CIP 5210 · Associate's Degree · Waukesha County Technical College

Human Resources Management and Services at Waukesha County Technical College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Waukesha County Technical College. 24 completers in the most recent 4-year window (31 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $60,941.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$60,941
Wisconsin CIP-4 median $48,790
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$51,244
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$10,907
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
24
31 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Waukesha County Technical College

2.4%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $10,907 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $60,941.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

3.0%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Wisconsin CIP 5210 peer-median earnings $48,790.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$10,907
$21,875$10,90720142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201924
331320142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018-23%

Human Resources Management and Services at Waukesha County Technical College · debt_median fell

14,150 → 10,907

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$548,342
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 3
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 3year 0year 39
Cost per year
$9,612
HS-only baseline · WI
$37,100
Years to complete
2
CIP family
52

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5210

Human Resources Management and Services across Wisconsin institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Wisconsin Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →