Community CollegePublic

Fox Valley Technical College

Appleton, Wisconsin·Public, 2-year·Great Lakes·fvtc.edu
6-yr Graduation
65%
—
Total enrollment
10,670
peer median 7,538
Avg net price
$11,407
+$420 vs Community College
Use this data
Ask Clema
OutcomesProgram outcomesAccreditationCostFederal aidLoan defaultsAcademic programsEnrollment trendsAthleticsCampus safetyFacultyPeers

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
65%
Full-time retention
80%

Pell equity

19.6pp gap
Pell recipients
51%36 of 71
Non-Pell (all)
71%120 of 170
Subsidized loan, no Pell
67%14 of 21
No Federal Aid
71%106 of 149

Non-Pell students graduate at a 19.6-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 108 Title IV programs, 13 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 95 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
108
Passing
13
12.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

108programs
  • Passing13 · 12.0%
  • No Data95 · 88.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
12
No data
95

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

13
Design and Applied Arts
Associate Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+11.1%
$40,534 vs $36,491
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+32.3%
$48,263 vs $36,491
Human Resources Management and Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+41.6%
$51,687 vs $36,491
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
Associate Degree · Natural Resources And Conservation
+44.3%
$52,643 vs $36,491
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+45.7%
$53,164 vs $36,491
Accounting and Related Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+46.9%
$53,601 vs $36,491
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
+65.6%
$60,438 vs $36,491
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
Associate Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
+70.5%
$62,228 vs $36,491

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

12
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
32%
$15,260 debt · $48,263 earn
Human Resources Management and Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
24%
$12,375 debt · $51,687 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
24%
$12,585 debt · $53,164 earn
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
Associate Degree · Natural Resources And Conservation
19%
$9,874 debt · $52,643 earn
Accounting and Related Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
19%
$10,000 debt · $53,601 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
18%
$11,000 debt · $60,438 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
18%
$8,561 debt · $47,879 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
17%
$12,458 debt · $73,231 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1974Next review Aug 2035

Programmatic accreditations · 5

Action history · 18

  1. Jun 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  2. Jan 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  3. Aug 2024Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  4. Feb 2024Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  5. Dec 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$8,067
$30–48k$8,744
$48–75k$12,235
$75–110k$14,125
$110k+$16,737

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$11,407
+$420vs Community College median $10,987
Federal loans
10.7%
In-state tuition
$5,040
Out-of-state
$7,283

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 2,235 students received $8.8M in Pell grants, alongside $7.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
2,235
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$8.8M
$8,843,771 total
Direct Loans
$7.1M
2,271 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
’20
2k
’21
2k
’22
2k
’23
2k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.6M
1,164 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$3.5M
1,100 loan awards
Parent PLUS$62K
7 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,494 borrowers who entered repayment, 36 (2.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.4%
+0.1pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,494
Defaulted
36
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
13.5%
2017
11.8%
2018
7.2%
2019
2.4%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Fox Valley Technical College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs121
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

917 total completions
01Business
23625.7%
02Health Professions
17018.5%
03Computer Sciences
12313.4%
04Security/Protective
11312.3%
05Engineering Tech
808.7%
06Agriculture
626.8%
07Education
454.9%
08Mechanic
404.4%
09Visual/Performing Arts
252.7%
10Precision Production
232.5%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
10,670
12-mo unduplicated
14,262
Undergraduate
14,262
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
55%7,780
Women
45%6,482

Race / ethnicity composition

White
70.8%
Unknown
13.8%
Hispanic
6.0%
Asian
4.4%
Black
2.8%
Non-resident
0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.8%
Two or more
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
10
0 M · 10 W
Women athletes
100.0%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$52K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
—
$0
Recruiting expense
—
$0
Head-coach salaries
—
$2K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 1

Basketball
— · 10 W
$11K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.18
2 offenses · 10,995 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.18Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
2
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
3
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
2

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
1
Burglary
1

By location

2total
  • On campus1
  • Non-campus1

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

1
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor014

Residence-hall fires

  • Tech Village2 fires
    CookingDamage $100-$999
  • Tech Village2 fires
    CookingDamage $100-$999

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
12.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
292

Fox Valley Technical College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Fox Valley Technical College selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectFox Valley Technical College
65%—10,670$11,407Community College
Chippewa Valley Technical College
——8,330$12,285Community College
Waukesha County Technical College
——8,367$11,101Community College
Northcentral Technical College
——6,746$10,303Community College
Mid-State Technical College
——3,144$10,873Community College
Northwood Technical College
——2,940$8,989Community College
Peer group median65%—7,538$10,987

Institutions like Fox Valley Technical College

Explore the federal data for institutions in Fox Valley Technical College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Frequently asked questions about Fox Valley Technical College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Fox Valley Technical College.

What is the graduation rate at Fox Valley Technical College?

Fox Valley Technical College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 65% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Fox Valley Technical College?

Fox Valley Technical College reports a total enrollment of 10,670 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Fox Valley Technical College?

The average net price at Fox Valley Technical College is $11,407 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Fox Valley Technical College located?

Fox Valley Technical College is located in Appleton, Wisconsin 54912-2277.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

Have a question this page can’t answer?

Ask Clema anything about Fox Valley Technical College and its peers — plain language in, cited answers out, in minutes instead of days.

Try for freeBook a demo

Free for teams up to 3 · No credit card