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Guidebook

The Wisconsin Technical Colleges Guidebook helps you explore the 16 technical colleges and educational opportunities within them. This comprehensive resource highlights each technical college's features and broad range of program offerings.

Key Features:

  • College highlights, career programs and contact information: Read about the college environment and unique offerings. If you have a question about admissions, financial aid, career services or other matters, you can find the contact information for various services at the college.
  • Program Overviews: Learn about our programs -- over 500 of them -- and the career pathways to which they relate. Or, check out our dynamic online career search. We'll help you identify the right field and program for your career aspirations. Learn about the different degrees, diplomas and career pathways available depending on the time commitment you want to make.
  • Credit-Earning Opportunities: Learn about ways you can earn credits during high school, accelerating your educational journey. Also consider credit transfer opportunities that can bring education within reach while saving you time and money.
  • Financial Aid and Scholarships: We're affordable, and we also offer financial aid and scholarship opportunities for many programs. Read about ways to make your educational journey more affordable, including starting at a technical college and transferring to a four-year institution for additional education.
  • Campus Information: Explore campus locations, student support services, student housing opportunities and other college offerings to find the environment that suits you best.
  • Career Planning Tools: Use the guidebook's program chart to find which colleges offer what programs. Refer to the career poster to visualize potential career paths, relevant jobs, median salaries and other opportunities.

View or download the Guidebook, or you can use this link to order printed copies. 

Graduates

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92%

of graduates are employed within six months

Programs

500+

programs offered at Wisconsin's technical colleges

Students

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62209+

Wisconsin high school students saved money by taking Dual Credit courses

A quality, affordable education

Tuition is the same at all Wisconsin technical colleges and is much lower than most other colleges and universities.

Wisconsin's technical colleges offer affordable tuition.
Learn about different programs within the career clusters

In addition to the annual Guidebook, the technical college system publishes a career poster featuring cluster areas and related programs for students exploring potential career pathways. 

Teachers, school counselors, parents and others who want to display the poster can order it through the link below, along with the Guidebook.

As another, more sustainable option, you may request printed postcards with a QR code linking to the online Guidebook. You may want to hand these postcards out to students and parents who may want to access the digital Guidebook on their mobile phones or other digital devices. 

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