Chippewa Valley Technical College Business Programs

Chippewa Valley Technical College is a public institution situated in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Eau Claire is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Chippewa Valley Technical College Rankings

CVTC landed the #222 spot in our 2023 ranking of best colleges. We analyzed 1,477 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.

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.

CVTC has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#31	Best Business Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Best Business Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at CVTC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Best Value Human Resource Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Human Resource Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Entrepreneurial Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Marketing Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Value Marketing Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Best Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Value Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards CVTC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#7	Best General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Schools	College Factual
#11	Best Business Support & Assistant Services Schools	College Factual
#14	Best Marketing Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#45	Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#81	Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#219	Best Schools	Course Advisor

Where Is Chippewa Valley Technical College?

Contact details for CVTC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	620 W Clairemont Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54701-6162
Phone:	715-833-6200
Website:	www.cvtc.edu

How Do I Get Into CVTC?

You can apply to CVTC online at: www.cvtc.edu/

As long as you submit the requested materials to Chippewa Valley Technical College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Chippewa Valley Technical College?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At CVTC, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $5,313 a year. That adds up to $21,252 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CVTC is 8.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Chippewa Valley Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,367 undergraduate students at CVTC, with 2,021 being full-time and 5,346 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,021 full-time undergraduates at CVTC, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Chippewa Valley Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	92
Black or African American	32
Hispanic or Latino	71
White	1,683
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	139

Over 14 countries are represented at CVTC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Chippewa Valley Technical College

In 2019-2020, 4,451 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 16th most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of CVTC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Chippewa Valley Technical College was 73.2%. This is the #433 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at CVTC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at CVTC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at CVTC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	#1
General Sales & Marketing	#1
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#3
Public Relations & Advertising	#13
Entrepreneurship	#18
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	#22
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#22
Entrepreneurial Studies	#25
Supply Chain Management	#27
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#28
Business Support & Assistant Services	#31
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	#31
Human Resource Management	#38
Marketing	#39
Accounting	#61
Accounting	#92
Business Administration & Management	#282

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%.

Chippewa Valley Technical College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	160	70	0	230
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	60	0	27	87
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	35	0	35
Accounting	0	29	0	29
Receptionist	20	0	0	20
Digital Marketing	0	16	0	16
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	14	0	14
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	14	0	14
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	11	0	11
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	8	0	0	8
Entrepreneurship	0	0	4	4
Supply Chain Management	0	3	0	3
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	3	0	0	3
Farm/Farm & Ranch Management	2	0	0	2
Office Administration	0	2	0	2
TOTAL	253	194	31	478

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.