Mid-State Technical College Overview

Mid-State Technical College is a public institution located in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

What Is Mid-State Technical College Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the undergraduate certificate is the highest award a student can attain at Mid-State.
• In 2017-2018, 45% of the faculty were full-time.

Mid-State Technical College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Mid-State has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#561	Most Popular Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Mid-State.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Entrepreneurial Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#19	Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Best Value Business Administration & Management Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#46	Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#80	Best Business Administration & Management Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#127	Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Mid-State Technical College?

Contact details for Mid-State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	500 32Nd St N, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
Phone:	715-422-5300
Website:	www.mstc.edu

How Do I Get Into Mid-State?

You can apply to Mid-State online at: www.mstc.edu//apply-mid-state-today

Mid-State Technical College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Mid-State Technical College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Mid-State, approximately 49% of students took out student loans averaging $3,232 a year. That adds up to $12,928 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Mid-State is 17.1%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

Mid-State Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,806 undergraduate students at Mid-State, with 650 being full-time and 2,156 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 650 full-time undergraduates at Mid-State, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Mid-State Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	17
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	552
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	64

Online Learning at Mid-State Technical College

In 2017-2018, 1,631 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Mid-State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 27th most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of Mid-State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mid-State Technical College was -1.3%. This is the #2,293 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Mid-State regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Mid-State majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management	10%
Business Support & Assistant Services	45%
Business, Management & Marketing	31%
Fire Protection	60%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	63%

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Mid-State Technical College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	165	0	0	165
Allied Health Professions	29	26	23	78
Business Administration & Management	17	53	0	70
Nursing	0	68	0	68
Criminal Justice & Corrections	32	17	0	49
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	0	39	39
Precision Metal Working	17	0	21	38
Business Support & Assistant Services	9	11	11	31
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	27	27
Cosmetology	6	0	19	25
Human Resource Management	0	0	22	22
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair	0	0	22	22
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance	4	3	10	17
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	16	0	0	16
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	1	14	15
Accounting	0	13	0	13
Marketing	2	11	0	13
Computer Systems Networking	0	13	0	13
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	12	0	12
Computer Programming	0	11	0	11
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers	11	0	0	11
Plumbing & Water Supply	10	0	0	10
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration	9	0	0	9
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	0	7	0	7
Electronics Engineering Technology	0	7	0	7
Forestry	0	7	0	7
Civil Engineering Technology	0	6	0	6
Other Construction	5	0	0	5
Health Sciences & Services	0	5	0	5
Fire Protection	0	5	0	5
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	4	0	4
Environmental Control Technology	0	4	0	4
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	4	0	4
Agricultural Production	0	0	2	2
Information Technology	0	2	0	2
Agricultural Economics & Business	0	1	0	1
Gerontology	0	1	0	1
Horticulture	0	0	0	0
Hospitality Management	0	0	0	0
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0
General Sales & Marketing	0	0	0	0
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0	0	0
Carpentry	0	0	0	0
Masonry	0	0	0	0
Legal Support Services	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0
Electronics Maintenance & Repair	0	0	0	0
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0
Ground Transportation	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	332	292	210	834

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.