Student Achievement Information
Students are at the center of everything Mid-State Technical College does. The academic success of students is Mid-State’s highest priority. The Student Success Framework for the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) defines and measures student achievement.
The WTCS Student Success Scorecard provides student achievement measures for all WTCS colleges. These measures are in the areas of course completion, retention/persistence, credential completion/graduation, transition/transfer, job placement, and graduate salary and wages. Listed below are Mid-State's key retention/persistence outcomes as well as credential completion/graduation outcomes from the WTCS Student Success Scorecard.
Mid-State Technical College Student Achievement Key Metrics with WTCS Benchmarks 2020–2023 1
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WTCS Indicator 2: Retention/Persistence |
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Description |
2020 |
2020 |
2021 |
2021 |
2022 |
2022 |
2023 |
2023 |
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MSTC |
WTCS |
MSTC |
WTCS |
MSTC |
WTCS |
MSTC |
WTCS |
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All program students retained from fall to spring term |
79.0% |
81.2% |
78.7% |
79.0% |
76.9% |
80.0% |
80.7% |
80.5% |
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All program students retained from year to year |
53.2% |
63.9% |
63.1% |
63.5% |
57.7% |
62.5% |
58.5% |
62.7% |
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2023 fall-to-spring retention measures students taking courses in fall 2022 who returned in spring 2023. |
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WTCS Indicator 3: Credential Completion and Graduation |
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Description |
2020 |
2020 |
2021 |
2021 |
2022 |
2022 |
2023 |
2023 |
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MSTC |
WTCS |
MSTC |
WTCS |
MSTC |
WTCS |
MSTC |
WTCS |
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Program students graduating from the same program within three years |
31.4% |
37.8% |
34.3% |
37.6% |
35.0% |
36.7% |
36.3% |
37.8% |
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Program students graduating from the same program within six years |
43.1% |
38.3% |
36.5% |
40.7% |
37.2% |
42.6% |
36.6% |
42.3% |
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2023 Three-Year Graduation measures students taking courses in fall 2020 or spring 2021 and graduated in the 2023 academic year (fall 2022/spring 2023). |
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WTCS Indicator 5 - Job Placement and Salary |
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Description |
2020 |
2020 |
2021 |
2021 |
2022 |
2022 |
2023 |
2023 |
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MSTC |
WTCS |
MSTC |
WTCS |
MSTC |
WTCS |
MSTC |
WTCS |
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Program graduates attaining employment within 1 year of graduation |
94.1% |
93.4% |
91.8% |
90.6% |
90.5% |
92.7% |
89.4% |
93.3% |
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Graduate outcome data represents the outcomes of student graduate the prior. For example, the 2023 graduate data represents students who graduated in the 2023 academic year (summer and fall 2022 and spring 2023). |
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1 To allow for accurate benchmarking, all data were derived from WTCS data sources: Retention, Graduation, and Job Placement metrics were derived from the WTCS OLAP Data Cubes.
IPEDS Outcome Data
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) gathers information from every college, university, and technical and vocational institution that participates in the federal student financial aid programs.
Mid-State reports IPEDS data on the following:
- Enrollments
- Program completions
- Graduation rates
- Faculty and staff
- Finances
- Institutional prices
- Student financial aid to the US Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Graduate Placement and Employment
Mid-State regularly surveys graduates of all programs regarding job placement and employment. The report is compiled based on a study performed on graduates six-months after they graduate from the College. To view Mid-State’s job placement results for each academic program, please view our Graduate Survey Report.
Mid-State’s Assessment Plans and Report
Assessment at Mid-State Technical College is a coherent, comprehensive system for planning, developing, implementing, and documenting strategies and practices that improve and measure student learning. Mid-State regularly evaluates student learning at the course, program, general education, and co-curricular levels in addition to evaluating institutional outcomes. The College uses assessment results to stimulate reflective thinking and initiate necessary action that will contribute to the continuous improvement of student learning and institutional outcomes.
2019–2020 Mid-State Assessment Report
2020–2021 Mid-State Assessment Report
2021–2022 Mid-State Assessment Report
2022–2023 Mid-State Assessment Report
2019–2020 Mid-State Assessment Plan
2020–2025 Mid-State Assessment Plan
