 59% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 42% took at least some of their classes online.
Rasmussen University - Wisconsin did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for trade school students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the very small private for-profit school handed out 63 basic certificate awards in 2021-2022.
Rasmussen University - Wisconsin does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $13,208. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. Around 94% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2020-2021 about 96% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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