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Fox Valley Technical College

Appleton, WI · 25 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$172,998 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

42.9 yrsModeled economic break-even
−77%Modeled 10-year ROI
$50,263Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$172,998at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$225,6280
2
4
6
8
−$172,99810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 42.9 years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$5,040
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$7,283
Sticker price
Average net price$11,407
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$16,862
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$11,407Average net price / year
$16,862Cost of attendance
$10,402Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$110/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$50,263Median earnings · year 5 after completion
64.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
5,825Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$8,067
$30–48k$8,744
$48–75k$12,235
$75–110k$14,125
$110k+$16,737
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$50,263
Year 6$42,285
Year 10$45,684
Full-time retention
79.6%
Part-time retention
63.5%
Completion within 200% of normal time
65.9%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

63thEarnings percentile
59thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$53,601Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$13,250Median federal debt across categories that report debt
80%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$43,167Year 1
$55,857Year 4
$50,263Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Computer Programming · Associate's Degree$77,4812Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$73,2313Fire Protection · Associate's Degree$72,4604Precision Metal Working · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$63,6625Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$63,5056Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$62,8227Precision Metal Working · Associate's Degree$62,5048Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management · Associate's Degree$62,228

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in WI

Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.

La Crosse, WI

Western Technical College

Annual net price
$11,008
Observed earnings · year 5
$48,996
Modeled 10-year ROI
-82%
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Green Bay, WI

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Annual net price
$13,369
Observed earnings · year 5
$49,816
Modeled 10-year ROI
-79%
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Green Bay, WI

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Annual net price
$9,918
Observed earnings · year 5
$49,089
Modeled 10-year ROI
-81%
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Fond du Lac, WI

Moraine Park Technical College

Annual net price
$9,268
Observed earnings · year 5
$50,901
Modeled 10-year ROI
-73%
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Computer ProgrammingAssociate's Degree$77,481$13,812
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$73,231$18,386
Fire ProtectionAssociate's Degree$72,460$10,000
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$63,662$7,664
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$63,505$11,000
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$62,822$8,250
Precision Metal WorkingAssociate's Degree$62,504Not available
Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate's Degree$62,228$13,375
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$60,438$12,000
Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$54,099$8,250
Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree$53,601$15,835
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$53,164$15,120
Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate's Degree$52,643$10,846
Human Resources Management and ServicesAssociate's Degree$51,687$14,923
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$48,263$24,374
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$47,879$14,500
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$43,857$9,999
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$42,234$13,250
Design and Applied ArtsAssociate's Degree$40,534$16,582
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,022$5,500
Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate's DegreeNot available$11,500
Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate's DegreeNot available$14,234
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's DegreeNot available$11,000
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$22,250
Security Science and TechnologyAssociate's DegreeNot available$17,000

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.