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Blackhawk Technical College

Janesville, Wisconsin Public 2-year Small suburb

Overview

Located in Janesville, Wisconsin, Blackhawk Technical College is a public two-year institution. Its campus is in a small suburban area. It enrolled 2,811 students in fall 2024.

Blackhawk Technical College offers certificates and associate degrees across 57 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide, Registered Nursing, and Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic). It awarded 851 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 60% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 8 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
2,811
Students enrolled
60%
First-year retention
851
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
57
Programs and majors
8:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 57

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 19
Business, Management and Marketing 9
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 3
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 6
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Construction Trades 2
Precision Production 2
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Education 2
Engineering Technologies 3
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 2
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 3
Science Technologies 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
60%
First-year retention, part-time students
54%
Student-to-faculty ratio
8:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
291
Certificates under 1 year
403
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
142
Certificates of 2 to 4 years
15

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,811
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,811
Full-time, fall 2024
21%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
4,456
Full-time, 2024-25
16%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
65%
Men
35%
White
66%
Hispanic or Latino
16%
Black or African American
8%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
5%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
13%
Students taking some online courses
25%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Small suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Tracy P. Pierner
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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