Wisconsin Public Two-Year Colleges

Junior Colleges, Technical Institutes, and Schools

The State of Wisconsin administers its own system of higher education which operate at least two tiers of public colleges. One being the community colleges in Wisconsin, sometimes called Wisconsin junior colleges, or Wisconsin technical institutes, and so-called "four-year" Wisconsin colleges which award bachelor's and master's degrees. The "two-year" community educational institutions provide post-secondary education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees in Wisconsin. The name, "community colleges" derives from the fact that "two-year" colleges primarily accept, and attract, students from the Wisconsin local community

Wisconsin's system of state technical colleges has a very distinct history, quite different from the junior college origins typical of the community college systems across the country. In 1911, recognizing the need for additional vocational and technical education to help the state's workers make the transition from a rural agricultural to an industrial economy, the legislature created the first comprehensive continuation school legislation in the country. The law created a State Board of Industrial Education and directed the city school board of every community of more than 5.000 to establish a local industrial education board. Accompanying legislation required compulsory attendance of any employed minor over age 14 who couldn't demonstrate literacy. It also required that employers release 14- to 16-year-olds for part-time attendance in the continuation schools. After WWII and the return of GIs needing education and technical training, increasing numbers of adults were trained and some college transfer programs were established. In 1965, major new legislation was passed creating 16 area districts to provide vocational, technical and adult education services to every part of the state. For the first time, the technical colleges received state-appropriated funds.

In addition to the technical college system, the University of Wisconsin operates 13 university centers across the state that provide a two-year transfer curriculum to prepare student for the baccalaureate degree.

Wisconsin College Degrees, Certificates, & Diplomas

Wisconsin Community Colleges and Two Year Colleges

College of the Menominee Nation (Keshena, WI)
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (Hayward, WI)
University of Wisconsin Colleges (2-year campuses)
- Baraboo / Sauk County (Baraboo, WI)
- Barron County (Rice Lake, WI)
- Fond du Lac (Fond du Lac, WI)
- Fox Valley (Menasha, WI)
- Manitowoc County (Manitowoc, WI)
- Marathon County (Wausau, WI)
- Marinette County (Marinette, WI)
- Marshfield / Wood County (Marshfield, WI)
- Richland (Richland Center, WI)
- Rock County (Janesville, WI)
- Sheboygan County (Sheboygan, WI)
- Washington County (West Bend, WI)
- Waukesha County (Waukesha, WI)
Wisconsin Technical College System
- Blackhawk Technical College (Janesville, WI)
- Chippewa Valley Technical College (Eau Claire, WI)
- Fox Valley Technical College (Appleton, WI)
- Gateway Technical College
  - Elkhorn, WI
  - Racine, WI
  - Burlington, WI
  - Pleasant Prairie, WI
  - Kenosha, WI
- Lakeshore Technical College (Cleveland, WI)
- Madison Area Technical College (Madison, WI)
- Mid-State Technical College (Wisconsin Rapids, WI)
- Milwaukee Area Technical College
  - Milwaukee, WI
  - Mequon, WI
  - Oak Creek, WI
  - West Allis, WI
- Moraine Park Technical College
- Nicolet Area Technical College (Rhinelander, WI)
- Northcentral Technical College (Wausau, WI)
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (Green Bay, WI)
- Southwest Wisconsin Technical College (Fennimore, WI)
- Waukesha County Technical College (Pewaukee, WI)
- Western Wisconsin Technical College (La Crosse, WI)
- Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
  - New Richmonc, WI
  - Rice Lake, WI
  - Superior, WI

Wisconsin Colleges

Colleges and universities in Wisconsin are ideal for anyone who wants to study in an environment particularly conducive to tranquil study, self exploration, and personal growth.

DeVry University

High-Tech Institute

WI Online Degrees

A college degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by Wisconsin institutions of higher education, such as colleges or universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.

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