Associate's · Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at Nicolet Area Technical College worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $36,136
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $43,806
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $7,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $13k (likely $13k – $13k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $3k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8.2 years (likely 4.0–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$72k (likely −$121k – −$15k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$11k (likely −$124k – $126k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 58%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Nicolet Area Technical College
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$64,177
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Undergraduate certificate)$63,618
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Undergraduate certificate)$54,492
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$51,790
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Undergraduate certificate)$51,767
- Precision Metal Working (Undergraduate certificate)$50,012
- Accounting and Related Services (Undergraduate certificate)$46,320
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Undergraduate certificate)$37,402
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at other schools in Wisconsin
- Madison Area Technical College$50,870
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee$49,076
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Flex$49,076
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point$48,051
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater$47,453
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay$46,976
- University of Wisconsin-Platteville$45,389
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh$43,877
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire$42,700
- Milwaukee Area Technical College$42,026