Facts at a Glance

Our Students

Madison Area Technical College serves more than 40,000 students at 11 locations in portions of 12 counties.
Nearly 16 percent of our student population is made up of minority students.
Many UW students transfer to Madison Area Technical College for post-baccalaureate work to gain real-world skills.

Madison Area Technical College provides training for more than 100 careers including high-tech careers in information technology, electron microscopy and biotechnology.
We offer a wide selection of liberal arts classes that transfer to four-year colleges and universities.
Madison Area Technical College also offers apprenticeships in 20 skilled trades, High School Tech Prep Partnerships, hundreds of non-degree enrichment and continuing education courses, basic adult education, English as a Second Language and several high school completion options.
Madison Area Technical College was the first two-year college in the nation to work with stem cells.
We work with UW-Madison to make biofuels more readily available to the public.

Our Business, Industry and Community Services (BICS) offers customized training to area businesses, government organizations and nonprofits.
Our Business Procurement Assistance Center (BPAC) assists companies with obtaining government contracts.
Our Executive Directors for Economic and Workforce Development serve our district's regional communities.
The T.E.C. Incubator Center provides office and lab space and entrepreneurial assistance for technology-focused start-up businesses.

Close to 90 percent of Madison Area Technical College students are employed within six months of graduation.
Ninety-six percent of our graduates work in Wisconsin—82 percent in our district.
Madison Area Technical College is the largest source of students transferring into the UW System.

Madison Area Technical College has helped Wisconsin companies win more than $3.7 billion in government contracts since 1988—including $617 million in 2009 that created or retained more than 12,000 jobs.
For every $1 of our Business Procurement Assistance Center budget, $644 is returned to Wisconsin.
Technical colleges generate nearly $7 billion in economic benefits for Wisconsin each year.
Wisconsin’s economy generates a return of nearly $4 for every $1 invested in technical colleges.
Approximately 2,400 employees work at Madison Area Technical College.

Vision: Transforming lives, one at a time.
Mission: Madison Area Technical College provides accessible,
high-quality learning experiences that serve the community.
Values: Excellence, respect, integrity

The Madison Area Technical College district includes:

2009-10 General Fund Revenues

General fund revenue and fund transfers: $144,672,000
General fund expenditures: $144,672,000

Last Modified: April 14, 2011